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Abortion review - Medical fraternity calls for changes to current legislation
FACED WITH the rising incidence of death and illness of women having unsafe abortions, the Medical Council of Jamaica said yesterday that it would present a policy statement within six months to the Ministry of Health to facilitate the review...
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Phillips declares candidacy
Start your degree through long distance learning
KPH urges debt settlement
Convention centre to become a reality
'Do more for inner-city residents'
Inspectors Branch Board moves to settle election dispute
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Whiteman vows to protect political system 
BURCHELL WHITEMAN, minister of information, on Tuesday expressed concerns over what he called the integrity of the local political system and vowed to do everything he could to protect it.
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We will only accept the best - principal
Fire leaves 47 homeless in St James
KEVAUGHN NEWMAN: Camera-shy, champion speller
...A mother's pride
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Air J cuts 100 flight attendants 300 more to go soon 
THE POSITIONS of 100 flight attendants were made redundant by Air Jamaica yesterday, with another 300 more to go over a short period of time. According to a release from the company, the new Air Jamaica management team led by Dr. Vincent Lawrence...
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Industrial action delay start of 2004-05 sugar crop
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Race on for men's crown
OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS Veronica Campbell and Danny McFarlane are expected to walk away with the top awards at tonight's Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel.
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Rusty Windies take crack at tired hosts
Good start for Ja
'We're pretty confident'
Howell hat-trick wins final for Clarks Town
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Urgent remedial action needed
THE FIRE at King's Plaza in a section of Kingston's busy uptown commercial district earlier this week, which caused extensive damage to a number of businesses, might have been brought under control more speedily and with less destruction had the Fire...
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We have made some progress
US inflation and the world economy
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Antique law forcing unsafe abortions
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS encouraging to see some growing interest in discussing the issue of abortion which has been so carefully ignored for the last three decades. In 1974, a mere seven years after England passed its Abortion Act, the Ministry...
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Ja making steady progress
Converting 'dead assets'
Mandeville fire hydrants in need of repairs
Leave Bob's body alone!
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Rita denies plans to rebury Bob in Ethiopia 
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Rita Marley Foundation are denying reports published in the international media stating that Rita Marley, wife of reggae legend, Bob Marley, plans to exhume her husband's remains in Jamaica and re-bury them in his...
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More comedy than drama: 'No Disrespect'
'A Flower Blooms' traces life's journey
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What's tasty in 2005
Food is always evolving, so there's no excuse to stick with the same stew chicken or rice and peas this year. For 2005, resolve to push the envelope just a little foodwise. Here are some recipes to get you started.
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Cornmeal sweets
Leaving tips in Barbados
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New playground in Lucea complete
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SALVATION Army in Lucea, Hanover has completed its $700,000 nursery playground that was funded by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), under its Child Survival and Child Development Programme.
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Nothing can stop a clean MoBay - Dyer
Falmouth: city with a heart
Reading lab for Herbert Morrison
Assistance for farmers in Westmoreland
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