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'Dudus' pressure
The pressure on the Bruce Golding administration to send the worrying extradition request for Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke to the courts continues to mount.Three more powerful organisations have...
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Reese moved because of Armadale?
The government has given the clearest indication yet that the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correction Centre was behind the planned transfer of permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese.Since...
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Saving youth at risk
The University of the West Indies' School of Education on the Mona campus recently staged a two-day conference titled 'Improving Literacy for Adolescents and Youth At Risk'.The conference, which was held March 11-12...
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'Mr Portmore' tells the untold story
Kennedy Reid can certainly be called 'Mr Portmore', because he has spent the last 12 years of his life studying the landscape, the people and the history of the Sunshine City.
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Champs 100 tour a hit at Herbert Morrison
The Gleaner 'Champs 100' crew touched down in the Second City yesterday as Herbert Morrison Technical played host to the nomadic pre-ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships celebrations yesterday afternoon.
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Fighting moral decay
Mark Kerr-Jarrett started a letter with, "It is amazing how immune we have become to the gradual moral decay of society [...] "
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MOH stands by CDA head job description
The Ministry of Health says its standing by the job description of the chief executive officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA) despite concerns raised by lobby groups Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) and Hear The Children's Cry.
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Nurses still locked in talks with Labour Ministry
Up to news time labour minister Pearnel Charles was still locked in a meeting involving members of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ).
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Key legislation passed
The Government today used its majority to approve one of two key pieces of legislation that must be passed as part of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Senate approves terrorism bill
The senate today approved the amendments to the Terrorism Prevention Act, which were passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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Washington Boulevard traffic delays
The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists to expect traffic delays along Washington Boulevard and Molynes Road this Sunday, March 14.
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Clansman gang member killed
The police this morning shot and killed a member of the notorious Spanish Town-based Clansman gang.
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Ministry meets NAJ to resolve reclasse exercise
The labour minister Pearnel Charles is now meeting with members of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) to resolve the impasse over a job reclassification exercise.
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Dual citizenship hearing set for April
The case management conference in relation to the election petition brought by Manley Bowen against Shahine Robinson alleging that she has dual citizenship has been set for April 14.
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Education ministry develops National Examinations Act
The education ministry is now developing a National Examinations Act, which will result in administrative changes to the legal and regulatory framework of examinations.
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Fiscal responsibility takes priority
The Senate is now debating the proposed amendments to two key legislations to tighten the fiscal management in Jamaica.
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