CUT BEEF TAX!
Hoteliers seek temporary waiver on imports to ease crisis
AS THE acute shortage of prime beef cuts begins to take its toll on several hotels, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourists Association (JHTA) and importers are pressing the Government to grant a waiver on the duties imposed on beef air-freighted into the island.

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Credit card debts balloon
Ships in ports but merchants gloomy
Women of Frazer's Content feeding the elderly and infirm
Concern mounts over judges' errors
A pauper's fee!
High rental charges stall St Thomas IT project

One family's near miss
WHAT WAS supposed to be a happy occasion for Paul Flemmings and his three young children almost turned into a tragedy yesterday afternoon, following a motor vehicle accident on the Sir Florizel Glasspole Boulevard, near Harbour View...

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Beware loan sharks - CAC
Carol Walker walks to freedom

Ja's Ritz-Carlton rated among best
THE UNITED States-based Conde Nast Traveller and Travel and Leisure magazines have rated Jamaica's Ritz-Carlton, Golf & Spa Resort, located in Montego Bay among 'The top Best Resorts in the World' in their annual readers...

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NCB increases income from loans
What should you be doing in your 40s? (Pt. 2)
Stimulating economic growth
Is your spouse a spendthrift ?

Ja take first innings
THE CARIB Beer Series cricket match between Jamaica and Barbados at Sabina Park is living up to expectations.

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South Africa confident of winning one-day series
'Mystique' casts spell in feature
Windies B have Leewards on the run
Tivoli, Rivoli to rumble at Harbour View
Fine display by St Jago girls at Morant Bay relays
Ja boxing on the ropes, says Allen
JFF's acting general secretary feels no pressure
Mona make it three in a row

Editorial - The tragedy of Amy Murphy
NO ONE in the twilight of his or her years should have to suffer and die the way 81-year-old Amy Murphy did last week. News reports suggest she was mauled to death by a pack of dogs as she went for an early morning walk...

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The budget crises, then and now
Talk, talk and more talk
Meeting the challenges of Small Island Developing States
Relief from capital market

Letter of the day - Davies, Seaga should debate in public
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS greatly disturbed after reading an article by Mr. Edward Seaga, in the Sunday Gleaner of January 11, 2004, regarding the financial status of the country.

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Death of a child
The year of positive thinking
Gully a disgrace!
Are we wise?
The right man to lead

Spear still burning
WINSTON RODNEY, the man known to the world as the Burning Spear, has been nominated for a Grammy Award - again - this time with Freeman. This is Rodney's ninth nomination...

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Culture or entertainment?
Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival: Beres Hammond steals spotlight on opening night

Photography in advertising
ONE MAJOR purpose of advertising is to arouse the desire to own a product or buy a service. Advertisements are used to stimulate that desire to an act of purchase.

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'Just gimme the mic'
Simply... Dawn-Marie
Book review - Lying men and crying women

Dancing to fame and fortune
SHE HAS danced with royalty in the audience, sung and performed in all of 20 films. The career of Jamaican Fay Craig, a magical cabaret singer, dancer and dramatist reads like a thriller.

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A librarian on a mission
A skilled dressmaker

Best or worst of times?
LISTENING TO the arguments between the Government and the Opposition about the budget and prospects for the economy, this question comes to mind: is it the best of times or the worst of times? (Bartley)

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To be poor and woman
At 'Bush'with the truth
The power of dancehall
The State's vital role in society

Moving in art circles
MY DEARS, things artistic and beautiful have always been the first refuge of the intelligentsia and social elite in difficult times. After all, it has been said that 'a thing of beauty is indeed a joy forever'.

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The real Trump deal
Legal lights
2004 party season begins