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Haiti's fate in the balance
Patterson meets UN envoy for talks on CARICOM's position
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson said a decision on whether Haiti will remain a member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to be made at a special meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis later this month.
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More fall below poverty line
Manpower moved to boost anti-crime initiative
A-G surprised at JFJ's move in Gayle case
Arms requested for Haiti's police returned to S Africa
JPSCo seeks increase
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Complainant's death raises judge's suspicion
THE MURDER of a complainant within hours after he attended the Gun Court on Tuesday has led to a High Court judge directing the police to investigate the circumstances under which a doctor had issued a sick leave certificate to one of the.
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Traffic signs needed to avert Howard Cooke Boulevard disaster
Martha Stewart convicted
Aruban man pleads ignorance
Garbage man awarded $5.5m
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New companies Act passed
FOLLOWING A near six hour sitting, a new Companies Act - designed to rescue troubled companies and all matters relating to insolvency - was passed by the Senate Thursday.
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PIDP blames Gov't cash crunch for delay
Link partnership to reforms - G2K president urges unions and private sector leaders
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Run-outs cripple Windies
APPALLING RUNNING between the wickets at crucial stages led to Young West Indies' demise by 25 runs in a thrilling climax to the ICC Youth World Cup Bangladesh 2004 against Young Pakistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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St Jago run away with area Champs
J'cans Smith, Mason fly high
Two Tests for Jamaica
Reggae Boy Sinclair jailed for sexual assault
England in charge
Taylor signs MLS deal
Big guns in rally showdown
Bull Bay set to qualify
Feanny holds key to Eros Trophy
Indoor clashes to light up weekend
Letters - A vote for Sabina
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Editorial - Boosting port security
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has rued the fact that more than US$20 million was being spent on security measures at the island's ports. He suggested that as important as security matters were there was an even greater need for expansion of the port.
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Beyoncé the boundary
UWI must rationalise its 'top-heavy' staff
National woes: drain on the well-being of the older persons
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Letter of the day - If Haiti fails, who is next?
THE EDITOR, Sir: MARCUS GARVEY made it clear, and Martin Luther King Jnr. concurred, that wherever a Black person struggles, all Black people struggle. It is a global struggle.
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Less talking, more action
Missed opportunity
Ja should have led the way
Ja should send troops to Haiti
Education: Let's get it right
Time to set higher values
A lesson for CARICOM
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Music industry mourns again
OWNER OF the Arrows Recording Studio, Phillip Linton, was murdered on Thursday morning just as he was about to enter his business place.
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Paul McCartney - the richest star
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Tristeza virus still haunts citrus farmers
THERE IS concern among agricultural interests that the failure of numerous citrus farmers to conduct replanting exercises has contributed to the difficulty for the sector to rebound from the tristeza virus.
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Dry spell hits 'St Bess' farmers
Increase in cost of chicken rearing
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The challenge of religion reporting
FOR A long time the area of religion was neglected by most local media houses. For the most part, religion figured on the menu for reportage when there was wrong-doing in the pulpit and/or the pews.
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Mind & Spirit's quotable quotes
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Hardware merchants express alarm at spiralling steel prices
THE HARDWARE Merchants' Association (HMA) says it is seriously concerned about the continuous upward movement in prices over the past few months.
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UWI appoints estate manager
More housing solutions for St Catherine
Squatters eye gov't land in Montpelier
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