Robbers meet grisly death - Police, mob kill three in foiled hold-up
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE ARMED robbers who shot and injured a supermarket operator while committing a daring early morning robbery in Llandilo, Westmoreland, yesterday were killed when they crossed paths with irate residents and alert policemen.
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Stories Consumers feeling pinch of GCT hike
Fear grips Bayshore Park - After triple murder, residents brace for further attacks
New Portmore lawsuit - Citizens mount challenge to Highway 2000 route
Hundreds turn out for Kgn leg of CXC seminar
Golding's ascendancy shrouded in uncertainty
Project for 'Generating Genius(es)' in science
Black River bridge reopens
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: AFTER BEING closed for almost one year the Black River bridge was reopened to the public, following a short ceremony at the site in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on Friday.
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Stories Jamaican-born juror excluded because of country's drug reputation
ONR under fire
Cuban Ambassador wants renewed relations - Significant benefits from Port Antonio-Santiago de-Cuba link
Murders hurtle toward 500
'Cruel blow' to tourism' - JLP wants review of tax package
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on tourism, Ed Bartlett, has described the Government's new tax package on the tourist industry as a "cruel blow" to a sector now recovering from international shocks and trauma as a result of 9/11...
Palmer gets his chance
EIGHT HARBOUR View players, including newcomer Lovell Palmer, were included in Jamaica's 18-man squad to play Guatemala in an international friendly in Atlanta tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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Stories Easy win for Sunshine Girls
Riddim Girls shine in the Arena
WI cricket cannot exist without sponsors
Campbell rips sub-11 clocking
Seba blank Harmony 5-0
Hats off to Caymanas Track Limited's board
Mothers versus crime
WITHOUT RESERVATION, we salute the courage of the women who have come together to form a group called Mother In Crisis, headed by Doreen Billings. It is the latest and most poignant of the attempts to stem the tide of criminality which has seen more than.
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Stories Davies stands firm on the economy
Doing something for the poor
'Bangarang' fi true
LETTER OF THE DAY - We, the have-nots, are tired of the hypocrisy
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ WITH interest, the Letter of the Day published Friday, April 15, written by Pastor Wesley Boynes, and have heard him being taken to task by one media host and a subsequent misguided caller.
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Celebrate PM's life now!
Rethink the GCT increase
Plea from Portmore
Raquel Wright is Miss Jamaica Universe 2005
EVEN BY pageant standards, the script turned with stunning swiftness. When Raquel Wright was announced as Miss Jamaica Universe 2005 at the grand coronation on Sunday night, it was the completion of a surprise ending to an intricately woven plot.
Shipping industry bids bon voyage to the Kings
SENIOR MARINE pilots Herman King and Bentley King were given a warm farewell on Friday, April 8 when the Port Authority of Jamaica and the entire shipping industry celebrated their careers while acknowledging their retirement...
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Stories Colombo Express - the largest container ship in the world
THE PENCHANT FOR PENDANT LIGHTING
They're shapely, chic, sexy and sometimes funky. They lend colour and personality to interiors. And they light up a room. If you've somehow overlooked pendant lights, you're missing out on a small accessory that packs electrifying clout in the home...
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Stories BRIGHTER DAYS AT THE OFFICE - A tiny home office gets a blast of colour in the CETv! home office makeover
CONSUMERS, GAMBLERS
and smokers will have to dig deeper into their pockets this year to help
the Government keep its promise of balancing the budget.
Minister of Finance
and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, yesterday presented a tax plan to Parliament,
intended to produce an extra $9.4 billion in revenue to plug the hole
in this year's $347.2 billion spending plan. more
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN
on Finance, Audley Shaw, is not impressed with Government's plans for
financing the 2005/2006 Budget.
Speaking to The Gleaner
shortly after Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, opened
the Budget debate in the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Shaw
admitted that some assistance has been provided to the most economically
vulnerable through the raising of the income tax threshold
but argued that the same assistance has been negated by tax increases.
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Consumers feeling pinch of GCT hike
