Landmark ruling - Privy Council rules detention of juveniles at GG's pleasure unconstitutional
THE UNITED Kingdom Privy Council has handed down a landmark decision that it is unconstitutional to detain juveniles at the Governor-General's pleasure and that they should be detained at the court's pleasure, instead.

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US$2.5-m interest-free loan from Chinese Gov't

'Poor management' - ROOT OF THE PROBLEMS, UNIONS SAY
UNIONS REPRESENTING workers at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) say the root of the woes at the state-owned bus company is incompetent and weak management.

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Millwood blames politics
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Patterson to address labour industry conference today
PRIME MINISTER, PJ Patterson will deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Programme for the Promotion of Management Labour Co-operation's (PROMALCO) 2nd Caribbean Enterprise Forum today at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel at 5:30 p.m.

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US stocks continue to fall

A word of advice to the West Indies players
TUESDAY'S NEWS out of Antigua regarding West Indies cricket were good and bad. The good news was that the West Indies team to the World Cup, scheduled to get under way in South Africa on February 9, will be sponsored.

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Waterhouse, Arnett advance
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Welcome, Madame Wu Yi
WE EXTEND a cordial welcome to State Councillor of the People's Republic of China, Madame Wu Yi, and her entourage of 40 Chinese Government officials and businessmen who are in Jamaica on a three-day official visit.

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Iraq: the schedule slips
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Jamaica's role in a time of conflict
THE EDITOR, Sir: ALL OVER the world there is conflict. Conflict between people, between nations, between spiritual and moral values and economic and environmental conflict.

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Amnesty Int'l's flawed thinking
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'Bigging up' our Jamaicans
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Shaggy' should get due honour!

Burns Supper serving for Saturday
THE LIFE of Scotland's most famous poet laureate will be celebrated on Saturday night at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston. Robert Burns, known most popularly among non-Scots for penning Auld Lang Syne, is recognised annually at Burns Suppers.

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Remove the 'dead wood' - Lucea Mayor
WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR OF Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Parish Council, councillor Lloyd Hill is concerned about the amount of money it costs to finance the Council and its income-generating capacity.

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Cemetery woes continue to plague Westmoreland
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Miss Universe pageant for MoBay

Escape to India - Heat up, cool down with Indian cuisine
INDIAN SCRIPTURES and folklore are full of anecdotes of the gods being feasted and there's a recipe for every ritual. In the land of Gandhi, food is not just food, it's the stuff on which an ancient civilisation is built.

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