Tax hike - Property owners to bridge $2.7 billion shortfall in revenues
POINTING TO a $2.7 billion shortfall in revenues to cover the cost of street lighting and other services, Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies said on Thursday that property taxes would be increased to bridge the financing gap.

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Senate passes Property Bill - Common-law unions now recognised
Greater media responsibility needed - Whiteman
Judge fired for revoking High Court's decision
Cops ready to nab Spn Town criminals
Pedestrian 'crosses' - Why the NWA relocated the pedestrian crossing at Merl Grove High School
Sweeter bid terms for local textbook printers

New 'shiprider' agreement signed
JAMAICA AND the United States have signed a new 'shiprider' agreement that gives the Americans the authority to board certain vessels in Jamaican territorial waters.

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NWC says water safe despite dead fish
Anti-Terrorism Bill amended
Mayor to crackdown on illegal dumping
American killed in freak accident
Market repairs stall, again

Train Jamaicans for export, says banker
BANKER AUBYN Hill on Wednesday proposed the training and export of professionals from Jamaica, arguing that this would drive up the standard of education at all levels in the country to match world standards, as well as provide the economy with vital...

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More visitors for Jamaica

Russell rallies to even tie
RYAN RUSSELL, the 20-year-old Jamaican from Montego Bay, turned the Americas Zone Group Two encounter between the hosts and highly-rated Mexico on its head yesterday with a sensational four-set win over the visitors' No. 2 player, Luis Manuel Flores.

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Jamaica College too good for Wolmer's
Rain prevents play in Ja match
Magic Dragon to burn Music Master
Sweet deal for Santos pair
Lennox Lewis retires with grace, dignity

Modifying the Anti-Terrorism Bill
THE SUBSTANTIAL changes proposed to the controversial Terrorism (Prevention) Bill is a triumph for groups from civil society and for the parliamentary Opposition which have mounted strenuous objections to the Bill in its present form and even to the...

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Letting it all hang out

LETTER OF THE DAY - In time of urban chaos, where are the leaders?
THE EDITOR, Sir: A MAJOR metropolitan area is under siege. Khaki-wearing bandits brandishing guns have overrun the streets. The people scatter in confusion and fear. In the congestion of the chaos motorists leave their cars behind for a faster exodus...

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Rock River citizens among the persecuted
Congratulation Glendon Harris
A memorable night
Jobs for traffic wardens
Reporting, repeating misinformation
MoBay Marine Park, NWC have good ties
How to tackle the violence
Well done UWI doctors
Good news goes unnoticed
'Government blunders'
Give teachers respect!

Fletcher's Land band gets new instruments
RESIDENTS OF the Fletcher's Land community in West Kingston, feasted on 'great' music from their newest band, Cohesion, which was the recipient of new instruments presented yesterday, during a handing over ceremony at the local community...

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Fox and Theresa to wed
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JAS, SuperClubs forge agri ties
THE JAMAICA Agricultural Society (JAS) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with hotel chain SuperClubs, to promote greater collaboration for the development of the agricultural and tourism sectors.

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Call for retooling of local beef industry

Reasoning with a Rasta woman
SHE GREW up in a Seventh-Day Adventist household. Her parents were well-known community and church leaders in Albion, Manchester. She was an active youth leader in the congregation there. Then at age 22 she became a Rastafarian.

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Inter-faith relations come alive at Kings House
Understanding the rise in persecution