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Crime rate drops
THE PAST two weeks in Jamaica have been less bloody than usual as the incidence of murders took a significant nosedive from a weekly figure of 42 murders six weeks ago to 18 last week and 19 a fortnight ago.
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Many Jamaicans still ignorant of CCJ's role
Cambio dealer arrested after taking up bail offer
Teacher exodus slows
No decision made about Causeway toll charge
Phillips rounds up strong campaign team
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Sturge Town celebrates
AFTER 164 YEARS, the second oldest free village in Jamaica Sturge Town is barely a shadow of the vibrant community life it once boasted but is instead bleeding from brain drain and urban migration.
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Sangster Airport staff protest against new parking fees
MiPhone plans strategies to achieve its objectives
Pensioners undergoing problems with temporary health cards
J'can is VP of int'l education body
St Ann residents benefit from free health care
Gleaner grooms youngest CPU Gordon Fisher Fellow
Westmoreland dominates at Denbigh again
Jumpstart for black businesses in Britain
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Oil price rise will hurt Ja
OIL PRICES smashed the US$44 per barrel mark yesterday with international brokers of the mindset that prices could go as high as US$50 per barrel.
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US company pulls out of Paymaster deal
Jamaica Auto Association gears up for restructuring
Pan Jam on a roll - DB&G stock picks for the week of August 2
Thou shalt not pay for the mistakes of brokers!
Digicel and Sagem form partnership
Denbigh exhibit in memory of beekeeper
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Marshall's run rampage
JUST LIKE the way he kick-started Jamaica's campaign in the one-day version of the TCL Group/West Indies Under-19 cricket competition, opener Xavier Marshall blasted a huge century yesterday to start hosts' campaign...
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Brown not worried about build-up
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Diversifying tourism product
THE TOURISM sector shows the greatest potential for sustainable national economic growth, and we welcome the Tourism Ministry's 'Ten-Year Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development'.
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Iraq 10 years hence
Working at 'Emancipendence'
Forty-two years after
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Which is the longest river in Jamaica?
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHOM SHOULD we believe, the Internet or the National Library of Jamaica? Which is the longest river in Jamaica? Where would you source the answer?...
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We are too selfish
Portmore people test the matter!
Fill the gap between police and Prosecutors
Good cops are still out there
Will the real God stand up
Denbigh organisers need to re-plan
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A lacklustre fairy tale
A CINDERELLA Story is the younger, shallow, though pretty, stepsister of Ever After. Both stories are modernised versions of the age old fairy tale of Cinderella, but parentage is mainly what they have in common.
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Police talent show 'Up to de Time'
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SHIFT MY BACK IN PLACE
THE MOSTLY-RURAL habit of carrying pails of water, for long distances, on the head, has been identified by chiropractor, Dr. Michael Harvey, as a major cause of back problems in Jamaica.
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Beat the heat
A sensitive female issue
Marriage is more than love
Playing with ecstasy
Solving the crime epidemic
Your hypertension data are wrong!
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