Flood relief - Cabinet approves $76 million for emergency work
CABINET YESTERDAY approved $76 million to carry out emergency work in the flood-ravaged parishes of St. Thomas and Portland - the areas most seriously affected by flood rains on the weekend.

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NWC targets 'major water thieves'
Black market thriving
Sexual offences even more serious - police
JLP leads in polls
Double killing in New Kgn

Cops complete firearms training
THIRTY-ONE MEMBERS of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) were last Friday presented with certificates for their participation in Firearms Training Development and Weapons Maintenance Courses.

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RADA helps ginger farmers fight Rhizome Rot
Doctor's Cave beach gets facelift
'Relay for Life' set for next weekend
Independent observer welcomes clarity for Kraal autopsy
'Good theatre is not dying'
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Jamaican dollar rebounds
A SUCCESSFUL intervention into the market last week has resulted in the dollar closing below $60.00. The dollar on Thursday closed at $59.97 a slight recovery from the $60.10 closing on Wednesday.

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Capital & Credit lists on JSE

Too close for comfort
THE CABLE & Wireless World Championship is only 44 days away, and instead of looking forward to the start with her usual optimism, Molly Rhone, the usually calm, unperturbed president of the Jamaica Netball Association, is a worried woman.

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Kanu's magic
Rain, no play anywhere
Prep schools cricket semi-finals
Paul Francis destined for the top
Sunday taboo, Racing Pools blunder
Racing Pools aborted

Infectious disease warning
THE WORLD is battling to prevent the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from the countries in which this latest infectious disease is now located to become a global pandemic.

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The 'dissed' Honourable Minister - Garth Rattray
The US and the United Nations
Growing and planning Kingston the smart way

'Financial paper' as raw material
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ with great interest your editorial of May 23, referring to "Private Sector Schism" and did agree with most of what was said.

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Not 'jockeying' for position
Our gov't needs guts
Schools should not bear the burden
Thanks to the good Samaritans
'Bring back King and Rose'
A cinema we can enjoy

'Multilateral approach to decision-making needed'
P RESIDENT OF the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), Captain Rawle Baddaloo, has emphasised the importance of multilateralism and consensus in the decision-making process of the CSA for maximum impact on the issues affecting the region.

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Marcus Garvey Basic gets facelift

THE FATHER & THE SAN
AFTER 15 albums, 10 hit songs, many girlfriends and limo travel and luxury life, a period came in Papa San's life when he was empty.

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A Jamaican church-planter in Hungary