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'Imagine: Studying in Canada!'

THE second Canadian education fair will be held at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa's in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday.

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Second witness corroborates evidence in Boulevard cops' trial

THE prosecution yesterday called another witness to corroborate the evidence of it's main witness that Kemar Walters and Oliver Duncan were taken from a Corporate Area plaza by police officers....

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Med Council head Hall holds talks with top physicians

CHAIRMAN of the Medical Council of Jamaica, Dr John Hall held wide-ranging discussions with colleague physicians from around the world at an important medical conference recently.

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Ho Lung: The church must do more for the poor

HEAD of Missionaries of the Poor, Father Richard Ho Lung, says the church is not doing enough to reach out to the less fortunate.

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New law will hit scammers!

SUPERINTENDENT of Police Leon Clunis, head of the Lottery Scam Task Force, says the planned introduction of legislation to punish scammers including persons in possession of items linked with the...

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Senate approve casino gaming regulations

THE Senate yesterday passed two regulations covering the operation of casinos, paving the way for the opening up of casino gaming houses in Jamaica.

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STETHS takes third straight Ben Francis KO title

CATHERINE HALL, St James- St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) won a record third straight ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel Ben Francis Knock Out title Saturday after coming from behind to beat first-time...

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Jamaica,Cuba draw 0-0 in U20 World Cup qualifier

Both teams had already qualified to the CONCACAF round and were playing for the top position.

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Vatican computer tech convicted in leaks scandal

VATICAN CITY, Italy (AP) — A Vatican court yesterday convicted a Holy See computer technician of helping the former papal butler in the embarrassing leak of confidential papal documents and gave him a...

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Who is Paula Broadwell?

WASHINFGTON, (AP) — Biographer Paula Broadwell, with whom former CIA Director David Petraeus is said to have had an affair, is a reserve US Army officer.

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Rest well Commander Prince-Marshall

ON Saturday, October 27 members of the constabulary, well wishers, friends and loved ones turned out at the May Pen Miracle Tabernacle to pay tribute to late commander of the Island Special...

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Captain Barkey sent off in style

MUSIC industry players, artistes and others were among those who turned out at the Hagley Park Road Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew to pay their last respects to slain deejay Captain Barkey.

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Joan Thomas-Davis will be singing to the angels in heaven

DEDICATED, a no-nonsense person, loving and someone who really loved family. Those were some of the words used to describe Joan Thomas-Davis at a thanksgiving service for her life held on Saturday,...

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Petraeus resigns as CIA chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has brought a sudden and unexpected end to the public career of a four-star general who led US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and was...

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Obama wins Florida, tops Romney in final tally

ST PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — President Barack Obama was yesterday declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an...

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Long Mountain subdivision to get NRCA approval

THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is to receive the longed-for approval of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) to develop its proposed housing subdivision in Long Mountain, St Andrew.

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How Leila Brown, widow of a BOJ govenor met her death

THE question that baffled everyone was what could have moved the teenaged gardener of the 59-year-old widow of a Bank of Jamaica governor to murder her?

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Sandy spotlights climate change

THE late-season formation of Hurricane Sandy, which brought destruction wherever it made landfall, has put into sharp focus the need for urgency in reaching international consensus on dealing with...

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An emotional farewell

COSWELL Duncan sat dry-eyed and poised at the piano, playing tune after tune in tribute to his daughter Annya, while his wife Grace, clad in a white suit and broad-brimmed black hat, sat resolutely in...

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US medical team helps Nine Miles

JEAN Alexander, blind and having lost a leg to diabetes was carried into the Cedella Booker Basic School in Nine Miles, St Ann after the doctors, nurses and medical students who came to Jamaica last...

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