Call for boot camps - School of hard knocks mooted as cure for delinquent students
Amid the growing level of indiscipline and violence in Jamaican learning institutions, a school activist yesterday called for boot camps to be installed nationally for delinquent students. Lawman Lynch, safe schools ambassador in the Ministry of National Security, argued...

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Parties tight-lipped on dual-citizenship talks
Simpson Miller tags JLP with failing grade
How the National Housing Trust (NHT) rate rise affects you
Government makes pitch for backyard gardening in Jamaica
Exploring the 1865 Native Baptist War

Style over cassava, the new Jamaican man
We are living in interesting times. It's the Internet age, the post-space age. Mankind is at the height of its creative capabilities, and with all the advancement in technology, the world is on the brink of starvation. Yet, millions of acres of land worldwide...

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12 killed in fiery rage
'Help physically challenged touse technology'
Journalist puts face on cancer awareness
Power to the people - Founder of Guyana's first independent paper explains why everyone needs a voice
A ray of hope
CAPE gets new timetable
Never a better time for transformation
GlaxoSmithKline fêtes children at Bustamante Hospital

Socio-economic boost needed for Africa - Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie speaks at UWI ...
His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie, grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie I, says despite experiencing significant improvements in key developmental areas, there is much more that needs to be done to improve socio-economic conditions for many on the African continent...

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World Wise closes small accounts to stay viable

Ver tops strong field in 100m
California, USA: Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown scored a narrow victory against a star-studded field in the women's 100 metres at the Adidas Classic, held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, yesterday. Campbell-Brown held her nerve after two false....

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Rain rescues Jamaica in Trelawny
Another big run by Bolt
Windies coach Dyson laments loss of Samuels
England, NZTest heading for tame draw
Rivoli turn on the heat in St Thomas
It's Jamaica by a whisker : local polo players win three-match series
Nadal too good for Federer again
McFarlane, Hammond win in PR

EDITORIAL - State companies need management shake-up
This past Friday, in these columns, we highlighted the economic turbulence in which Air Jamaica continues to exist and the severe burden this places on Jamaica's taxpayers.This year, for instance, the airline will lose an estimated US$170 million...

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Citizens' rights trump ministry's might
NOTE-WORTHY: Potato project

LETTER OF THE DAY - Budgetary support, the key to police success
The Editor, Sir: The following are the main reasons why I do not think the likeable Derrick Smith should have been changed for Colonel Trevor MacMillan. I only hope for the nation that he does not behave like a commissioner of police, which is difficult for him not to do...

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Distressed at standard of English
'Jamaica must feed itself'
NAJ unrealistic
Groups at odds over Garvey birthplace
11-y-o pleads for community
Focus on role of fathers
Price affecting pepper process
Earning divine intervention
Changing the social climate

Excellent acoustic music at Redbones
With three featured performers, Janine Cunningham, Bijean Gayle and Della Manley, there was sufficient room for the singers to present their personality and explore their interests at Redbones the Blues Café on Friday night. So Janine was strong and extremely expressive...

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Competition of Faith
'Concert-ed' effort at Rootz Underground launch
'Candy Shop', first teen comedy to premiere at Flashpoint
Something extra

Cole on cleansing
Debby Cole, 42, colon therapy consultant, has been treating people through colon cleansing for the past 13 years. If you have a dysfunctional colon, it can lead to perforated colon, inflammation of the bowels and, over time, colon cancer....

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Andria Hall, news anchor, takes on higher cause
Help for the Hirds
KELLY'S WORLD - Relax, Asafa, yuh safe!
When love breaks language barriers
50:50 only affects the family home
Sports nutrition young athletes
When the helper steals
Headliners!
Many moods of the white shirt
Nora May Desnoes - Balancing career, family and the fitness bug
Indashio's Ochi Invasion