Nature's wrath
One feared dead, bridge collapses, expect more rain
ONE WEEK before the official start of the hurricane season, heavy rains lashed the island resulting in flooding and landslides in several parishes. Several major bridges were damaged and in some cases residents were forced to leave their homes...

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'No honeymoon for Councillors'
Most J'cans against MP salary hike, poll reveals
New MPs take the floor
Is Greater Portmore slowly becoming a slum?

Jamaicans calling for full disclosure of MP earnings
JUST OVER 62 per cent of Jamaicans are of the view that Members of Parliament should be made to disclose all their earnings, other than what they are paid as parliamentarians.

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Portmore youth delinquency on the rise
Floods force Pt Antonio evacuations
MPs who turned their backs on dirty politics

Agricultural Chemicals looks beyond Cuba
THE ECONOMIC challenges posed by increased taxation and foreign exchange rate instability notwithstanding, Agricultural Chemicals Plant, one of Jamaica's leading agro-chemical formulation companies, has quietly carved out a niche in the Cuban market...

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Co-operation critical among local businesses
Women Business Owners Club launched

Australia 4 Windies 0
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): AUSTRALIA SWEPT to another comfortable victory over the West Indies in yesterday's fourth one-day international, notching their 21st straight success and a winning 4-0 lead in the seven-match series.

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Poor visibility curtails race meet
Boyz out to even score at Stadium
Heavy rain hits local sporting events for six
Ja's Foster upsets Devers
Commentary - Time to take a stand

Editorial - Deterrents to cultural revival
WHILE IT is accepted that Budget deficits, of necessity, will limit the extent to which the Government is able to deal with community development, it is to be hoped that resources can still be found to carry out some of the plans for restoration of areas.

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Will 'new brooms' sweep clean?
The socialist backlash has begun
Seeing rape as sex

Letter of the day - 'There are good policemen'
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE SCOURGE of violence cast its dark shadows on the citizens of Union Gardens, Kingston 13, in the form of the untimely and gruesome death of Phillip Anthony Taylor, a student of Denham Town Comprehensive High School...

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An utterly ridiculous comparison
In defence of marine security
A cause for grave concern
Shame on you, officer!

The 'soul'purpose of song
THE HOLY Bible is silent concerning the use of music as an evangelical tool. This silence opens a can of canker worms, since gospel singers are hailed as musical evangelists to the displeasure of some in 'Zion'.

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Behind the plot
Storyteller Adziko Simba speaks about her inspiration
Bonair Agard - A rather skilled, socially-aware poet

Nicholene Bryan - Being all she can be
IF YOU were watching the synchronised swimmers during the last CARIFTA games you may have seen Nicholene Bryan doing her partnered duet to the tune 'Hot Cross Buns'.

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Keeping a clean house
Too many men playing AIDS roulette
Arts - Our Spanish Town adventure

The currency of confidence
THE VOLATILITY and rapid depreciation of the national currency in recent weeks has caused many Jamaicans to sigh wearily ­ again? Will it ever end? How far this time? (Bartley)

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Tough lessons in economics
Managing the dollar - the quest for development in the globalised economy
Let's stop cuddling Cuba
From lost childhood to wasted lives