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STETH-ing closer!

St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) moved a step closer to both the ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup and the Ben Francis Cup schoolboy football titles with a 2-0 win over Lennon High at the...

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Dead heat! New poll shows Obama-Romney race tied

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — Just 48 hours before Election Day, the presidential race for the White House is tied, with both President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, receiving...

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Haiti PM appeals for emergency aid following Sandy

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian government is calling on other countries and international organisations to provide emergency humanitarian aid after Hurricane Sandy caused major damage to the...

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17 year old Niesha Fairclough missing

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Seventeen-year-old Niesha Fairclough of Coleyville Avenue, Kingston 20, has been missing since Friday, November 2.

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2-year-old boy killed at zoo exhibit

PITTSBURGH, USA (AP) — A 2-year-old boy visiting the Pittsburgh zoo was killed Sunday morning when he fell off a railing that his mother had put him on top of to view a pack of African painted dogs,...

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Highest honours

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Non-French speakers sitting in the president's boardroom at Northern Caribbean University (NCU) on October 26 would have missed the quality of the academic discourse as...

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A foul affair — Shoppers Fair collapse leaves stench in May Pen

MAY PEN, Clarendon — The foul odour which currently pollutes this mid-island town is in stark contrast to the effect that the operators of the Shoppers Fair Supermarket had hoped for when they moved...

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Jamaican jeweller to be extradited to England

A Jamaican jeweller and musician is to be extradited to England where he is facing charges of rape and incest.

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Court hears gripping testimony against cops on murder trial

JURORS on Friday began hearing gripping evidence in the trial of the three police officers charged with the murder of two men abducted eight years ago from the Washington Plaza in St Andrew.

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Police probe Burnt Savannah shooting

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The St Elizabeth police are investigating the shooting death of a Florida resident in Burnt Savannah early Saturday morning, just months after his older sister was similarly...

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100 employed as teachers under JEEP

NEARLY 100 teachers have been employed at the pre-primary level under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), and another 100 are in training to be deployed under the programme's second...

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Malcolm highlights the issues

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - President of the St Elizabeth Football Association Patrick Malcolm is breathing easier after surviving a recent challenge from fellow educator Keith Wellington at the...

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The Maroons are an inspiration, says Simpson Miller

ACCOMPONG, St Elizabeth — Prime Minister Simpson Miller has called on Jamaicans to draw inspiration from the resilient characteristics of the Maroons to pull through the current economic hardships...

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A worthy model - Manchester PC’s renewable energy project hailed

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Manchester Parish Council is anticipating an immediate 10 per cent reduction in its electricity bill following the recent firstphase installation of a wind turbine and...

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In memory of Danny

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Former Parliamentarian the late Donald (Danny) Buchanan had an unmatched love for the game of cricket.

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PAAC criticises slow pace of public sector transformation

PARLIAMENT'S Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) is not convinced that the Civil Service is doing enough to meet the public sector transformation targets and has demanded that the...

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NHT sets Friday deadline for Sandy claims

NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagers, who suffered damage to their properties during the passage of Hurricane Sandy last month, have until next Friday to submit their claims.

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IMF: Stronger push needed to change Ja's debt dynamics

NEW YORK, USA — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has underscored the need for greater effort from the Government to change Jamaica's debt dynamics as the two parties continue discussions geared at...

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Guards in UTech beating detained

TWO security guards implicated in the beating of a male student, allegedly caught in a compromising position with another man in a bathroom at the Papine cmapus of the University of Technology last...

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Help being sought for Pumpkin Bottom flood victims

SANDY BAY, Hanover — Jamaica Labour Party caretaker for Eastern Hanover, Paula Kerr-Jarrett, is calling on Government to relocate the over 20 families living in a section of this community called...

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