Tears for Ananda - Scholarship set up in 11-y-o's memory
A wailing mother, a crying father and a temple shrouded in grief brought an expected solemn mood to the thanksgiving service for the life of 11-year-old Ananda Dean. The mutilated body of the child was found in bushes almost two weeks after she went missing on September 17...

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Paloma clobbers Cuba
Cops go back to school for anger management
Don't talk to strangers!
Late start might keep him back

Floods flatten farms
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jerome Holder walked through his neighbours' farms in Top Hill, St Elizabeth, yesterday, he scratched his head, seemingly confused about how they will restart their businesses. "This means starting all over again and we don't know where...

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Nation lacks leadership - Morgan
Anti-crime bills will not reduce violence - opposition senator
Is yeast your problem?

Pressureon House to reject HIV pretesting
PARLIAMENTARIANS REVIEWING the Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS are being encouraged not to allow organisations to pretest potential employees for HIV."We believe that pre-employment screening is unnecessary and could lead to discrimination," a coalition ...

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Jamaica-Guyana rice deal

Jamaica ready for T&T
The National Indoor Sports Centre will be buzzing with excitement tonight when Jamaica's Sunshine Girls face Trinidad and Tobago, in the opening match of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Sunshine Savers Tri-nation Netball Series, starting at 7 p.m...

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Grange Hill, Cornwall in crucial clash
Reno make huge surge
Williams outclasses Zvonareva
Anelka's double puts Chelsea on top
Aussies face steep run chase

EDITORIAL - ANC split good for South African politics
IN THE excitement leading up to America's presidential election, and the euphoria that greeted the victory of Barack Obama, it is hardly surprising that another significant, if not as momentous, global event has passed with relatively little attention in Jamaica...

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Young, gifted and Barack
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Websites to monitor CDF disbursements
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LIBRARY and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA) is keenly interested in how the principles of transparency and accountability will be upheld in the disbursement of the allocations under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) by each member...

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In search of heroes
Traffic nightmare chokes Montego Bay
Byron Lee, one of the finest
Teens need better nurturing
Call for a traffic hotline
Plea for better Digicel service
Why some voted for McCain

Healing Jamaica through music
At a time when one group of Jamaican artistes are being labelled as crime catalysts, the work of another group of musicians is being used to uplift Jamaica.Heal Jamaica, a song written by Ernie Smith and performed by 15 local artistes, including Smith, was relaunched...

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High energy at JCC Grand Charity Ball
Palace crowns its winners
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Engineering genius
Dr Sarah Buck has made history by becoming the first female president of the Institution of Structural Engineers in England.She is the 88th president and recently visited Jamaica. The institution is celebrating its 100th birthday, and Dr Buck and her team are visiting key areas...

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Fe-mail ties - In search of perfection
Kelly's World - Obama wins; now what?
You're covered!
Laws of eve - Appointing a guardian
Reality of HIV/AIDS - Diary of an HIV-positive, pregnant girl (Pt 14)
Get ready for Reggae Marathon 08
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