Gun battle downtown - Businesses close shutters, five shot and injured during gang war
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES in the normally busy market area of Heywood Street, West Kingston, came to a halt yesterday morning, following a fierce gun battle between members of rival armed gangs from Tivoli Gardens and Matthews Lane.

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Primary school students get $multimillion maths boost
Farmers forced to wait - Hurricane assessment not yet complete
Tourism players embrace 'Hospitality Jamaica'

Boys' Brigade to relaunch, revitalise
THE BOYS' Brigade of Jamaica has planned a relaunch of its programme, with an aim to revitalise itself and increase its membership.

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Gov't scraps voucher system, allots cash
Hurricane Ivan victims to be relocated
Woman on murder charge remanded

New code of conduct for petroleum trade gets
RUNAWAY BAY, St. Ann: A NEW code of conduct to govern operations in the petroleum trade, along with new amendments to the Weights and Measurements Regulations will come into effect on October 30 this year.

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Mainland to renovate sections of Ensom City Primary

Another 'Office' flop
THE REGGAE Boyz squandered a glorious opportunity to strengthen their chances of advancing to the next round of the qualifying phase in the CONCACAF World Cup group semi-final series with a painstaking 0-0 draw at the National...

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UTech honours its Olympians
Three places left for the taking

One year later...
ELSEWHERE ON this page we publish an extract of the editorial of October 14, 2003. It presented an analysis of Jamaica's then murder rate at 44 per 100,000 among the highest in the Americas ­ and the new sophisticated levels to which contract.

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Doing business the New Zealand way - First of a two-part series
Israel's insecurity
Homophibia - the final word
Murder as business

So young, yet so violent
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITH THE news that a family friend was gunned down along with two of his friends this weekend at Naggo Head I immediately went into reflection on the state of senseless crimes which have invaded the island.

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Shouts of G-O-L-D
A splash of colour
Landlords held at ransom
Our luck might run out

NOISES AND VOICES at Rootz Lounge
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE WERE noises, as musician and poet M'Bala termed his percussive-laden second piece, and voices from singers Nateesha Stream, Willie Bob and Jeremiah at the Rootz Lounge last Friday night.

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I'd rather be a brunette - Kidman

COOKING 101 Can't cook, don't sweat it!
COOKING IS a science of weights, measures, temperatures, formulas and methods. But, whoa, before your eyes start glossing over, know that we're here for you. So roll up your sleeves, pull out your pen and paper and get ready for a little kitchen talk.

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THE LINGO: A GLOSSARY OF COOKING TERMS
Roasted cow and blue drawers - Culinary highlights of Nyammins & Jammins Food Festival
Fast food AT HOME