Mayor for Portmore
A NEW local authority is to be created for residents of Portmore, St. Catherine, to elect their own Mayor and Council representatives in the upcoming Local Government election.

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Dunlop Corbin is tops for 2002 - Region gets chance to elect own Council reps
Med techs get support as local hospitals reel
Police Force awards 16 scholarships
'Crime is down' - Forbes: More work to be done
Boat murder case off until end of March

Nottingham's Lord Mayor returns to roots
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICAN-BORN, Lord Mayor of Nottingham, England, Councillor Desmond Wilson, was hosted at a special sitting of the Hanover Parish Council, held in his honour on Thursday at the Lucea Town Hall.

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Man held for counterfeit money
National Land Agency goes online
Government, private sector working to cut red tape
Field workers to assist in monitoring West Nile Virus
CARICOM member states to remove transport restrictions by 2005
Westmoreland street people to get day facility
Panton defends integrity of Jamaican judges

Massive rent facing ISSA
THE INTER-SECONDARY Schools Sports Association (ISSA) is facing a massive $4.12m bill for rental of the National Stadium facilities for the April 8-12 Boys and Girls Championships.

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Windies up the tempo
Pools carryover hits $150,000
Around Caymanas Park and environs

The JUTC fiasco
THE ADVENT of the JUTC was a godsend for urban bus commuters but the unconscionable operational losses it has been racking up are now fouling the spark plugs of the national budget.

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Hope: Ready fe buss
The power of belief
Dialogue on debt

Queen uninformed on reparations issue
THE EDITOR, Sir: MY RESPONSE to the letter from the Queen of England to the Rastafari petitioners for Reparations and Repatriation is to quote from the Final Declaration of the United Nations World Conference against Racism...

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We want reparations today!
Ja'snuclear research ­ no joke
A plea from a cane farmer
Auditor-General not accountable to the JTB
Indiscipline, tourist dollars and taxis

'Late Show at Carlos' Café'
CARLOS OF Carlos' Café celebrated his birthday last Saturday at the cafe's location at 22 Belmont Road in St. Andrew. Billed 'Late Show at Carlos' Café', the event got of to a relatively slow start at 8 p.m. ...

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Queen Ifrica, Nadine Sutherland: good female rebels

Costa Container Line calls at Kgn Port
I TALIAN-BASED Costa Container Line recently appointed Jamaica Freight and Shipping as its local agents and will make its move to the Port of Kingston with the arrival of the vessel Cala Ponente on January 24, 2003.

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Cruise ships pull out of T&T