This is the second in a new series telling the stories of Jamaicans who used education to overcome poverty.
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Bernard ‘Patrick’ Lee used difficult life as motivation
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Senate, on Friday passed the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015, that will facilitate the provision an additional $35,568 in tax-free income for workers, effective January, 1, 2016.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Caribbean states to lead the world in ending violence against women and girls.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Haiti’s President Michel Martelly yesterday called for a peaceful solution to the crisis facing Dominicans of Haitian descent who are being deported from the Dominican Republic because the Spanish-speaking country insists they do not have proper documentation to remain there.
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THE Minimum Wage Advisory Commission is in the process of reviewing the national minimum wage and the minimum wage for industrial security guards.
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David Sweat was shot and captured by authorities about 48 hours after police shot and killed the fellow prisoner he teamed with for a daring prison escape. Sweat and Richard Matt were on the loose for over three weeks. CBS News correspondent Ann Werner has the latest report on how the dramatic pursuit of two escaped killers came to an end.
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New York prisoner manhunt finally ends with capture
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WHILE men can take steps to decrease their risk of developing coronary heart disease, Dr Claudine Lewis, cardiologist at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, does not think they are visiting their doctors early enough for routine check-ups.
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LOCAL Government Minister Noel Arscott says his ministry is pressing ahead with plans to remove people from dangerous areas, such as river banks, with preliminary reports from parish councils on at risk communities expected by the end of next month.
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PEOPLE in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court could not help but laugh when a man who had assaulted the mother of his child, after she sent the child to him for $300, broke down in tears.
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is the latest to slap the Dominican Republic (DR) over its policy of deporting Haitians born in the neighbouring Spanish-speaking Caribbean island.
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PARLIAMENT is heavily burdened and constrained by its lack of resources. However, despite the limitations it has been able to host two very important international conferences this month.
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Parliament reactivates oversight committee for its commissions
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IF it was only for the meagre salary that he receives fortnightly, Joseph Bolt would have given up a long time ago.
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Love for children inspires Joseph Bolt
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MOST seven-year-olds need a bandage for a skinned knee, but what Shinnia Porteous, who was born with a hole in her heart, needs more than anything in this world right now, is a new pacemaker to keep her alive.
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