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Overruled! Supreme Court says Public Service Commission (PSC) breached natural justice rules - Government lawyer awarded damages for loss of salary, allowances
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Public Service Commission (PSC) breached its regulations and the rules of natural justice, when it recommended to the Governor-General that government lawyer Lackston Robinson should be prematurely retired from the Public Service....
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Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to release info on police under probe for car theft
Ena Barclay - At the top of her class
PNP's compulsory attendance plan unrealistic - Jamaica Teachers' Association president
Golding a 'profiler', says Simpson Miller
Opposition Leader expects resounding win - Knocks PNP on promises
Three guns seized, men arrested in Kingston
Former Gleaner editor dies
Transforming the force - New look, new style, greater accountability needed to tackle crime and violence
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Damian Williams top-class achiever at Harvard, Yale
It's refreshing to hear of persons with Jamaican heritage doing well in other parts of the world. Andre Damian Williams is one of those persons. His academic achievements are outstanding and now he is all set to pursue clerkships with the highest courts in the United States.
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Address Port Royal PO mess - Repairs needed post haste
CRITIQUING THE DEBATE - Portia, Bruce: A Mismatch
'Ban children from political motorcades'
They really pursued the issues
People's National Party (PNP) supporter stabbed to death
Elderly travelled five miles for Sally
WILD creatures of the east
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Stocks rise as Wall Street worry eases
NEW YORK (Reuters):STOCKS CLIMBED yesterday as the worry that wracked Wall Street last week was soothed after central banks injected more cash into global financial systems and a report showed United States (U.S.) retail sales grew last month....
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Solid retail sales boost hopes for growth
CIT Group shares rise on NYSE after stock upgrade
Goldman climbs two per cent
Canadian Imperial sees profit grow
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LEFT IN THE BLOCKS! JAAA excludes Foster-Hylton, Simpson from World Champs
It's now final. Sherone Simpson and Brigitte Foster-Hylton will not represent Jamaica at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. Both athletes missed the National Championships which was used to select the team. However, the prospect of them being selected...
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Jamaica crush T&T in tcl U-19 limited overs
Attitude, All Fired Up crash exotic bets
Kenneth Mattis: living legend in racing
FROM THE BOUNDARY - West Indies cricket needs money ... and plenty of it
Tivoli confident
Collins recalled
India whip England - England's six-year streak comes to an end
Busta Fighters to practise Olympic-style techniques
T&T omit Brown from Osaka games
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EDITORIAL - Global financial turbulence; local impact possible
In the heat of the general election campaign, it is easy to lose sight of the turbulence which unfolded on the global financial markets last week. On Thursday, the main global stock markets declined sharply - with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling...
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Political debates or press conferences
Portia, Bruce and trust
Arctic scramble
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Letters |
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LETTER OF THE DAY - The national debates must remain on the political landscape
The Editor, Sir: As the Jamaican people watched or listened to the culmination of the national debates on Saturday, August 11, we must agree that whether the issues proffered were properly ventilated or not, the debates provided an opportunity for the parties...
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Factors to watch in sugar divestment
The devil in the details
NOTE-WORTHY: No Santa Claus
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Jeneil dreams of big stages
Jeneil Williams has dreams of being spread across every major magazine cover and to trot runways from the Caribbean to the world.This summer, the 18-year-old model is heating up the beach and the cover of SHE magazine, the region's top fashion file.
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Love Games - play or be played
Six go for big-money poetry prize
'Rush Hour 3' beats 'Bourne' to box office-title
'B.I.G.' opportunity for unknown actor
Matt Damon is Hollywood's most profitable actor, says Forbes.com
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New Freight Forwarders president
The Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica, at its 13th annual general meeting held at the Christar Villas, on July 26, unanimously elected Antoinette Chambers, manager of JLB International Ltd., to the post of president. In her inaugural speech, Chambers vowed...
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Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) degree programmes for MoBay Community College
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Authorities probe runway incident
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): A team from the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority was scheduled to arrive in Dominica yesterday to investigate the circumstances which led a small plane to run off the runway at the island's main airport on the weekend,...
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Gang war claims another life in T&T
PetroCaribe brings hope to the Caribbean
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Karl Rove to quit
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Karl Rove, who set the political strategy for U.S. President George W. Bush's two White House victories and became a favourite target for critics, said yesterday he was resigning and returning home to Texas.
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Taliban free two South Korean hostages
Teens plead no contest in alleged plot to bomb Wisconsin high school
Envoy to Peru called home amid fishing row
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