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NO TO CASINO - Most Jamaicans reject proposed gaming method DESPITE STRONG arguments of the benefits to be derived from casino gaming in Jamaica, most Jamaicans are still staunchly opposed to the idea.
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New independent firearms licensing regime coming
Month-long celebrations to observe peace in society
Veteran Grenadian journalist dies
Shell reviewing local operations
Groups merge to launch new learning model
RED CARPET FOR PRINCESS ANNE - A ROYAL VISIT |
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Drought fuelling bush fire crisis
PARTS OF the nation are ablaze. A severe drought affecting the island has been contributing to dozens of extensive bush fires, leaving acres of charred landscape and dozens of frustrated firefighters in their wake.
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Resources needed to battle blazes in 'Garden Parish'
C&W can erect lines without landowner's permission
The renal units - Beacons of hope in the public health system
Privy Council to hear Flour Mills appeal case next week
Children's official pleased with visit |
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NCB provides loans for Walkerswood expansion
NCB HAS provided US$1.8 million and J$29 million in senior secured loan facilities to Walkerswood Partners Limited (Group) for the construction of a 42,000-sq. foot factory and visitor attraction at Walker's Wood, St. Ann. The factory complex has been...
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Oil powers to four-month high
Facing challenges of globalisation |
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Ja lose despite big century from Baugh
TOBAGO, CMC: TRINIDAD AND Tobago cricketers recorded their second outright victory on the trot when they defeated leaders Jamaica by 70 runs on the final day of their eighth round Carib Beer Series match at Shaw Park in Tobago yesterday.
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Leewards score easy victory
Allan Rae: End of a great innings
'Million Dollar Baby' a hit
Canadian female trainer looking to Caymanas
Challenges that will face the new CTL operators
Cricket Association's tribute
Umpires now saying yes to slow bowlers
No deal for Lowe |
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Watch that discriminatory proposal WHILE ONE can accept in principle that, all things being equal, flat lands which are arable should be put into agriculture, relegating to the more hilly slopes land needed for the burgeoning housing market ...
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Air Jamaica: another route
At the end of our rope
Constitutional reform closing a chapter |
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Held up by gunmen 12 hours after opening a business THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM angry very angry. Why you ask? For a little while now, my wife has been "doing" her friends' hair on weekends, mostly as a hobby because she made only enough money to replenish her hairdressing supplies.
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Training for traffic personnel
Message with a hollow ring
Ridiculous and unfair
Exercise better judgement |
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Record night for lack actors - Freeman, Foxx wins add to Oscar history
LOS ANGELES (AP): JAMIE FOXX and Morgan Freeman made it another record night for black actors at the Academy Awards, their wins coming just three years after Denzel Washington and Halle Berry shattered the Oscars' racial ceiling.
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Creating solutions
THE PALS programme from its inception has been one that has been built on finding solutions to the problems of conflict and violence, mainly in schools.
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Breaking the culture of silence
Alliance for the promotion of the Child Care and Protection Act |