GCT net widens
A NUMBER of items, including pharmaceutical drugs, fertilisers, computer equipment and wooden coffins will now be slapped with the General Consumption Tax (GCT).

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BoJ house still empty after $multimillion refurbishing
'Keep profits here'
Secretaries, admin professionals call on Digicel
Judge urges education to reduce carnal abuse
List of items attracting GCT

Shaw calls for investigations into 'scandalous mismanagement'
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Audley Shaw has called for a full investigation into financing company Development Options Limited's "scandalous mismanagement" of the Micro Finance Programme(MicroFin).

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Athletes from West sparkle at CARIFTA
Approval process too long - Scott
Curacao the alternative route for drug traffickers - Police
NWC to repair broken main in manchester
Items attracting GCT
More job cuts loom in sugar industry
Visitor drowns off the coast of Negril
'Government will not take control of Air Jamaica'
Holy Childhood High School expels 17 - Allegations of unruly acts on a public passenger bus
Fire destroys staff room at Excelsior

WI crumble to defeat
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, CMC: BRIAN Lara's superb first Test hundred on his home ground gave Australia a scare but the visitors were far too professional and committed, eventually completing a 118-run victory....

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Arnett advance to semis
Amazing tie earns unfancied Eltham share of Colts title
Boyz regain No.1 ranking in Caribbean
Girls to grace cold at Penn start-up
Big bucks in new-look Senior Cup

That debt to Iraq
THE DISCLOSURE that Jamaica owes Iraq over J$1 billion raises interesting questions related to the war which has left the Middle East nation without a government.

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Globalisation and disease
Where have last year's new cars gone?
Visions from ginger country

The Queen 'pressured'
THE EDITOR, Sir: YOUR ITEM 'Queen pressures J'can judiciary' (April 17) is attractive but misleading on an important constitutional matter.

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Dangerous thoroughfares!
Environmental levy
A dose of positivity
Corporal punishment of children
Challenging Vasciannie
Unfair treatment

'Morning of Movement and Music' - NDTC praises Almighty on Easter Sunday
THE LITTLE Theatre on Tom Redcam Drive in St. Andrew was full on Easter Sunday morning. So was the car park and so were the sidewalks on both sides of the roads adjoining the theatre.

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Tony Matterhorn kills five sounds in MoBay

Green boom out West
WESTERN BUREAU: SUE COBB, the United States Ambassador to Jamaica, is expecting rich, sustainable dividends to flow from the two multimillion-dollar cutting-edge community programmes, which were launched at Lethe in St. James, on Earth Day, Tuesday.

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Beres, Beenie set to spread conscious vibes
Farmers facing money woes
Rastas cop 'Coral Gdns Awards'
Hanover Masters win again in FX Traders football

To Your Health ! Can we fight cancer with food?
There's a whole world of fruit and vegetable juices out there. From left: Watermelon Extract; Callaloo, Cucumber, String Bean juice; and Mango juice, available at Livity restaurant in Kingston.

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For your own food therapy, Phyllis and James Balch recommend the following:
Livity well, eating even better
Make cancer-conscious meals
Flaming