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The Government is combing through the Official Secrets Act to see if it can find provisions to silence Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, whose devastating allegations have rocked the administration.

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At least 220 people were confirmed dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo when an overturned oil tanker exploded on Friday.More than 100 persons were also injured in the fire in Sange, near the border with Burundi, and officials fear the death toll…

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SENIOR OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Labour have launched an investigation into claims that Bert’s Auto Parts Limited has forced some of its employees to take polygraph tests or face dismissal.

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FROM THE furniture scandal in December 1990 to the light-bulb scandal in November 2008, allegations of corruption stalked the People’s National Party (PNP) during its record stay in office.

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Academic interest in Rastafari has accelerated and deepened extensively in the half-century since the Rex Nettleford, M.G. Smith and Roy Augier authored ‘Report on the Rastafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica’, published by then University College of the West Indies.

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ENERGY EXPERTS in the United States of America (US) are hitching that country’s energy future to natural gas, the base fuel of liquid natural gas (LNG) that is currently at the centre of a raging debate in Jamaica…

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WITH JAMAICA yet to fully settle down from the hurricane-like impact of the hunt for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the country again finds itself in the spotlight of the region as it hosts the 31st Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Conference in Montego Bay, St James.

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Involvement in a ground-breaking study of and reporting on Rastafari is one thing; designing and offering courses on Rastafari to students is another.On the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus’ website, ‘The Culture of Rastafari’ is listed at…

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A couple of weeks ago, I witnessed an incident in the arrival hall at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados which highlights in a graphic way the lack of buy-in by many CARICOM nationals to the concepts of free movement of persons and hassle-free travel throughout the region.

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A police constable has been arrested and is now being interviewed by investigators from the St James Police Division following a botched kidnap/robbery attempt yesterday.

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