'No to GCT on books' Committee hears from publishers and attorneys
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW AND book publishers and distributors yesterday appealed to Government to remove the General Consumption Tax (GCT) from legal services, as well as all 'non-school' reading materials.

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Massive opposition to new tax measures
Spelling Bee champ through to 3rd round
House OKs 90m-euro sugar loan - Shaw wants SCJ audit to boost public confidence
JLP presents Portmore mayor candidate
Cable TV rates soar

Millions going down the drain
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. JAMES Parish Council is losing million of dollars each year through several key businesses it depends on for revenue.

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Impressive array of assets
A Web site to outline services
Gov't yet to explain GCT on horseracing
'Global Evangelism 2003' comes to Jamaica
KSAC terminates three security contracts
Parliament Committee deliberations to resume
JSIF awards million-dollar contracts

Santos, Boys' Town in final
FOR THE second year in a row, Carlton 'Spanner' Dennis and Andrew Pryce will match coaching abilities in a final. Last year they guided Santos and Boys' Town respectively to the Major League final.

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Three J'cans in Shell squad
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Peace and Love takes feature
Invaders, Granville meet in final

Within margins of error
SHORT OF prophecy, mankind in general is unable precisely to predict the future or to prepare for it with absolute certainty.

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The age of the simulacrum
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Defending UWI's research on Africa
THE EDITOR, Sir: PLEASE ALLOW me to submit my defence on behalf of the University of the West Indies in light of arguments raised in the article entitled 'UWI neglecting African history', which appeared on May 26, 2003.

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Highly unacceptable
JLP, PNP, all one and the same
Teach our children, save our culture
Cell phones in traffic
TVJ cricket disappointing

Big bucks washed away
HUGE SUMS of money, in one case approximately $2 million, were 'washed away', over the weekend by the rain that lashed the island.

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'Lizzie McGuire' star parts with Disney

Winds derailing screw worm project
WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE THE acknowledged success of the National Screw Worm Eradication Programme (NSEP), farmers in one coastal district of Trelawny are seeing an increase in maggot infestation among their farm animals.

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Redundancies hit Sangster Airport
MoBay abattoir still in limbo
Sweet music at JFM awards ceremony

CARROTS: Still the craze after all these years WHAT'S UP, DOC ?
T HE CARROT'S been a culinary mainstay since before the Middle Ages, but it's been during the last 50 years that the humble orange root has truly caught on.

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