Cyber-scam war

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, particularly those aligned to the Jamaica Bankers' Association (JBA), have pooled human and financial resources in an all-out effort to smash an emerging debit-card scam that is threatening the security confidence of the electronic banking system...

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New leaf for new school year

Worried new pupils have fears addressed - Pep talks were the order of the day at several Corporate Area high schools yesterday as administrators sought to comfort those students who were reluctant to take up their Grade Six Achievement Test...

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Awesome aloe

The health benefits of the aloe vera plant (Aloe barbadensis) have been well known for over 5,000 years. Today, aloe is popularly used for a variety of ailments, although its value has been largely ignored by Western medicine...

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EDITORIAL - Yes, hold heads to account

Two initiatives highlighted by educational officials this week are in line with proposals long championed by this newspaper with the intent of improving accountability among school administrators and lifting quality in classrooms....

Entertainment

Pulse finds the faces they want

Sunday night's Caribbean Model Search (CMS) celebrated not only the talent of young Jamaican models, but also the return of Miss Universe first place runner-up Yendi Phillipps.

Lifestyle

A glimpse of life in Giblatore

It was only a matter of days before little Junior, son of Sheila, the community shopkeeper and cousin of a temperamental pig farmer, would be going off to a new school. It was the talk of Giblatore, a community located about 30 minutes...

Sport

Reggae Boyz hunt quick double

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: WHILE Jamaica's Reggae Boyz are determined to keep racking up positive results, head coach Theodore Whitmore admits he will lean on the side of caution when the national team faces Peru at the Lockhart Stadium here in Fort...

Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Dangerous police 'fishing' expeditions

The Editor, Sir: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Les Green says the Jamaican police now use non-criminal databases for crime solving.

Business

Pioneer in shipping industry passes

Daphne McLaren, chairman of the Maritime Group of Companies, has died. McLaren was the sister of the late Hylton Clarke and aunt to vice-president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Kim Clarke.

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