JPSCo hikes rates - Consumers to pay more this month for light bills
JAMAICA PUBLIC Service Company (JPSCo) customers will have to pay increased bills this month. The company said yesterday that the increases have resulted from rising world prices for fuels, as well as the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar.

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Model police station for Grants Pen - US, Ja Gov't sign multimillion dollar agreement
Some IT companies owe Gov't millions of dollars
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Privy Council to decide death penalty ruling
THE COURT of Appeal has granted leave for the United Kingdom Privy Council to determine whether the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted of capital murder is constitutional.

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Principals Assn calls for protection from vendors
New CEO appointed at May Pen Hospital
Motorist on dangerous driving rap granted bail
G2K youth leader appeals for new economic model
NWA repairs St Catherine roadways
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Rehabilitation key to crime reduction, says Phillips
Redwood gets nod for Local Gov't race

Spaniards claim Sangster airport - ...NIBJ says not so
THE NATIONAL Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) has quashed a claim that Spanish builder, Grupo Dragados, leads the consortium to which the Sangster International Airport is being divested.

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Female bankers hamstrung
Hendrickson buys into Blue Mountain Inn
Shalk tackles security problems in the old capital
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KSAFA big guns to roll
THERE SHOULD be a 'Rumble in the Jungle' this afternoon as four football heavyweights in the Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) confederation meet in eliminators to determine the title contenders.

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Nevers eyes national duties
Webb, Carney power UWI to TT double
Thank you, Carib Beer
Trouble in WI camp

Local Gov't anarchy
THE DESIRABILITY of grass roots participation in government is almost an ideological given and an article of faith of the present PNP administration.

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Deepening local democracy
New economic model

New visa requirements: We shall survive this too
THE EDITOR, Sir: I DEEPLY regret the inconvenience to which the many honest Jamaicans who have developed close ties with the UK will be subjected because of the new visa requirements.

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Let's impose a visa too
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry receives 'Poetic Pioneer Award'
LEGENDARY Jamaican producer and music pioneer Lee 'Scratch' Perry received another honour last Saturday, after having been nominated for the Reggae Grammy Award for his CD Jamaican E.T..

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'Seaesta': Quite a splash!

Immunisation coverage under threat
Immunisation has revolutionised child health in countries throughout the world ­ State of the World's Vaccines and Immunisation.

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Re-emerging tuberculosis