Full Speed Ahead - New CARICOM Commission to push decisions
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY leaders ended their four-day summit last night with an agreement to set up a commission to implement decisions taken by the 15-member regional group. A declaration, called 'The Rose Hall Declaration' issued at the end of the...

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'Falmouth Hospital will not be closed'

Thriving rural trade in girls
IT LOOKED simply like an overcrowded, subdued country bar and shop. But the curious would have been struck by the crowd of close to 35 men and women huddled in small groups all around the yard, inside the bar and at the front of the shop.

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Leaders warned to be prepared for hurricanes
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Fierce debate sparked over proposed sexual harassment law
BATTLE LINES have been drawn with the announcement of government plans for sexual harassment legislation that would hold employers liable to pay compensation. The responsibility falls on employers to foster an environment free of sexual harassment...

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'Fudgie' humbles the 'King'
HERECOMESFUDGIE, RUNNING at odds of 10-1 with Florida-based Jamaican-born jockey Allen Maragh aboard, denied stable companion A KING IS BORN Triple Crown glory at Caymanas Park yesterday in winning the season's final classic, the $2.5 million Cable...

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Boyz face Cuba challenge
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Becca calls it a day
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Paternity leave stirring debate
NEW SOCIAL paradigms over the past half a century have placed more mothers in the workplace, forcing governments and employers to re-examine policies as they relate to making for a more productive environment for all stakeholders. When the Michael...

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DPP problems at boiling point
Interesting days ahead
Kith and kin
Religion and the CARICOM agenda

Letter Of The Day - Honouring our educators
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAVING JUST returned from yet another graduation I am filled with great admiration for our principals and faculty members, and deep love and hope for our children and parents. I hear the educators refer to students as children.

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Lost hope in Africa
Treat the disabled better
Accepting or rejecting the CCJ
Jamaica, proud and free
Remove levy from reading material
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Pure music programmes out of gas
AS JAMAICA celebrated its 40th year of Independence last year, a lot of attention was paid to the contribution of music to the island's development. That landmark apart, every attempt to sell Jamaica as a destination of pleasure and relaxation...

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Out of the mouths of babes: a horrifying truth
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Of art and heritage
IN A word, "vivid", aptly describes the colourful renditions of Surinamese artist, Marcel Pinas, currently on view at the Bolivar Gallery, on Grove Road in Kingston. The artist is no stranger to the island as he was recently enrolled...

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Moncrieffe takes NDTC baton
Graduation bawl

Colin Young Coming of age
THE SUNDAY afternoon quiet has intensified in College Commons, where homes are away from the sound of traffic and the intellectuals who make their home there... well, let's just say, they're far from the madding crowd.

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New schools on the block

Wanted: A strong black bourgeoisie!
THE PRESENCE of President Thabo Mbeki at the 24th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Montego Bay presents a golden opportunity for there to be a rethinking and renewal of CARICOM. Call it 'learning from Mbeki'.

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Moment of truth - CARICOM grapples with the global economy
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