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Caribbeans Sisyphus complex
THE EDITOR, Madam: The tale of Sisyphus is about a man consigned to roll a large rock up a hill that never reaches the top but rolls down again, only to have to be pushed back up. The back story to this oft-repeated tale is that Sisyphus came to his bould

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Upper House pauses to honour legends

Members of the Upper House yesterday paid tribute to former parliamentarians, including former Senate President Oswald Harding and former House of Representatives Speaker Dean Peart, as well as legendary track and field coach Stephen ‘Franno Francis

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Editorial | Reinforcing investment in girls' education

In October 2012, a 15-year-old girl boarded a bus to head back home from school in her hometown of Mingora, a city in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, north-western Pakistan, when a Taliban gunman boarded the bus, asked for her by name and shot he

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Caribbean's Sisyphus complex
THE EDITOR, Madam: The tale of Sisyphus is about a man consigned to roll a large rock up a hill that never reaches the top but rolls down again, only to have to be pushed back up. The back story to this oft-repeated tale is that Sisyphus came to his bould

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GoodHeart | Chinese community helps rebuild Melissa-hit basic school

D.R.B. Grant Demonstration Basic School still bears the marks of Hurricane Melissa. Furniture was swept away, classrooms were left leaking, and the main office was reduced to shambles. Yet inside the battered walls, hope is beginning to take root.

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