No lockdown - Principals reopen schools after Education Ministry pays up owed funds
THE THREATENED lockdown of more than 80 upgraded high schools throughout the island has been averted after the Ministry of Education paid over funds owing to the schools.

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New US entry-exit system starts today
St James PC admits $2.8m debt
Half of nursing homes 'illegal'
Info Act in effect today

When a disabled ship led to a banana crisis
AT THE sitting of the House of Representatives on May 3, 1989, Agriculture Minister Horace Clarke, in a ministerial statement...

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No leads in MoBay murder
Cops seek brother in sibling's murder

Windies face uphill struggle
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC: BRIAN LARA held the innings together with his second hundred of the series, but even with the West Indies achieving their best ever total against South Africa...

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Lara the fastest to score 9,000 runs
Selectors spin Perry surprise
'Kemo' double sinks H'View

Opportunity for beef
THE RECENT discovery of one case of mad cow disease in the United States of America should be a matter of great concern for us in Jamaica if for no other reason, than the accepted notion that "if the United States sneezes we catch a cold".

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The woman in the head scarf
Saddam, Slobadan and Muammar
We shall overcome

How not to build 10 miles of road
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE ARE times when one has to commend and criticise in the same breath. Last September, work began on the resurfacing of almost ten miles of road in St. Mary, stretching from Rio Nuevo on the coast to Dressikie far inland.

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So-called local government reform
Farmers going out of business
'The teacher export business'
Flowers bloom among the thorns
Wake up, Jamaica
Seeking help
A simple apology will do

Wrecked! - 'Sting' gate prize damaged in Boxing Day melee
THE CAR that was advertised as the gate prize at the 2003 staging of 'Magnum Sting' instead became one of the damaged goods at the historic event.

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Intrigue, high drama in 'A Gift For Mom'

UP CLOSE WITH... 'George Jefferson'
SHERMAN HEMSLEY is a 'man for all seasons'. Fondly known to us as George Jefferson, the cheeky, obnoxious little man, constantly badgering his beloved 'ousie', and housekeeper, Florence, in the black sitcom of the '80s, The Jeffersons.

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GLOW FOR 2004
Desperate measures to go 'a farin'
A moment with Daphne Innerarity
a kiss he won't forget