Libel laws for review - But public needs protection -PM
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson said calls for changes to libel and defamation laws in Jamaica would be greatly enhanced, if media owners would agree to impose "professional penalties to protect any citizen or institution which has been undeniably wronged".

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CCJ debate delayed
Alpart/HEART training programme bears fruit
Death row inmate freed
Extending a hand of kindness
Westmoreland cops win Sandals trophy
Police shootings under investigation

New JUTC buses for Above Rocks
THE JAMAICA Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC), will, as of Monday, introduce a new route in Above Rocks, St. Catherine in an effort to ease the transportation shortage in that area.

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Gleaner prices increase
Police give protection from the elements
Exciting end for Courtesy Week
Rastas trounce cops in football friendly
Murderer escapes hangman's noose

'New tax measures will hinder growth' - Builders' Association sees production costs rising
FACED WITH an already sluggish construction industry, the Master Builders Association of Jamaica (MBAJ) has expressed concern that new tax measures announced in this year's budget will hinder growth in the productive sector.

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Potential for profit in sweet potatoes

WI makes promising reply
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: STEVE WAUGH capitalised on ordinary outcricket by the wilting West Indies fielders to compile a historic hundred as Australia amassed 605 for nine declared on the second day of the Third Cable and Wireless Test in Bridgetown...

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Jamaica, England promise thrilling finale
Lara backs decision to bowl first
KC lift KO crown
Millimetre set for hat-trick
Holmwood end STETHS's Cup reign

Sexual harassment legislation
IT HAS been announced that Government proposes to introduce legislation prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace, legislation which will define the circumstances under which unwanted sexual advances will be an offence subject to appropriate...

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More research on the importance of bees needed

LETTER OF THE DAY - Market fire can spur development
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RECENT destruction of the historic Victoria Jubilee Market in downtown Kingston is a tragedy but it also presents us with an opportunity to test whether or not we are serious about the re-development of downtown Kingston and all...

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Commending NHT
Punishment was too severe
Trying to find George Anderson
Looking for my father
Simply saying thanks
Victory doesn't make the invasion right
More action, less 'talk'
The Finance Minister must go
Searching for a Derrick Morgan LP
Spurring efficiency
Please repair these streets
Stop littering the roadway

JCDC course ends with a bang
IN A small but celebratory function, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) conducted its closing ceremony for its first certificate course in the traditional folk forms. The ceremony was held at the St. Ann's Anglican Church Hall...

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Jamaica 4-H clubs on show at Denbigh
OVER 250 clubbites from the Jamaica 4-H Clubs have been exhibiting their skills and wit against each other since yesterday at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs' National Achievement Day exercise at the Denbigh Show Ground which ends today. The show, which is the...

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'We're not about closure'
Training, efficiency needed in industry

Accidental meeting with an...exceptional teacher
WHEN WE first met Rushell Alexander she was wearing a silver tiara.
The grade 4 student was aglow because she had just been crowned reading queen at the Bethabara Book Bashment.

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Savanna-la-Mar market - To market, to market to buy a fat pig...

Terrorism scare used to censor press
GOVERNMENTS ACROSS the globe, including the United States, are using the worldwide war against terrorism as an excuse for controlling the press, in some cases denying access to information, Jim Ottaway Jr., Chairman of the World Press Freedom charged.

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Journalists under attack - UNESCO
Press freedom declines worldwide