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KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
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Joan Buchanan: Heritage’s Sales Rep of the Year
BY AINSWORTH MORRIS Career & Education writer morrisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2012
JOAN Buchanan — 2011's top sales representative and sales manager for the local chapter of Heritage Education Funds International — has credited plann...
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Communities trained in sea turtle monitoring
January 14, 2012
RESIDENTS of Treasure Beach in St Elizabeth, Bluefields in Westmoreland as well as Hope Bay and Winnifred Beach in Portland all came together recently...
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Education ministry moves to help poor grade four test performers
BY DENISE DENNIS Career & Education staff reporter dennisd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2012
THE Ministry of Education has begun its intervention into six primary schools that performed poorly in the most recent Grade Four Literacy Test. The s...
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Education ministry, JTA at odds over ASTEP
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education senior reporter douglasl@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2012
THE Ministry of Education and the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) are expressing widely differing views about the progress of the Alternative Seco...
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January 14, 2012
Dr Donna Minott-Kates, course director for the Better Process Control School at the University of the West Indies, thumbs through the pages of a canne...
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Digicel launches graduate acceleration programme
January 14, 2012
DIGICEL'S inaugural Graduate Acceleration Programme (Digicel GAP) got under way this past week, with the first cohort of six graduates being put throu...
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Holiday bonus split unfairly among employees
January 14, 2012
Q: We recently moved from a house to a condominium. At the beginning of this month, management posted a notice encouraging residents to give to the em...
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Audrey Sewell open to returning to education ministry, but…
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2012
AS her temporary assignment to the Ministry of Transport and Works (now the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing) nears a close, civil servant Aud...
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More resolutions for the entrepreneur
BY CLIFF ENNICO 
January 14, 2012
THERE are a number of things that entrepreneurs may want to take on at the start of this new year, in a bid to boost their bottom line. * Do an annual...
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Working four-hour weeks not worth the job
January 14, 2012
Q: I applied to several stores for part-time seasonal work and was hired at a highly prestigious retail store. Four of us had a group interview and we...
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An electronics man
January 14, 2012
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SSFPS’s technology
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January 7, 2012
SAFETY Solutions and Fire Prevention Systems (SSFPS) is an authorised dealer for the international agencies Commercial Wireless Systems International ...
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Nature bears witness
January 7, 2012
This hawk joined the 10,000 or so guests, who last Thursday witnessed the swearing of Jamaica's new prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller at King's Ho...
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Joan Gordon-Webley: ‘I’m ready to help’
BY AINSWORTH MORRIS Career & Education writer morrisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7, 2012
Former NSWMA boss offers helping hand following failed political bid JOAN Gordon-Webley has offered a helping hand to the new management of the Nation...
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Enjoying lab time
January 7, 2012
Nicole Campbell, public relations officer at Flow Jamaica, assists the children of Green Pond Primary School in their new computer lab powered by Flow...
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Kymani Seymour: A seafarer in training
January 7, 2012
Life at sea intrigues young trainee KYMANI Seymour spent her formative years intending to pursue a career in medicine. Her plans changed following a t...
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Find solutions to problems, package your skills this year
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education writer douglasl@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7, 2012
WITH the excitement of the holidays and the elections behind us, one thing everyone can agree on is 2012 will be a tough year and all Jamaicans could ...
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Jamaicans on their 2012 career goals
January 7, 2012
WE are just over a week into the new year and as part of their resolutions, many are focussed on career progress. Career & Education write Ainsworth M...
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Resident fellowship on offer at University of Miami
January 7, 2012
THE Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami is seeking applications for its Resident Fellow Programme. The applicant who is selected ...
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Firefighting, Boyd’s business
BY DENISE DENNIS Career & Education staff reporter dennisd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7, 2012
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