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Operation truth
PM assigns four-member committee to probe price gouging fiasco
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson on Monday assigned a four-member committee to probe the events which led the Ministry of Commerce and Technology to wrongly accuse ...
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Gov't considers price hike to ease container backlog
Gleaner scores for Salvation Army
US offshore college gets green light
Medical facility to begin operations in 2005
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No more loopholes
Finance Ministry to ensure that statutory deductions are collected
THE MINISTRY of Finance and Planning has developed a new procedure to ensure that statutory deductions owed through government ministries and agencies are remitted. This, ...
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Davies kicks off leadership bid
House passes bills to enact CSME
Hurricane relief list ready
Hardware store reduces prices
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Island Cinema no great revenue loss says Hendrickson
KEVIN HENDRICKSON, the managing director of Expedition Limited, the new owners of the Island Life building in New Kingston since June, said the space formerly occupied by the Island Cinema is already...
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Gov't wants $3.3 billion in extra spending
Int'l group applies for fibre-optic licence
New fertiliser factory opens
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H View and Tivoli Gdns begin quest
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Tivoli Gardens and the team they beat for the premier title last season, Harbour View, begin their historic quest to become the first Jamaican football team to lift the Caribbean Club Championship in the first...
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Jamaicans to the fore in first practice match
Youths to put talent on show for US coaches
Numero Uno for 2-y-o feature
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The CAC fallout
THE ODOUR emanating from the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is worse than that of spoilt fruits and vegetables. The series of memoranda that have come to light in the wake of last week's apology by Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and...
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Unconscionable delays in many murder appeals
Unsustainable development
Beware of reprieve to homosexuals
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LETTER OF THE DAY:
Put HIV drugs on NHF list
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHEN THE National Health Fund (NHF) was set up, it was estimated that there would be about 700,000 persons to be registered for chronic diseases, and it would take approximately ...
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Maintaining cultural heritage
Contempt shown to local cops
Bias at PM's ceremony
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'House of Flying Daggers' rooted more in reality
NEW YORK (AP): HOUSE OF Flying Daggers, the second film in theatres this year from Chinese director Zhang Yimou, provides an interesting companion piece to the first the Oscar-nominated Hero if only because it's slightly more rooted in...
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'The Last Stand' in memory of the late George Silvera
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TOBACCO CONTROL
Jamaica not among countries ratifying WHO regulations
THIS MONTH'S ratification of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) binds countries to act in...
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FITNESS CLUB:
Stronger 'pecs' for a flat chest
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