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Cops' fury Politicians, entertainers, criminals lashed 
AN INCENSED Raymond Wilson, president of the Police Federation, yesterday launched an all-out verbal assault on elements of the society who he said, are "accommodating criminals and benefiting from the spoils of their evil deeds."
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 Gleaner products are number one! - Command 70 per cent market share
Street: selling and surviving
New facility opens for the physically challenged
When prostitution becomes an option
Two generations of abuse
Access to Information Act - All gov't agencies, departments on board by July
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News
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Cops stick to 47% demand 
THE LOWEST-paid constable would get an additional $14,887 on his $31,676 monthly salary if the Police Federation gets the 47 per cent salary increase for which it is lobbying.
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Join the fight!
Walshie's life celebrated
'I want to be hangman'
$18m found in Zekes' house
Child Care Act lacks bite
Social riddles ROOTED IN cultural identity - (Part II)
The 'Babylon'-ganja battle
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Business
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Manufacturing revival under way - Says JMA president Doreen Frankson 
AFTER A tough year in 2003, the manufacturing sector rebounded sharply in 2004, says Doreen Frankson, president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA). But, the sector continues to face difficulties with high interest rates, a difficult...
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Jamaica Stock Exchange joins anti-crime front
Spirit Airlines to offer Florida alternative
How to spread risk
'Good ideas need good management'
The genesis of the CSME
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Sport
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Windies go down again 
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP): PAKISTAN SECURED their first series success in the Caribbean with a 40-run victory against West Indies in the second one-day cricket international yesterday.
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Renee's Star gives Spence rare win
Portmore, H View in dream KO final
Something good for cricket
Melbourne destroy Kingston on damp pitch
Long Drive puts high energy into golf
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Commentary
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The society at boiling point
PRIVATE SECTOR companies and representatives are often criticised for speaking out against crime and violence but being reluctant to make any personal identification with efforts to deal with the scourge. Money is given behind the scenes for worthy...
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Under fire Rights groups taken to task
... We will not back down - JFJ
A grand waste of time
Labour pains
What is legal, what is ethical?
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Police right but protest wrong
THE EDITOR, SIR: I SUPPORT the Police Federation in its demands on the government for improved working and financial conditions. When I visited Jamaica in November 2004, I was appalled at the dilapidated condition of the Montego Bay...
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Time to revisit education
Fed up, frustrated over Edam Drive
Shoot on sight?
Police indiscipline
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Entertainment
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BLACK ON THE BOARDS 
THE QUESTION of colour continues to shade relations in Jamaica. Whether it is the question of bleaching, blackness or brownin', how dark, how light or even how white you are (or think you are) can still come into play.
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Jim Brown turns Jim Nastic
'Biggy' has large designs
'Time and Space' - Looking to expand horizons
Bunny speaks about The Wailers
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Arts &Leisure
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Ketch di Visual Vibes 
IT IS fitting that this year's theme for Jamaica Festival 2005 is "Ketch Di Vibes". A colloquial phrase derived from our ever so colourful daily conversations, the theme captures the atmosphere of excitement and spectacle anticipated in this...
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Garrison culture
Jamaican floral designers in Japan
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Outlook
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HECTOR DONALDS - Dropouts CAN succeed 
HECTOR ST. Aubyn Donalds arrived in Jamaica recently to bury his father and to close one chapter in his life. Earlier visits by the man, who is now a resident of the United Kingdom, were happier ones, with many made since 2000 to recruit good tilers.
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Tracey-Ann WHILBY Getting a kick out of exercising
Rent or buy?
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In Focus
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Dons and garrisons under pressure 
WHEN THE power elite in Jamaica decides that enough is enough and is willing to rally its troops and the entire nation to its cause, the political elite trembles in its boots. The planned islandwide shutdown of businesses this Wednesday, plus the two...
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Golding's dilemma
Human wolves and garrisons
Taxes and social responsibility
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Social
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'Eat Caribbean' with Virginia 
FOR A book launch, there was a lot of food! But considering this was the launch of 'Eat Caribbean', the popular cookbook from author Virginia Burke, then it all made sense.
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A Distinguished Fellow
Oxford College reaches out to the Caribbean
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