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Jamaican-born scientist making strides in nerve research
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Who would have thought that a little girl from Darliston in Westmoreland would turn out to be a First World scientist who may have discovered a new way to repair damaged nerves?
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Now living in Canada, Jamaican-born Dr Patrice Smith and her colleagues at Harvard have discovered a way to repair damaged nerves by allowing the adult brain to respond to repair signals that are induced after injury.
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Dr Smith explained to Flair in an interview, that as we get older, we
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After 60 years, dedicated worker receives Medal of Appreciation
Published: Saturday | May 23, 2009
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After over 60 years of ardent and dedicated service to both primary and adult education in Jamaica, 87-year-old Yolande Jackson still finds time to teach.
Although Jackson said goodbye to the classroom many years ago, she has not been able to turn her back on the numerous students who still look to her for knowledge.
She admits that having been the child of two educators and the widow of a vice-principal, teaching was undoubtedly in her blood.
“They always find me and I can’t say no, I still assist them,” she said. “Parents will often come to me and ask me to help their children in certain areas and I will have classes with them at my home,” she told The Gleaner.
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May 23 2009
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Published: Friday | April 17, 2009
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Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter
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Prime Minister Bruce Golding ’suffered’ three little children to come unto him and he received them at Jamaica House yesterday.
The prime minister extended the invitation to the three primary-school students after the heart-tugging letters they wrote to him were the focus of The Gleaner’s lead story on Saturday, April 11.
The tear-jerking missives were penned by two third-grade students and a sixth-grader. The letters were published earlier this month in The Gleaner’s weekly publication, the Children’s Own, which is distributed to primary, all-age and preparatory schools across the country.
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Apr 17 2009
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Published: Sunday | February 1, 2009
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Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter ..
ANOTHER FEATHER was tucked neatly into the already well-decorated hats of Maurice William Facey and Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday, as the University of Technology (UTech) conferred honorary degrees on both men.
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The conferment of the Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on Facey and Stewart was attended by many of the movers and shakers of corporate Jamaica, as well as senior Cabinet ministers and other high-ranking public officials.
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After the conferment ceremony, Facey told The Sunday Gleaner that the honour would have a place on the top shelf of his trophy case.
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“I am ecstatic!” he said, adding that it was certainly one of his greatest achievements.
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Feb 04 2009
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Obama’s speech to stress responsibility
AP – President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden stand with Maj. Gen. Richard Rowe as …
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AP – President-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife …
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WASHINGTON – A top aide says Barack Obama’s inauguration address will call on Americans to embrace a new era of responsible behavior — in government and in business.
Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s choice for chief of staff, says Obama’s speech Tuesday will ask the nation to reject the “culture of anything goes.”
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Jan 18 2009
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You have probably heard that they will be putting toll booths on parts of Highway 2000 in JA. This is probably what the first day will be like:
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Toll Booth Collector: Morning sir, the toll will be $55.
Skinny the Taximan: $55 unda yuh Mumma! Yuh know how long mi a drive pon dis yah road yah and now oonu want come charge man fi drive pon we owna road. Is kill oonu want kill off poor people! Mi naw pay dat!
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TB Collector: Sir, you don’t have a choice, please pay the toll or I’ll be forced to call the officer standing right over there.
Skinny: Which officer yuh a talk bout? Weh part him deh?
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TB Collector: Yuh see the officer standing over there with the gold-teeth, the dark glasses, the bend-up face, and the M-16? Yes dat same one?
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Oct 12 2008