Israel to ban 37 aid groups operating in Gaza
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Israel to ban 37 aid groups operating in Gaza
December 31 02:32 PM
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP)—Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on...
Mbappe suffers knee sprain in blow for Real Madrid
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Mbappe suffers knee sprain in blow for Real Madrid
December 31 02:23 PM
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Real Madrid on Wednesday said that Kylian Mbappe had suffered a knee sprain, delivering a blow to their bid to reel in Liga leader...

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Police force will get worse before it gets better
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Police force will get worse before it gets better
MARK WIGNALL 
February 24, 2010
I once sneaked inside the police armoury at Elletson Road but because of promises I made then I will not give the date or timeline because it will bre...
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Rumours of devaluation – not again
Edward E Ghartey 
February 23, 2010
The concept of rational expectations assumes that rational economic agents use all available information in their decision-making process. If they don...
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Angels on the job
Celta Kirkland 
February 23, 2010
Reflections in prayer HEBREWS 1:14: "Angels are servants, they are spirits sent from God to care for those who will receive salvation" (NLT). It is a ...
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Jamaica and Caricom – the future relationship
Anthony GOMES 
February 23, 2010
"Recalling the Declaration of Grand Anse and other decisions of the Conference of Heads of Government, in particular the commitment to deepening regio...
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A new day for the police force?
By Ken Chaplin 
February 22, 2010
One of the things that struck me during my years as director of information of the police force and media consultant to five commissioners of police w...
Columns
Statesman, not salesman
With Betty Ann Blaine 
February 22, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, It is very clear that the Air Jamaica story will neither fly away nor crash (pun intended), and there's good reason for th...
Columns
Death of a generation
Lloyd B Smith 
February 22, 2010
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? DEATH is man’s worst enemy. My apologies to my many readers for my column not having appea...
Columns
A new day for the police force?
February 22, 2010
ELLINGTON... promoted cops who reported a sergeant and businessman in a gun and ammunition deal. Ken Chaplin One of the things that struck me during m...
Columns
Death of a generation
February 22, 2010
During the last few months, Jamaica lost many of its outstanding icons including (left to right) Trevor Rhone, Sonny Bradshaw and Rex Nettleford O dea...
Columns
Statesman, not salesman
February 22, 2010
Dear Reader, It is very clear that the Air Jamaica story will neither fly away nor crash (pun intended), and there's good reason for that. The issue o...
Columns
A most wasteful witch-hunt
February 22, 2010
Unbelievable best describes our reaction to radio reports yesterday that the National Security Ministry is to open a probe to determine how Justice Pa...
Concluding recommendations on primary education
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Concluding recommendations on primary education
WESLEY BARRETT 
February 21, 2010
In my previous two articles, I argued the case for a quality primary education from different perspectives. Looked at broadly, I was arguing a case al...
Columns
Depending on our kindness
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
February 21, 2010
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers,” said a Tennessee Williams character. But we Jamaicans are no strangers to our sisters and broth...
Is DJ music just irrelevant noise?
Columns
Is DJ music just irrelevant noise?
MARK WIGNALL 
February 20, 2010
Leslie Galbraith once owned Galbraith's Electronics, from 1970 to 1994. He is, like our living icon of the music industry Hedley Jones, a local pionee...
Columns
Watch this investment summit on Haiti
Analysis by Rickey Singh 
February 20, 2010
Concerns over two-day Miami event LAST week as the prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France were on separate ...
Columns
Jamaica’s weakened economic state
February 20, 2010
Claude Robinson Lest we read too much into the Fitch upgrade and the success of the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) programme, there was a sobering remind...
Columns
A Critical Reflection on Management of Caricom
BY PHIL PASCAL 
February 20, 2010
THE Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom), in celebrating its 37th anniversary with the hopes of fully operationalising the Single Market an...
Jamaica: the next haven for young celebrities?
Columns
Jamaica: the next haven for young celebrities?
DIANE ABBOTT 
February 20, 2010
JAMAICA with its luxurious north coast resorts like Round Hill has always been the preferred destination of the very rich and mature holiday-maker. Su...
Columns
Jamaica’s weakened economic state
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
February 20, 2010
Lest we read too much into the Fitch upgrade and the success of the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) programme, there was a sobering reminder from the Plan...
Columns
What the World Owes Haiti
John Maxwell 
February 20, 2010
Some of us grow up thinking that being free means that we are at liberty to do whatever we want -- as long as we don't hurt anyone else; that simply b...
France in Haiti: A fresh start by Sarkozy?
Columns
France in Haiti: A fresh start by Sarkozy?
Sir Ronald Sanders 
February 20, 2010
At last a French president visited Haiti -- a country that contributed greatly to France's accumulation of wealth in the 18th Century and which France...
Columns
Who Will
James Moss-Solomon 
February 20, 2010
At the time of writing (Tuesday, February 16, 2010), I was very confused. Most of the news items seem to indicate that sometimes we wish to respect th...

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