Mayhem in Marlie Mount

The top brass of the St Catherine South Police Division is trying to calm residents of Marlie Mount who staged a massive protest yesterday after a teenager was shot during an alleged shoot-out involving cops and a group of robbers.

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Hospitality Jamaica

River Bay Fishing Village takes on alternative livelihood for spear fishermen.

Cops lead bad gov't workers

THERE HAS been a 25 per cent increase in the level of delinquency among prescribed public-sector workers to file declarations with the Commission for the Investigation of Corruption.

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Irwin Primary win rural Samsung Cup

Western Bureau:Irwin Primary are the inaugural Samsung Cup rural area champions, after their thrilling 1-0 victory in yesterday's final against favourites Corinaldi Avenue Primary at the Montego Bay Sports Complex.

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BUSINESS EVENTS & PARTIES

DECEMBER 9 Planning Institute of Jamaica labour market forum 'Reshaping the Jamaican Labour Market to Foster Economic Growth and Development', December 9-10, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, 81 Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston,

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• Car loan repayment Denied!

Entertainment Avenue: Libran works for 2014 break

Having laid the groundwork for his career with several recordings and memorable stage performances in 2013, DJ Libran is determined to make 2014 his breakthrough year.

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Crime, Ellington and Jamaica

In a thoughtful editorial, The Gleaner (November 21, 2013) called on Police Commissioner Owen Ellington and National Security Minister Peter Bunting to consider their options.

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• Clearing the fog on JFK, JLP
• We need not be poor

The Ghetto Priest: 'Candles in the Dark' Chapter five

Father Ho Lung's advocacy of another aspect of subsidiarity was evident during a concert tour of Trinidad and Tobago in January 1978, when he told a journalist that he wished to preserve the local indigenous cultures of the Caribbean: "He stresses that,...

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10 things you didn't know about Dr Lloyd Waller

Lloyd Waller currently serves as the head of the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona and lectures research methods and methodology in the Department.

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Mandela belongs to the world

What further can one say about Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela that has not been said in the past three days since his death?

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Intense battles expected at JamWest

Local drag racers and two Jamaican international competitors are expected to duke it out along the 1.8-mile strip of the JamWest Speedway in Little London, Westmoreland, today.

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Women's sentences cut

CAIRO (AP):Egyptian authorities yesterday released two dozen Islamist women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeals court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences.

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