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GuySuCo to pay increases from January 1

-talks ongoing on performance incentive GuySuCo said sugar workers will be paid wage increases from January 1, 2010 and also announced yesterday that efforts are being made to honour retroactive payments as soon as possible.

Gaza Me Seh!! Members of the Gaza Empire: (From to right) Shawn Storm, Popcaan, Jah Vinci and Dosa Medicine. (Rawle Toney photo)

‘Ah Peace Ting We Seh’

– Kartel’s crew touch down More than half of the members of the Portmore Empire, more popularly known as the ‘Gaza Empire,’ arrived yesterday for the ‘Keep the Peace Concert’ scheduled for the National Park tonight.

Turkey’s top court bans pro-Kurdish party

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s top court closed the  only pro-Kurdish party in parliament yesterday for having links  to PKK Kurdish rebels in a ruling that deals a fresh blow to  the country’s faltering bid to join the European Union.

Child abuse crisis to spark Irish Church shake-up

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict expressed  “outrage, betrayal and shame” yesterday at the sexual abuse of  children by priests in Ireland, which Church leaders said would  lead to a shake-up of the Irish Roman Catholic Church.

Vybz Kartel

Ministry snubs Vybz

The Ministry of Education (MoE) will not be supporting a ‘keep the peace’ campaign which was intended for the National Park today with Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel prior to a performance here this weekend.

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