Canterbury six set free
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SIX men, who were charged in connection with last October's gun battle between the security forces and gunmen in Canterbury, Montego Bay, St. James, were freed when they appeared in the Western Regional Gun Court yesterday.

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Social cohesion programme for the region
GUADALAJARA, Mexico: JAMAICA AND other Caribbean and Latin American countries will benefit shortly from a new European Union (EU) sponsored Social Cohesion Programme, worth 30 million Euros.

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Crime units useless - Smith
Eighty-nine Customs officers graduate from new programme
US embassy announces new procedures
Drug trafficking in Caribbean (Pt III)
Salt Spring under tight watch
UHWI expansion project nearing completion
Civic Assn to deal with rat problem

The call for an expanded JSE
MANY INVESTORS lament the lack of new companies coming on to the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE).

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Mark Walters leaves DB&G
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Lara is back
CASTRIES, (AP): WEST INDIES captain Brian Lara returns to Test cricket today for the first time since his record-breaking 400 not out against England last month.

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Banking on education
WE NOTE with keen interest that within days of each other the heads of Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and National Commercial Bank (NCB), the island's two major banks, have signalled the basis of their support for education in Jamaica.

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Hugging up is against the law
Coconut - the forgotten crop
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Blue Lagoon visit raises questions
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a Jamaican national who lives in North America and who constantly longs for my homeland, am proud of Jamaica and promote Jamaica at every opportunity.

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The bedrock of survival and prosperity
Better kinds of achievement
Vybz Kartel needs to be restrained
Solving the rat problem
Emancipation Park banning strollers?
Pensioners need a better deal
Where's the improvement, NWC?

'Tomorrow' is easily forgotten
THERE ARE two major types of apocalypse movies. There are those that deal with the world after an apocalypse, such as Water World and Mad Max and those that deal with an apocalypse while it's happening.

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Ellis Cose speaks up