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We won't have it!
No more building breaches
PARISH COUNCILS are talking tough in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, warning Jamaicans that they will not be tolerating building and environmental breaches.
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Contractors hit out at building inspectors
We'll move - Too costly to stay, say residents in flood-prone areas
'Gov't waste continues'
Crime in Jamaica - The hurricane is yet to come
Prices soar, 'Ivan'blamed
Douglas Orane - Man of the moment
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Shortage of building inspectors raises concern
THE NUMBER of building inspectors employed to the Manchester Parish Council is inadequate. But, according to Kenneth Mullings, the Superintendent of Roads and Works for the Manchester Parish Council, his team had managed to complete at least 80 per cent.
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'Jeanne' batters the Bahamas
School shelters stripped
Delivery instructions via telephone...
Three men and a baby
Rising waters posing risk in New River
Privy Council hearing for CCJ case
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Bee up your portfolio (must have stocks)
A FEW weeks ago, the Bank of Jamaica reduced interest rates on its open market instruments by almost one half per cent - the central bank's rates are now between 14 and 16 per cent.
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Red Stripe donates $100 million to NWC
NCB'S performance after AIC control (Part 2)
Facey: Pan Jam on prosperity path
Why is it easier to accumulate assets abroad?
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WI WIN!
THE WEST Indies beat England by two wickets to win the Champions Trophy one-day tournament with seven balls to spare yesterday thanks to a record 71-run ninth-wicket partnership between Ian Bradshaw and Courtney Browne.
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No problem, says venue expert Don Lockerbie
Breese in action at trials
Manley remain winless
Titchfield stretch lead
A King Is Born shines again
Saints swamp Soldiers
Burrell secures one more FIFA job
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Editorial - For Caribbean solidarity
IN THE process of engineering recovery from Ivan, we have been blessed with the generosity of other nations which have responded with donations of goods and services for immediate relief and long-term recovery.
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Assessing the economic impact of Ivan
Declaring a state of emergency
Exposed by Hurricane Ivan
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Letter of the day - Hurricane not a natural 'disaster'
THE EDITOR, Sir: I BELIEVE it is a serious misnomer to refer to phenomena such as hurricanes as "natural disasters". A hurricane is merely part of nature's cyclical processes designed by the Creator for the purification and regeneration of the eart
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Thanks, from faithful customers
Leave the top soil alone!
Grateful to NWC
Correcting a false accusation
RJR: 'Consistently credible'
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Hooked line and chatroom
GONE, IT seems, are the days when finding a partner meant long courtships, romantic escapades or even going to a bar. Welcome to the age of high tech dating.
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Dramatic twist to HIV
Reformed artistes take up the financial cross
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Music maker's harmony
THE LATEST solo exhibition by Ugandan-born painter, ceramist and printmaker, Godfrey Lutalo Makonzi, is being hosted by The Mutual Gallery in New Kingston.
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Thirteen to receive Musgrave Medal awards
Artworks protected during 'Ivan'
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Evening Time with Charmaine Limonius
BORN WITH the voice of a jazz crooning angel, Charmaine Limonius, multi-talented, globe trotting with the United Nations, likes nothing so much as sitting down with her guitar before an appreciative audience, strumming and singing.
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DaCostas sisters reunite
Simple things we love
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Handicapping the presidential race
WITH A month and a half to go Kerry has belatedly come out swinging at Bush, especially over the disastrous war in Iraq. But it's not clear those attacks will bring positive results. (Kopka)
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Religion and the US
State capacity and natural disaster recovery
Better off now than in 1989?
Climate control - let us not ignore the warnings
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Jerking up a storm in Pembroke Pines
WHEN YOU combine jerk meat chefs from Boston, Portland with the Fabulous Five, Blue Glaze Mento Band, Burning Flames, Vibes Master Jerry D and 5,000 Jamaicans in a park, the result is one heck of a party.
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Fabulous sense of community
A taste of home
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