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There is still no explanation from the Government as to what led to its decision to oust Major Richard Reese from the post of permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security….

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A LACK of leadership at the community level is being blamed for levels of poverty in many Jamaican communities. Scarlette Gillings, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund…

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More than 1,000 students from Hutton’s Education Unit are at risk of not being registered for this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations unless millions of dollars in outstanding fees are paid over…

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As women from all spheres of Jamaican life gathered downtown Kingston to mark International Women’s Day, Inter-American Year of Women was officially launched in the island yesterday. Olivia Grange…

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Chief Justice Zaila McCalla is to preside today in chambers over the first hearing into the claim brought by four persons who were successful last month in stopping the commission of enquiry into the collapse of the financial sector…

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THE JAMAICA Social Investment Fund (JSIF) says it has been building fewer community centres because of a difficulty in finding persons or agencies to take charge of the facilities.”We have suffered…

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CONTRARY TO an apparent agreement in a letter of intent signed in January, the Government has declared it has no plan to grant an exclusive national carrier licence to Caribbean Airlines after Air Jamaica is grounded…

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THE 10th most powerful Atlantic hurricane walloped Jamaica in 2004, causing problems for many, including a white and black cat, which was left with the task of finding food…

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As Jamaica joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day today, have a look at some of the Jamaican women who have blazed a trail of glory.

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