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Indian deal probe - Agriculture minister requests investigation into $105m transaction 
Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says a full-scale investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding a controversial arrangement between Jamaica Cane Product Sales (JCPS) and Indian company Shreeji Impex Corporation...
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 'Interest-rate hike will pressure economy'
Child registration in blind census lagging
Better web access coming for rural Jamaicans
Gov't, private sector failing AIDS victims, says JHTA president
Killancholly accused withholds testimony
Good shot at a gun licence
Nine tips on gun safety
Call for Henry to quit over breaches
Racing dispute takes positive turn
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As financial crisis takes hold ...Anxiety heightens over bauxite sector 
GLOBAL ECONOMIC turbulence is threatening the short-term survival of Jamaica's bauxite industry. Managing director of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), Alberto Fabrini, is reporting a substantial decline in alumina prices while Opposition Spokesman on Mining Michael Peart...
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'Ochi' DVD launched
'Pirates' invade north coast
Is the Flying Squad returning?
Salary row in legal see-saw
T&T murder rate is tragic - professor
Fruit trees for free!
Man gunned down inSpanish Town plaza
Tax Administration cracks down on in-house corruption
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Another transition at LIME - Phil Green hangs up on Jamaica, Houston to take control 
Even in the midst of its transformation, not everything has changed at the newly branded LIME Jamaica.The telecommunications company is about to switch bosses again, maintaining its high attrition rate for chief executive officers...
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BOJ wields interest-rate shield - Jamaican dollar falls 10 per cent year to date
Set back for Claro cell tower project
Broilers stumbles in second quarter
JP cutting 200 jobs in Britain
CariCRIS maintains ratings on all clients - Says Jamaica to be worst hit by credit crisis
AA cuts back flights
British Airways now courting Qantas
GM asks for US$12b, Ford says it can go it alone - Auto sales fall in November
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Reggae Boyz seeking a flying start 
HEARTBROKEN by their failure to advance in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, Jamaica's Reggae Boyz set out today on a road to rebuild and redeem their image when they tackle Barbados in the feature match of a Digicel Caribbean Championships double-header...
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Two trophies at stake today
Manning, Walker Cups end in style
Olympic star Phelps claims SI's Sportsman of the Year award
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EDITORIAL - Battering the private sector
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will understand the private sector if it says it feels bludgeoned and bruised.We expect, too, that he'll empathise with those critics who might claim that Jamaica's economic policymakers are displaying an abject lack of imagination...
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NOTE-WORTHY
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Letters |
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Lessons from Obama
The Editor, Sir: I truly hope that our political parties here in Jamaica are taking lessons from what has been been happening in the selection of the Obama Cabinet. It seems to me that Obama is sending us a message that when you put country first then your own ego...
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Caning at school
Why do doctors leave Jamaica?
Halt the murders
An unfinished national debate
Saving our 'seed royal'
Decide between God and riches
Choose not by skin colour
Focus on quality of graduates
Think about the victims
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Film school among plans for Edna Manley College 
A fund to reposition the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMC) as "a centre of excellence" to serve Jamaica and the wider Caribbean was launched at the Hilton Kingston hotel on Monday night. Conducting the official ceremony ...
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Armando ready for the 'Next' level
Superb performances - Concert for peace a success
Gospel concert appeals to non-Christians
Something extra
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Profiles in Medicine |
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The epidemic levels off - Special HIV/AIDS edition 
About 68 per cent of the people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa, making this the most severely affected region. This 68 per cent of the global HIV total means that this region in Africa has about 22.5 million of the 33.2 million people...
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We just can't become pregnant! - Response to reader
New exercise guidelines set record straight
Men's promiscuity and HIV/AIDS - Men with multiple partners
Ganja and cerassee won't help HIV/AIDS
HIV+ people should exercise
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Careers |
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Going with the flow 
Michelle English basks in the warm glow of sunlight as it trickles through the windows of her office in New Kingston. For English, who is a Canadian, it is this warmth that drives her to achieve the goals that she sets out...
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Business gifts for Xmas: dos and don'ts
Focal point - Reader's query on wardrobe essentials
Nurturing business ideas
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