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Tariq Parker is 2015 Rhodes Scholar - News KINGSTON, Jamaica — Twenty-three-year-old Dr Tariq Parker is the 2015 recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship Award, members of the Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee announced a short while ago. The announcement was made by Governor-Ge ...

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The Cost of Corruption... Jamaica's Barrier to Prosperity National Integrity Action (NIA) is a not-for-profit organization that was launched in December 2011 with the objective of combatting corruption in Jamaica on...

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The main lesson I learnt from visiting Cuba - Business LAST month I was a member of the delegation that visited Cuba with Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to look at that country's preparation for Ebola, and thus take back some lessons for implementation in Jamaica. There is no doubt that even t ...

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Study finds uneven tax rates among rich and poor in Jamaica - Business JAMAICA taxes the rich at one of the lowest rates in the world while taxes on the poor are among the highest, according to a new Personal Taxes Study by UHY, an international accountancy network. It has led to calls to increase the tax thresho ...

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/News/Cannabis-researcher-joins-Jamaican-company_17938331

Cannabis researcher joins Jamaican company - News DR William Courtney, a highly regarded international Cannabidol specialist, has joined the Jamaican-based Timeless Herbal Care (THC), to assist in research and development. According to THC, he will be part of a team of international and local res ...

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Prosecutors to appeal Pistorius ruling - News PRETORIA, (AFP) - South African state prosecutors said on Monday they would appeal the verdict and five-year jail term handed down to fallen track star Oscar Pistorius over the killing of his girlfriend last year. The

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Jamaican students top 16 CSEC subjects in region ... English language included :: News The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) which administers CSEC, released the information in its merit list publication which ranks the top 10 best performing students in each subject, in the region.

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CARICOM Chairman defends decision to ban nationals from Ebola infected countries - News ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne Monday defended the decision by a number of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to impose a travel ban on nationals from three West African countries because of th ...

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UPDATE: Pistorius gets 5 years for girlfriend’s killing - News PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering her sentence, Judge Thokozile Masipa cite ...