Clifford hits back
Defiant pathologist rejects Government directive
A DEFIANT Dr. Royston Clifford, the former chief government pathologist who was dropped from the Ministry of National Security's Forensic Department on Thursday, yesterday lashed out at the Government for its action...

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Dollar slides again
Drug traffickers flooding St Ann - Forbes
Top level lay-offs at JLC

Gov't pays out millions in settlements
THE JAMAICAN Government has had to fork out more than $100 million over the past three years as a result of judg-ments/settlements handed down in the Supreme Court against the state. Attorney-General A.J. Nicholson made ...

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JUTC workers protest against redundancies
Four illegal guns seized, 13 wanted men held
Missile lands near Kuwait city mall, no casualties
Seminar on Iraq war

Shaw slams BoJ's interest rates hike
WESTERN BUREAU: OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Audley Shaw has attacked the move by the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) to hike interest rates in an attempt to halt the slide of the Jamaican dollar...

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IMF downgrades global economic growth
Oil ends week above US$30

Players' stand-off rocks Carib Cup
BRIDGETOWN, CMC: THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have ended the stand-off that prevented the start of the Carib Beer Challenge semi-finals yesterday and agreed to have both matches start today.

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Hendriks distressed
Star at the Park II takes centre stage

Respect for punctuality
THE PENCHANT for Jamaicans to be late is notorious and was lampooned a few years ago in a series of theatre revues entitled "Eight O'Clock Jamaica Time" for which the curtain went up at 8:30. If we don't get our act together in how we manage time, the...

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US-Iraq war: serious religious issues at stake

LETTER OF THE DAY:
'We have come to the end of the road'
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHO WILL finance the bailout of the financial sector this time? I do not think that the Government has the resources this time around...

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'Be careful of anti-war statements against the US'
Offended by 'condemning tone' of many Jamaicans
Enable the disabled

Poetry 'n' jazz blend to perfection
WESTERN BUREAU: ON WEDNESDAY night, there was none of the distracting chatter that sometimes puts a damper on poetry readings at Redbones Blues Café...

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Imagine a great hip hop heritage show

$Million plan for Hampden
A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR resuscitation plan for the farmlands and distillery at Hampden Sugar Estates in Trelawny is to be unveiled within another four days, and these measures are aimed at restoring the viability of that sugar cane entity...

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Cane farmers seek answers from SCJ

ROOFING :-
Material and budgeting
THE ROOFING material you select has cost implications for your total construction budget, but this article will stay away a dollar cost comparison of the different ...

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Sandals Whitehouse still under construction

Missing Mr. Morris
'I miss my father's presence. I am angry that he was taken from us so soon, but the pain is not as intense and sharp as it used to be.'

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New strategies cozy up cavernous great rooms