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Fare subsidy - Unions want Gov't workers to travel free on JUTC buses 
GOVERNMENT AND trade union officials are to meet on the weekend to discuss the possibility of exempting public sector employees from the proposed steep rise in bus fares.
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 Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister assassinated
Flankers rejoices at DPP's verdict
Journalists urged to defend human rights
First 15 graduate from JTI course
December completion for first phase of Heroes Park renovation
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News
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Briton admits bigamy after three wives attend his sickbed
LONDON (AP): SOME PEOPLE bring flowers, others bring balloons. When Melvyn Reed's three wives showed up to visit him at the hospital, they brought an unexpected end to his years as a double bigamist.
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No arrests in businessman's murder
Supervisor detained in Ocho Rios robbery
Fresh Bread serves hundreds
ACROSS THE NATION
Hedo III gets 'hot and spicy' with jerk festival
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Business
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Rural areas must be given priority to access piped water 
STATE MINISTER in the Ministry of Water and Housing, Harry Douglas, has said that greater attention will have to be paid to rural areas if the country is to achieve its goal of providing potable water to every household by 2010. Mr. Douglas, who was...
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New act equips CAC to sue on customers' behalf
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Sport
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200m shocker! Campbell blames surprise run on a 'stupid mistake' 
HELSINKI, Finland: YESTERDAY'S WOMEN'S 200 metres final at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Helsinki produced a real shocker.
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Sprint quartets make medal bid
Powell will not run in relay final
Ja's trophy hopes drift off course
Charge on for honours in Wata tourney
Pittacus galloping towards hat-trick
Miracle Man wasn't ready for top-class match-up
Gayle to lead Lucas charge
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Commentary
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A matter of public health
SOME SUB-SAHARAN countries are affected by plagues of locusts; in Jamaica we seem periodically to be confronted with plagues of rats. First there was New Kingston, then Lucea and now Montego Bay. In the balance of nature, rats play an important role in...
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Learning geography from The Gleaner
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Why ignore fathers?
THE EDITOR, Sir: ALMOST ONE year ago, I started penning a letter to the editor about the disregard that a prominent hospital has for fathers. However, the joys of caring for a newborn baby boy derailed my plans.
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Jamaica's long, dark night
Portmore citizens simplistic? Certainly not
SLB: Get your act together
Is there a man in the middle?
A few more questions
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Farmer's Weekly
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SCJ working to transform ailing industry
AFTER YEARS of continuous decline and dwindling profits, the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) said it will again attempt to actively transform the ailing sugar industry into a viable sector with the implementation of various development strategies.
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Standards for agri produce set out in new manual - Ministry
Jamalco supplies fertiliser to Ivan-affected farmers in Mocho
Young farmer reaps few benefits - Adverse conditions cause reduction in planting activity
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