'Sugar industry must succeed' - Turnaround pegged on efficiency, mechanisation, modernisation
DESPITE THE worst sugar crop since 1947, Roger Clarke, Minister of Agriculture, vowed yesterday to persevere with the industry, demanding more efficiency in production to ensure survival in an increasingly rocky global market.

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Bauxite/alumina MoU to be renegotiated
Pennicooke tipped to head JTB
Morrison named Development Ministry's Director-General
Private companies to supply Ocho Rios with water
Government honours promise on CXC fees

Sandals Dunn's River honours unsung heroes
IN A fitting climax to 'Heroes Week' celebrations, Sandals Dunn's River resort held its fourth annual 'Unsung Heroes Awards' ceremony at the hotel in Mammee Bay, St. Ann, on Tuesday, October 22.

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SRC diversifying agro products
Traffic jams crippling Mandeville
Undergrad students gain credit union scholarship
Enviro focus for quarry operators confab
Funding for office of Ombudsman approved
RGD makes GSAT call
Sandals opens new five-star resort in Cuba

C&W, Nortel to invest billions in mobile network
CABLE & Wireless West Indies, together with Nortel Networks, have signed an agreement to invest approximately US$104 million (J$5 billion) over three years...

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CEP takes stake in Salada Foods
Guardian's third quarter results up
All clear, Air Jamaica - 'Open skies' pact secures more airspace for national carrier
Ja wants bigger share of US$1.4 trillion trade cake
ScotiaMINT asserts its dominance
What you should know about the GCT - Part 1
Coping with economic challenges
Getting to the Roots - The Doha Development Agenda
Computer education vs old-time teaching
Massive growth in Jamaica's capital formation

Tivoli trounce Bull Bay
FORMER CHAMPIONS Tivoli Gardens rediscovered the winning feeling with a 5-0 thrashing of the promoted Bull Bay in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium yesterday.

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Windies go after second victory
Superstakes to highlight Pools
Lady Bakul for Baree Bahin
No problem with Samuels
Lawson and Powell for Cuffy and Drakes
Ja go down in Slovenia
Weekes coming for Rae banquet
Regional racing at a virtual standstill

Let's get rid of the KSAC!
IF THERE is one quality that characterises the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), it is its ineffectiveness. Over the years the performance of the KSAC has swung in cycles. From peaks of efficiency to valleys of downright neglect.

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Revitalising the farm sector
Mud, muck and 'maggitch'

Tackling the crime problem
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT SEEMS to me that we are "twiddling our thumbs" while our country is under the most serious attack from criminals and hoodlums.

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Foreign shame and local shame
Blue tabloid journalism
This matter of arrogance
Motty is no bore
Perkins: the poor man's university
Statesmen versus politicians

Dr. Ernie Ranglin, I presume?
ERNEST RANGLIN, O.D., who recently turned 70 years old, will be conferred with the Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of the West Indies (UWI) for his outstanding contribution to the development of music in Jamaica.

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UK co-production treaty shimmers ahead
Whipping up a 'Frenzzi'
Fr Ho Lung goes 'a Caribbean carolling'
Lumbly has a good Jamaican 'bawl'
Trapped! Let me out of here!
'The Tuxedo' - A few good fights and a laugh
3 Ways to win
What a ball!