Groups still seek justice - Two years later human rights advocates protest Braeton 7 killing
TWO YEARS after seven young men were killed in Braeton, St. Catherine, human rights advocates say they are still searching for justice. On the second anniversary of the shooting deaths yesterday, members of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), Families...

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Int'l human rights group to hear Gayle's case
THE INTER-AMERICAN Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has agreed to hear the case of Michael Gayle, the mentally-ill man who was beaten to death by police and soldiers in 1999. Earlier this week, the Commission ruled that the petition brought by...

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Police get leads in Jones Town shooting
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Reliant Communications Ltd gets first int'l carrier licence
RELIANT COMMUNICATIONS Limited, a joint venture between telecommunications veteran, Steve Twomey, and InfoChannel Limited founder and CEO, Patrick Terrelonge, has received the first international carrier licence since the March 1 liberalisation of...

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Pay up or NHT will sell your house

Grim battle for survival
THE Carib Beer series cricket match between Jamaica and India "A" got off to an exciting start at Sabina Park yesterday with the two teams locked in a grim battle for survival on a pitch tailor-made for seam bowling. At stumps on a day during which 16...

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Campbell in 200m final
Cuba beat Reggae Boyz 1-0
Santos, JDF in Super showdown
Husseys set to dominate

Editorial: Amnesty's intrusion
THE AGGRESSIVE intervention of Amnesty International into the operation of Jamaica's judicial system would violate the protocol that is appropriate to the diplomacy between states. But Amnesty has no such status, being an independent international human..

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When the 'shoe gets on the wrong foot'
Radical decisions to curb crime
Community expertise is available

LETTER OF THE DAY: Costly and relatively useless Local Government elections
WHILE BEING an unalterable advocate of strong local government, I am convinced that under our present system of governance the holding of Parish Council elections isn't all that important. In the past we have managed to run the capital city with...

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The driver behind you
A conflict of interest
Dichotomy in the Church
All consuming corruption
A response to Delroy Chuck on Rhodes

'Fun In The Son': a blessed experience
THE SOPHOMORE staging of 'Fun in the Son' Gospel Spring Break Festival got underway yesterday with the first sessions of 'Word and Worship' at the Renaissance Jamaica Grande and Gospel Street Jam at the Clock Tower (Speaker's Corner) in Ocho Rios, St...

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HBO suspends filming of 'The Sopranos'

JAS and SRC chart plan ties
A NEW LEVEL of co-operation between the Jamaica Agricultural Society(JAS) and the Scientific Research Council(SRC) is expected to result from last Wednesday's presentation to the monthly JAS board meeting by Dr. Audia Barnett, executive director...

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Plantain production project general meeting held
Citrus replanting proposal submitted, says Clarke

Full implementation of GIS by 2005
THE MINISTRY of Local Government, Community Development, and Sport is aiming for full implementation of the computerised Geography Information System (GIS) in all Parish Councils within the next two years. At implementation, expectations are that the...

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Cement prices adjusted on falling dollar
University hospital expansion

Clover Thompson rules the roost - Principal of Denham Town High School and Lasco's Teacher of the Year Clover Thompson ruffles as many feathers as she smoothes.
Clover Thompson rules the school yard from her open office door. On her desk is perched a public address system -- no one is beyond the reach of her voice. And rarely does anything move in that concrete school yard without her noticing. "Moxam, Moxam...

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Potted perspectives: Decorative pots add finishing touches to a garden