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Massive cuts - School projects dropped after budget slashed
REPAIRS AND maintenance projects at several levels of the island's education system have been put on hold or discarded following massive chops in funds promised by Government.
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General Legal Council gets tough on errant lawyers
Bush upset with Jamaica
Underground ammo trade booms
Bicycle patrol units in limbo
Alumni association considers scholarships for Jamaicans in UK
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Driver killed, 12 injured in crash
WESTERN BUREAU: A 38-YEAR-OLD bus driver was killed and 12 commuters seriously injured yesterday morning when the Toyota Hiace mini-bus in which they were travelling along the Lucea to Montego Bay main road, crashed in the Unity Hall area of St. James.
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J'can gangs using hollow point bullets
Newsmaker profile - Sharon Hay Webster
The implications of Aristide's stay
Territorial disputes could sully Carib relations - Carrington
Make it a luncheon date?
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The sweet success of bee-keeping
AUDREY AND Mortimer Wilson speak of bees just like mothers speak of infants. Even if you aren't a bee-keeper, their enthusiasm makes you want to understand their passion for one of the most productive species on earth.
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Standards - opportunity or threat?
Jamaica gets better weather forecasts
Expansion under way for Blue Mountain coffee
Carreras hotel losses mount
A look at Scotia's mutual funds
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WI launch fightback
TEST CRICKET is supposed to be a battle of skill, wit and stamina, and if that is so, yesterday's second day of the second Test of the 2004 Cable & Wireless Series between the West Indies and England was almost a perfect day.
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Lil' Country Boy comes full circle
Tivoli, H. View to battle in Fed Cup
Baugh's century highlights start of trial
Words of wisdom from Desmond Haynes
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Lifting the level of debate
THE RECENT discussion on the role of the commercial banks in pulling down loan rates faster underscores the importance of raising the bar concerning the level of debate on economic issues. Only recently, Bank of Jamaica Governor Derick Latibeaudiere...
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New democracy in Haiti?
Despots, dinosaurs and ingrates
The genesis of local PR
Beware cyber scams
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Dawn's unfair attack on CARICOM
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN MY sporadic readings, I came across last week's column by Dawn Ritch, and because we have a tendency to have divergent opinions on most topics, I rarely scrutinise her ramblings.
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Promotion by ability
Support the Girls' Brigade
Setting the record straight
Tasteful, honest and insightful
Better late than never
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The styling of AN ICON
LORD CHESTERFIELD wrote those words to illustrate an artist's use of language to express his thoughts but the definition, if considered from the perspective of a 'woman of style', is still entirely appropriate to clothing.
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Never say never
Producers concerned about their colleagues' untimely deaths
Balancing riches, righteousness
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Behind the MASKS
WHAT BEGAN as a two-person exhibition of clay, bronze and wood sculptures by the lesser-known Bongo and the well-known ceramist Gene Hendricks Pearson, became a solo display of the latter artist's works.
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G-G to open Museum of Education at Mico
Improving your photography - (Part 1)
Claude McKay: poet par excellence
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Men, it's time to take charge
IF MEN are becoming more concerned and proactive about their health and nutrition, it's a change that's imperceptible. The comment may be a cynical one, but so far as nutritionist Paul 'Tehuti' Johnson is concerned, it is true.
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A double dose of blessing - JAMAICA'S FIRST IN VITRO BABIES
A man's way of life
JANET LYNCH Magical hands
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Ja offended US - so what?
THE LESS the United States officials say about Haiti the better, lest they bring further embarrassment to their administration in the eyes of thinking people. National Security Advisor Condo-leezza Rice said Jamaica's decision to host former Haitian...
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Int'l terrorism and the Caribbean
How relevant is CARICOM?
Undermining democracy in Haiti
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VMBS fetes returning residents
RETURNING TO the island of one's birth is the perfect idea for retirement. For members of the Jamaica Society (Leeds) in the United Kingdom, last week was the time for them to scout and find the spots for their dream homes.
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Children who give
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