Cess action warning - PSOJ plans to, vent its disapproval
BUSINESS LEADERS decided yesterday that they would take action to have the Government withdraw the controversial four per cent cess on imports, despite its insistence that the tax is crucial to the budget.

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Bar wants referendum on Caribbean Court - Pressing for vote with other groups
Mixed views on region's defamation, libel laws
Judge to rule on JTB's motion
Help for MoBay fire victims
Priory canteen closure sparks PTA protest

Area One Athletics Championship - Westmoreland cops win Sandals trophy
WESTERN BUREAU: WESTMORELAND, BEHIND a scintillating display by double female sprint champion, Andrea Johnson, dethroned St. James and lifted the Sandals Group of Companies Trophy...

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Crisis for Cuba's independent press
Court orders retrial of man convicted of murder
Cops reveal names of station attackers
Negril aerodrome for upgrade

LoJ/ Guardian Life battle to dominate insurance market
LIFE OF JAMAICA (LoJ), the island's largest insurance company, has remained the local industry leader in terms of the provision of individual coverage, and last year outperformed its main rival, Guardian Life...

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I need the taxes - Davies
Should the Gov't reconsider who gets an official residence?
PART 1 Are we ready for Int'l Accounting Standards?
Reviewing terms of reference for the parliamentary salaries committee
BNS restructures its management team
The Govt's debt management strategy - PART 11
Gaming industry players face taxing challenges

Ponting again
BRIDGETOWN, Reuters: AUSTRALIA vice-captain Ricky Ponting hit a century for the third Test match running yesterday with the tourists taking charge of the third Test against West Indies after being put in by Brian Lara.

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STETHS, Holmwood in close battle
Bank on Sarah's Girl
Lottery Company, CTL in broadband deal
Lame horses pillage punters pockets
Jimmy Adams - one to emulate
Harbour View, Hazard in fine form

Managing national problems
WE FACE a number of national problems. The Government does not seem to have the management capability to deal with them. Consider extortion. Many parts of our capital city are governed by warlords, gang leaders or whatever is the name for dons.

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Wall Street fraud
Spotlight on Black River
Poetry's love affair with war

A burgeoning crisis in education looms
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LYRICS 'Education is the key to betterment' must have gone down in the annals of reggae music as something that caught the attention of music lovers ...

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A great photo
Repenting of budgetary sins
Step down, Dr. Davies
Raw-deal governance
Management of accidents
Protecting kids from the 'blues'
Warsop All-Age needing repairs
Equal honour for all heroes
Good plan for urban renewal
Francine Brown

Book industry needs new leaf
IAN RANDLE of Ian Randle Publishers Limited says the book industry in Jamaica is an area which needs serious development. Randle argues that the local industry is suffering from a lack of entrepreneurship.

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Curtain goes up on Ward fund-raising drive
'Dark Days' a gripping, gritty view of poverty
Cultural integrity dominates storytelling seminar

Environmental arsenic poisoning (part 1)
IN WEST Bengal in India and in parts of Bangladesh, millions of people are suffering from disfiguring skin lesions associated with skin cancer.

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Jamaican scientist shines in Tokyo