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Saving the old capital - A town bleeds
GRAPPLING FOR a solution to Spanish Town's crime problem, the St. Catherine Chamber of Commerce has pledged to provide computers for the embattled police there to help them manage their database of criminals.
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Goodbye 'HL' Shearer
Death penalty could be abolished
Gov't moves to stem illegal activities in Ja
Garment industry under renewed threat
Debate on the CCJ - Severing the umbilical cord
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More foreigners apply for work permits in Ja
THOUGH MANY Jamaicans are finding it difficult to find gainful employment, the number of foreigners applying for work permits here has increased by almost 35 per cent in the last three years, statistics from the Ministry of Labour has shown.
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Riding to Barracks with Hugh Shearer
Our hands are tied - Police
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Standard & Poor's gives Ja 'B'
RESPECTED international credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday assigned its 'B' long-term foreign currency unsecured bond rating to Jamaica's newly issued Euro 200 million, 11 per cent bond which is due July 27,.
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Options for financing your small business
NHT inner-city housing project on schedule - Thomas
Lump sum or lifetime annuity?
A bright future for Pan Caribbean
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Bravo, Joseph stake claim
SYLVESTER JOSEPH made the most of his first opportunity on tour and Dwayne Bravo joined the contest for a spot in the West Indies team for next week's first Test against England at Lord's.
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Zama scores in blanket finish
Clarke's half century steadies St. Mary
High-flying Jamaica romp CUT champs
Lazaroni's come full circle
Failed medical sidelines Fuller move
Dramatic changes for WI
Myers a real 'hot shot'
Commentary - Windies mission tough, but certainly not impossible
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Editorial - A legacy of civility
THE JOURNEY ends today. After two weeks of public mourning, the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer is being laid to rest in National Heroes Park. The tributes have been many, providing occasion for a return to civility, if only for a while.
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Hugh Shearer, the legislator
The value of persistence
Time to select PM differently
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Letter of the day - What other politician(s)?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS shocked at first, then wept on the inside when I saw CVM's Prime Time News the Tuesday after Oliver "Bubba" Smith's death.
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The judiciary and politics
Columbus vs 'Combolo'
Case for Scotland Yard
Assisting our helpers
How to beat an insurance scam?
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Reviving Festival
CASUALLY from the outside, it seems Festival - the period spanning July to just past Independence Day, August 6 - has lost much of its lustre.
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Featival Queen Contest now celebrates the total woman
Gospel finalists a varied lot
Popular song contestants hopeful of winning
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Book review - Fills an important void in regional writing
ONE WAY in which the value of a book may be assessed is whether it fills an important void in academia. This book certainly does that, for until its appearance, there was no book that provided an overview of the formative intellectual currents...
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Tom Redcam Avenue gets 'Park of World Heroes'
Maureen Warner-Lewis - winner of prestigious book award
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Felicity Croswell-Brandt - Triumphant in adversities
FELICITY CROSSWELL-BRANDT is her father's daughter in more ways than one, or two.
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Building a better body with Kathleen Lobban
Speciality summer camps - here we come
Low sperm count linked to cell phone usage
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How to save Test cricket
DESPITE THEIR pathetic record, the West Indies have created some unforgettable memories over the past five years. In 1999 there was Brian Lara's 'resurrection' 213 at Sabina, and his 'one wicket win' 153 at Kensington. (Chang)
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The rise of Pearnel Charles ... and the emancipation of labour
Wanted: Good 'bad girls'
Choosing the next Prime Minister
Caribbean Court of Justice - Another retreat from Independence
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A 'Ritzy' delivery
THE WOMEN were dressed to the nines and several refused to sample the mouthwatering shrimp sauté with peanut sauce, served during cocktails for fear of soiling their well polished lips.
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French Ambassador says au revoir
'God answered my prayers'
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