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Parchment sets new Jamaican record in Paris

3665142046?profile=originalJamaica's Hansle Parchment (centre) competes to win the men's 110m hurdles event during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League competition at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, yesterday. (PHOTO: AFP

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Ebony hails Caribbean poets

3665142201?profile=originalRoland Watson Grant & Ann Margaret Lim

Noted African-American glossy Ebony has named six Caribbean writers to watch this summer.

Published in its June edition, the magazine listed four Jamaicans -- Poet Laureate professor Mervyn Morris, Beverley East

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Jamaica Focus: Sisters Give Back

3665142200?profile=originalApolone Keaton (right) and her sister Shawn Ho-Hing. (Photo: ACEION CUNNINGHAM)

SHE might have relocated to a country where there are resources in abundance, but Florida-based resident Apolone Keaton has not forgotten those living in rural Hanover an

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Jamaica Focus: A doctorate by age 25

3665141979?profile=originalDr Peter Nelson flips through the pages of his latest publication. (then) NELSON... a lot of the persons who are really successful were not born with a gold spoon in their mouth, but what they had is a solid mentality to be successful (PHOTOS: BRYAN

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Trinidad Focus: Straight from the heart

3665143279?profile=originalPrincipal of Each One Teach One, Wayne Jordan, stands behind his preschool pupils at the unveiling of the school’s new facility at Beetham Gardens. PHOTO: MARYANN AUGUSTE

When no one else dared to, for fear of getting caught in the middle of gang war

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Mango Madness - Recipes

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Mangoes abound at this time of the year and in addition to enjoying their orange, sweet, and fleshy goodness straight off the seed there are many, many ways to include them in delicious recipes. Not all mangoes are meant to be cooked or included in

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The Love Movement’s presentation Love Notes, opening at the Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Sunday, promises to be the most entertaining and soul-stirring production in its 42-year history, the group said in a news release.

 

In the first half of the pro

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Rude boys: Shanty Town to Savile Row

3665142777?profile=originalThe tailor Sam Lambert shows off his rude boy style. Photograph: Dean Chalkley

The rude boy has come a long way from his origins in Jamaican subculture, as shown in a new photography exhibition celebrating the movement's distinctive style.

It was tow

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3665142565?profile=originalJamaica's 4x200m relay team pose next to the clock after setting a world record at the IAAF World Relays. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Jamaica’s men broke the 4x200m world record, set 20 years ago by the USA, on the opening night of the inaugural

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