Failing state wards
Education Ministry not doing enough for children in places of safety -Anderson
HEAD OF the Child Development Agency, Alison Anderson, has strongly criticised the Ministry of Education for its 'hands off' approach to the education of wards of the state. In an emotionally charged address to The Gleaner's...

Mtn View still under attack
DESPITE THE deployment of heavily armed police and soldiers in the troubled communities of Mountain View Avenue and adjoining areas, gunmen continue to attack and shoot at citizens.

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Binger goes in TPDCo shuffle
Three killed in St James since Friday
Brings parish death toll to 46
Homes of horror

Davies nails down growth debate
CRITICISMS OF the latest economic growth figures are based on a misunderstanding, says Dr. Omar Davies, Finance and Planning Minister...

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United front needed on taxation of lotteries
'It's decision time on the CSME'
Moss-Solomon urges region to replace diplomacy with action

Sunshine Girls crushed
JAMAICA CRASHED out of the Cable & Wireless World Netball Champion-ship finals going down 56-37 to second-ranked New Zealand in semi-final action at the National Indoor Sports Centre last night...

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Classy I'msatisfied obliges the hard way
Reggae Boyz face tough assignment
Ja improve medal count at Pan Am Junior Games

Failure is not in our stars
THERE ARE a few issues that recur in our country with distressing, sometimes boring, regularity. Among them, annual flooding in well-known disaster-prone areas, and outbreaks of violence in some Corporate Area communities, with sections of Mountain View.

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The fluidity of race
Come rain or shine ­ it's a beautiful day
Let us agree on these things

LETTER OF THE DAY
An inspiring performance
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAD a strong urge to attend the University Singers 2003 Concert Season on Sunday night and the experience was so rewarding and enriching that as soon as I returned home I had to write this note...

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Religion is not only Christianity
Stop the noise-makers!

A band of the blind
Mel Cooke Freelance Writer

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Cecele Dixon Mattis nudged into drama

Awards in 'Artist of the Year' competition
And the winner is...
CHRISTOPHER IRONS and Tafui McLean emerged winners at the third staging of the "Under-40 Artist of the Year" competition last Tuesday. Irons copped the Jury Prize and Tafui, the "People's Prize"...

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ART DIARY
'Redemption Song' coming to Emancipation Park soon

Paradox of economic growth
FINANCE MINISTER, Dr. Omar Davies, often does his job like an accountant rather than an economist...

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Win, lose or draw?
The language debacle of Caribbean students in the American education system