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PM talks tough - Calls immediate halt to construction in Portland Cottage
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has ordered an immediate stop to the rebuilding of houses damaged by Hurricane Ivan in the community of Portland Cottage, south-east Clarendon.
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Canada donates millions to relief effort
Improper usage of stand-by generators can be dangerous
Extension of school year insensitive, says JTA
UN pledges big bucks for Grenada
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Big canned ackee racket - Corrupt producers duplicating labels for sale overseas
MORE PLAYERS in the agro-processing industry, responsible for producing canned ackees, have alleged that their labels are being duplicated by unknown persons and are being sold both at home and abroad.
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Increase in gastro cases since 'Ivan'
Venezuelan soldiers to help with rebuilding
Cayman job rush But 'not so fast,' says Cayman official
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Leading financial institutions pledge millions to reconstruction
THE OFFICE of National Reconstruction (ONR) yesterday received $40 million from four leading financial institutions, to be put toward local reconstruction efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ivan.
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Agri sector reports $380m in damage
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Lara glad there's no Akhtar this time
LONDON (Reuters) WEST INDIES captain Brian Lara might need a few seconds to regain his nerve during today's Champions Trophy final against England but at least he will not have to face Shoaib Akhtar again.
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Windies quietly confident
Saints, soldiers set for blazing final
Windwards name Windies stars in training squad
'King' to give 'Country Boy' another beating
G.C. FOSTER ...AND ITS HIDDEN TREASURES
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Haiti's dilemma
THE HORRENDOUS death toll from storm floods in Haiti is an extreme example of what deforestation can cause. With the death toll confirmed at 1,100 and rising there is stark contrast with neighbouring Dominican Republic where the toll from...
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By accident or de sign
We had fun... before television
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Concern about inadequate building practices
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE studied with ever increasing concern the published photographs of damage to dwellings and other buildings throughout Jamaica in consequence of Hurricane Ivan, both by wind and by water.
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'Ivan' spin-off: compost heaps
'Justice tempered with mercy'
My problems with Perkins
Forget politics, what about people?
Commending the media
Becoming Haiti's pillar of strength
'Ivan' and Caribbean political unity
Remembering Footballer Winston Anglin
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Millions lost in aquaculture
OPERATORS OF aquaculture farms in Hill Run, St. Catherine, are still counting their losses since the widespread flooding as a result of Hurricane Ivan two weeks ago, and already the damage has run into millions of dollars.
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Farmers to get relief materials
Fungus hits yam cultivators
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Sex scandal rocks church - Austrians leaving Catholic church in droves after seminary porn scandal
VIENNA, Austria (AP): AUSTRIANS DISGUSTED by the discovery of a large cache of child pornography at a seminary and allegations that a prominent priest molested youths are leaving the Roman Catholic church in significant numbers, church leaders said...
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Wal-Mart agrees not to sell anti-Semitic tract
Bishop Paul Boyle leaves Mandeville
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