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GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM: Sugar woes - Small cane farmers in danger 
PLAYERS IN the local sugar sector are predicting that small cane farmers could be wiped out of the industry over the next three years, unless Government guarantees them a price at which they can survive.
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 US$10m loan sought to sustain Worthy Park
HOW WILL I BENEFIT FROM THE NHT? - No 'home cheap home'
PNP voters' list ready
Omar Davies nominated
Simpson Miller too busy for debate
Ex-soldier gets 15 years
UWI to establish centre in memory of Michael Manley
New Liberian President sacks Finance Ministry
Christian vigilante group arrested in Guatemala
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SPELLING BEE FINALS: Frome Preparatory's latest champ 
UNLIKE OTHER spellers, when Shari Rowe cried, they were tears of unspeakable joy. Her win made it 12 wins consecutively for Frome Prep in the Westmoreland Spelling Bee, with the only blemish coming in 1998.
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SPELLING BEE FINALS: From junior mayor to champion speller
SPELLING BEE FINALS: Confident finalist
SPELLING BEE FINALS: Doing well without a coach
Million-dollar scholarship for gifted Calabar students
New Power 106 programme to deal with immigration, deportation
Falmouth man arrested on gun, ammo charges
More security for Port of Kingston
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) to establish teacher welfare fund
Roving with Lalah a hit! - Today we share with you the feedback of readers to yesterday's feature
Appeal Court cuts convicts' sentences
Mandeville residents chide JPS for weekend disconnections
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Gas dilemma 
CONTRACTORS FOR Jamaica's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and storage facility at Port Esquivel should have been selected last June with construction to start the middle of this year, but haggling is still taking..
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East's winning strategy
Are women less corrupt than men?
Big developments ahead - Blythe
Economic developments and activities ... this week in our past
Caribbean stock exchange a pipe dream - Carib expert
Finance Ministry syphons health funds
New board for Women Business Owners
Lawrence quits Urban Development Corporation (UDC)
Local investors remain timid
Innovation: The ticket to business growth
Chavez under fire for deals
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Campbell, Williams in New York showdown 
THE WORLD'S two fastest women, Jamaica's sprint queen Veronica Campbell and American Lauryn Williams, renew their rivalry in Madison Square Garden, New York today. Williams, who beat Olympic 200m champion and 100m bronze medallist Campbell...
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Powell to get land from Goverment of Jamaica
WICB to reschedule Carib Beer semis
Dillon rocks Barbados
Corporate Jamaica helping Sunshine Girls
Perfect records for St Jago, Wolmer's
Rising Moon to rebound
Harbour View back on winning trail
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Debating politicians
ANOTHER CONTROVERSY has erupted over suggestions that Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller is trying to duck out of a Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)-organised debate among contenders for the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP)...
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Training and debating
Dangerous trade deficit
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Target: 'Take murder no further'
THE EDITOR, Sir: BASIC GSAT mathematical calculations tell me that the five per cent murder reduction target for 2006 announced by the Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas at a press conference using the 2005 benchmark of 1,674 is approximately 84.
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Jazz festival aftermath
Misleading claim
Jamaicans abroad need to vote
Don't let festival lose its charm
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Gender Fever 2006 - Simmering nicely 
'GENDER FEVER 2006', staged by the Women's Media Watch, took place at Weekenz on Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew, on Tuesday night. It was a night which combined much poetry, a little music and a touch of dance and storytelling.
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Brent Dowe: a melodic voice gone
Miah-Rychus takes broad-based approach
Voice, bass put Sibbles on top
Light, lovely 'Last Holiday'
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Gleaner fêtes advertisers 
IT WAS one humdinger of a shindig on Monday, when The Gleaner rolled out the red carpet and fêted its cherished advertisers. Yes sir, it was that time again, The Gleaner's annual advertisers' luncheon.
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MaxBrown celebrates birthday in fine style
Digicel woos T&T's media
A feast of special celebrations
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T&T: Manning says crime talks growing cold 
Prime Minister Patrick Manning says crime talks with the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) are growing cold. He was addressing a Chamber of Industry and Commerce dinner...
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Murders up 65% in January
ST. VINCENT: St Vincent to review citizenship laws
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SWITZERLAND: IAEA debates taking Iran to Security Council 
VIENNA (REUTERS): THE UNITED Nations nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), inched yesterday towards reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council over fears it secretly seeks atomic bombs...
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FRANCE: Cartoons continue to fuel Muslim anger
IRAQ: 11 killed in car bombings
UNITED STATES: Bush challenged to give more to poor
KENYA: Court refuses to stop corruption probe against president's ally
VENEZUELA: Hugo Chavez to receive UN award
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