SHEER HELL Report damns state care
RAPE, CARNAL abuse, batterings, physical restraints and harsh punishment meted out to children in state-run homes have been confirmed in a report on operations in the facilities.

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Fix-it list for state homes
Where is 'Baby Pansy'? Gov't looks to settle with Clarendon couple
More hotels in the pipeline
Plane seized at Tinson Pen is registered in Jamaica
Police consider command post in Mountain View
Millicent Moodie - stellar contribution to health care

Despite appeals to continue flights - Air J Express is still pulling out of Negril
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE CALLS by civic groups for Air Jamaica Express to reconsider its decision to pull out of Negril by month-end, the airline's management has insisted it would be unprofitable to continue flying there.

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Blaine welcomes Alcoa's support for local NGOs
600 in summer job programme
Construction delay at Brown's Town Market hampering sales
Hike in Canadian visa fees
Residents in St Ann not getting PATH aid
Pay for Performance
Pragmatic economist
Ministry of Land revising Acts to improve efficiency
PriceSmart boss rejects Wayne Chen's statements

Inflation rate hits June high
PRICE INCREASES for basic food items following the budget presentation in April, as well as the impact on general prices of the depreciation in value of the foreign exchange rate...

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Nadine Willis to spearhead prestigious Gucci campaign
Mirant files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
ZIM partners with Kgn
Good prospects for new debenture
Westmoreland credit union records profit
Small businesses need tax relief
Understanding digital cameras

Ja blank Guatemala
MIAMI, FLORIDA: JAMAICA SECURED a place in the second round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup after defeating Guatemala 2-0 in their second game at the Orange Bowl yesterday.

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Ja, Australia lock horns at Champs
Ennis-London dismisses rivals to win in 13.12s
McLaughlin, Bolt head Pam-Am team
Noran Batman favoured

Save the children now
THE NATION would do well to steel itself to deal with the disturbing aspects of the report on the 58 children's homes and places of safety which was tabled in Parliament yesterday.

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Correcting the wrongs of yesterday and tomorrow
We ain't an island state

Miss Lynch made a huge difference
THE EDITOR, Sir: I ATTENDED St. Hilda's Diocesan High School in Brown's Town, St. Ann, from 1965-1972. Mrs. Muriel Lynch Rackham was the headmistress in the latter part of my school life.

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Broadening democracy
Lost in the postal system
Night noises killing eardrums
Road woes
Lawsuits and local justice
Canal grouse
Helping the St Thomas lady
'Reformation mentality'
Where is the netball, CVM?
Call to confession

Music and lingerie at 'Jazz With A Twist'
REDBONES THE Blues Cafe, 21 Braemar Avenue, New Kingston, continued in its vein of offering entertainment with a difference last Saturday night.

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Chaos prevails after Bling Dawg's 'Summer Jam'
The show must go on!
Of gatecrashers and great parties
Flutes, harps and kimonos

Booster shots
Jamaica's routine immunisation programme will now prevent the sexually-transmitted disease, Hepatitis B as well as the germ linked to brain inflammation.

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Learn to love yourself
Learning to love exercise - Fitness ideals vs real rewards - Stay focused
The importance of meal timing
Prescription rules
Warning! Skin in danger