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17-member Cabinet
No surprises ; Assamba only new member; Swearing-in today

ALOUN N'DOMBET Assamba is the only newcomer to the 17-member Cabinet announced yesterday by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at Jamaica House.

Mrs Assamba who served as a junior minister in the Industry, Commerce and Technology Ministry in...

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Knight says sorry over sniper issue
Malvo's father speaks
...17-y-o son to be tried as an adult
830 murdered this year
Teenagers call for peace

News


First US Mad Cow Disease victim is Jamaican
NEW YORK: A 23-YEAR-old Jamaican, living in South Florida, is the first person in the United States to have contracted the deadly Mad Cow Disease.Charlene (surname withheld at the request of her parents), a graduate...

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Submissions invited for PAJ Awards
Former Chief Justice dies
Acquittals cause tension in Toll Gate
Wheelchair pensioners targeted by UK drug smugglers ­ report

Business


JTA wage talks could resume next week
WAGE TALKS between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) could resume as early as next week, as the teachers await the re-instatement of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Omar Davies, following upon last week's general election. The...

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Poor service from Cable and Wireless

Sport


HORSERACING:-
Stick with Rakkadash

THE annual renewal of the 3-y-o and up Starter Handicap 1 & II for the Melvin "Babu" Chin Memorial Trophy over 1200 metres is the feature event at Caymanas Park today, but the programme comprising 10 local races will facilitate...

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FOOTBALL:-
18 for women's Gold Cup
Windies bowlers struggle

Commentary


Tackling tourism woes
WE HOPE that the new administration of Prime Minister Patterson will make the solution of the problems facing the Tourism Industry a high priority item on its agenda. Naming a new Director of Tourism to replace Mrs. Fay Pickersgill who leaves the Board...

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Ideas for the Spinal Forest Project

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY:-
A liability to the teaching profession

THE EDITOR, Sir: I FEEL that I need to share an incident with all of Jamaica especially since most schools have recently re-opened.

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The Negro, Whites and mental slavery
Learning from Wykeham's success
Crooks and poor policing

Entertainment


OUT & AROUND
TODAY: ST. ANN: FRIENDS OF MAJORIE SIMMS PRESENTS...: FRIENDS OF Marjorie Simms present Vintage Showcase at the SuperClubs Golf Club, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, beginning at 6 p.m. Guest selectors: Bob Clarke, Rosie Murray, Stokey Love, A

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Couples guests Swept Away

Farmer's Weekly


Order of Distinction for Robert Levy
Robert Levy, Chief Executive Officer and president of the Jamaica Broilers Group of Companies receiving the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) from...

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Water important in achieving food security - FAO
'Papaya has great potential'
Not many persons know about the fruit and its benefits, says farm boss

Real Estate


Views on the toll highway
A SURVEY by a local market research company has sought to determine Jamaicans perspective on the new Highway 2000 project. Here are a few of the survey results, conducted among a sample of 1,462 persons spread across the island.

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Another Angle:-
Ideas for a new Parliament building

Lifestyle


'I can't live here anymore'
Sharon Thomas' world is closing in ­ death never seems too far away...

IN THE wee hours of last Friday, her world was rocked by a barbaric act worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy when gunmen armed with high-powered weapons slaughtered her sleeping twin daughters, Shavel (Silk), and Shavanese (Satin), as well as ...

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Getting to know Manchioneal




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