Garrisons warned - Eight put on notice about electoral malpractices
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ), has warned candidates in eight constituencies that it is prepared to have their seats declared void if it detects malpractice in the impending general election.

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Results by 8:30 pm
Election Centre to play key role
Businesses close early in Cross Rds
JTB fires senior NY-based official
IMF raps Govt's deferred financing policy

Returning officer resigns after being threatened
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is currently looking into a problem which has arisen in Central St. Catherine resulting in the resignation of Returning Officer Vera Roofe. Mrs. Roofe is reported to have resigned from the position...

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Good Samaritan puts out NWC fire
Computer lab for Denham Town - Seaga promises more in West Kingston
IDB to meet in Kingston
Plans for new sugar factory in Trelawny
Multi-million dollar contract approved for library expansion
School-feeding programme reaches out
Police call on PM to mediate wage talks
Carter lauded in song and prayer

9/11 cost Air Jamaica US$70m
THE EVENTS of September 11, 2001 which severely ruptured the airline industry worldwide cost the national carrier Air Jamaica, US$70 million in lost revenue and as a result it will need bridging finance to ensure the efficient operation of the airline.

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Taxation Assessment (Part II)

WI go down in warm-up match
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC: THE WEST Indies lost their Champions Trophy warm-up match by six wickets to Australia in spite of half centuries by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul at the Police Park Ground yesterday.

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Lara still struggling to shake off elbow injury
Old Harbour blank Bustamante 4-0
Hall refuses to greet champion

Cocaine trafficking
THE SEIZURE of the third major shipment of cocaine since last month gives some indication of the scale of the drug trafficking being directed through the island.

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Rights, freedoms and elections
Mobilising against Iraq
Memories of Sept 11, 1977

A PNP rally funded by the State
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM shocked and appalled at the vulgar, outlandish and blatant political bias displayed by the People's National Party at the opening of Phase 1 of the North Coast Highway on Friday, September 6.

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A joke gone too far
Incompetence, negligence or spite
Dead politicians and public roads
Jamaica is black man country
Time to discuss the issues
When the JDF saved an Optimist's life

Judging, race bruise Miss Jamaica World contest
THE RECENTLY concluded Miss Jamaica World competition was a glorious one, but it still attracted a bit of criticism. Eighteen-year-old Danielle Ohayon walked away with the coveted crown of 'Miss Jamaica World' at the Hilton Kingston Hotel on August 31...

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Ja awaits int'l decision

Potholes floor ageing 'Ma Daisy'
WESTERN BUREAU: NINETY-YEAR-old widow, Daisy Campbell, of Mt. Stewart, in Westmoreland, is now at home nursing a broken leg after falling in a pothole along the pothole-riddled Mackfield to Cornwall Mountain main road...

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PM says 'no' to squatting
Bunny Wailer to perform at Tosh's 'tribute'
Long football season beckons

dark green & delicious - eat your veggies!
How many times have you commanded your children to eat their greens (the way your parents did to you) while quietly sliding your own portion out of view? It's a fact that many of us are not enthralled by the leafy green vegetables although we know they...

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Shrimp and Rice Salad
Bullseye for Bailey