Lead Stories
Curtis Brown: The Governor-General's Achievement Awardee for Clarendon
AT AGE 56, Curtis Brown is glad for a happy life. Something he missed out on when poverty robbed him of his chance to sit his scholarship examination to attend Knox College as a boy.

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Lawyers protest ID parade
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PM dismisses polls as 'opinion'

News
Clough's attorney pulls out
FRANK PHIPPS, Q.C., the lead defence lawyer for accused attorney, Raymond Clough, withdrew from the case yesterday amidst disclosure that his former client will have to answer to increased charges. The money for which Mr. Clough is now before the court..

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Food for the Poor to inject funds into fishing
Public contract bids for Operation Pride get nod

Business
Another HRD project for Jamaica
CASTRIES, CANA THE ST. LUCIA-based Caribbean Project for Economic Competitiveness (CPEC) is initiating a human resource development system aimed at improving the economic potential of the tourism sector in the Jamaican parish of Portland.

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Summer job programme launched

Sport
CRICKET:-WICB acts on injuries
THE West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has asked the manager of the West Indies team, Ricky Skerritt, to investigate the recent spate of injuries to members of the West Indies team now on tour of Zimbabwe with a view to determining the reasons for the...

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ATHLETICS:- Ja runners shine in Monte Carlo

Commentary
Nurses and fashion
IN ADDITION to a challenging career (and environment if one is based at the Kingston Public Hospital) Jamaican nurses may now, it would seem, face the ire of their association if they do not dress appropriately. Those 'angels of mercy' who would dress...

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Letters
Letter of the day:- J'cans deserve better
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RETURN of calm after two or three days of madness is welcomed. But we need to reflect on the grave irresponsibility which attended the tragedy that overcame this land.

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All we need is tolerance
Dreaming away violence
I am searching for... The Isaacs family

Entertainment
'Block 24', commendable
BLOCK 24 is essentially an amateur production ­ not a bad thing in and of itself. However, director and playwright David Tulloch is guilty of trying to pack too much into a too short a space of time, to the detriment of the story..

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Sweet success for Sugar Ray

Farmer's Weekly
Denbigh 2001 launched
THE DENBIGH Agri-Industrial Show 2001 was launched this week at the offices of the Tourism Product Development Company in New Kingston. Scheduled for August 4-6, Denbigh will take place at the familiar show grounds in May Pen, Clarendon.

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Gov't investing in soursop production

Religion
Perspective: Education's role in society P.1:- CHRISTIANITY: Preparation for life
EDUCATION is more than the pursuit of a course of study and being certified as having done so. Education is preparation for life. It is the holistic development ...

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East Queen Street Baptist congregation marks 200th anniversary

Real Estate
Georgian structure to be demolished
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: THE JAMAICA National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has given the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development the nod to demolish the existing meeting room of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council to facilitate the construction..

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More houses for St Catherine

Lifestyle
GARDENING TIPS:- How to re-pot plants
RE-POTTING can be done at any time, especially if a plant is suffering. However, the best time to perform the task is just before growth begins ­ in most cases, spring. Do remember that not all plants have the same growing...

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Designing bedrooms for kids is anything but child's play