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'I don't have the money' - Davies to meet with negotiating team tomorrow - Police expect positive outcome from meeting
PROTESTING JAMAICA Con-stabulary Force (JCF) members yesterday blocked the pathway of Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies, forcing an agreement from the minister to respond to their salary demands within 48 hours.
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Carpenter nails lottery jackpot
Government not ruling out police powers for soldiers
Spirits still damp in St Elizabeth
JUTC gets tough - Police to target non-paying passengers
Manning to reorganise government
Hay-Webster renews call for sex offender registry
St James man held on drug smuggling charge
Ramcharan, Williams want extradition order set aside
Breaches will top MoU meeting
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News
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'Go back to the classroom' - Early childhood tutors urged to improve qualifications
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN of the Early Childhood Commission, Dr. Maureen Samms-Vaughn, has charged teachers of early childhood institutions to upgrade their qualifications to improve the standards of early childhood education.
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Teachers protest at Melrose Primary
PM to get award in New York
Call for stiff measures to protect teachers
New schedule for Jamaican High Commission in UK
Westmoreland Labour Day project selected
Ministry endorses JTA call for protection
MIND goes online
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Business
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Alcan's latest profits more than double
NEW YORK: ALCAN INC., one of the world's largest aluminum producers, said Monday that its earnings more than doubled in the first quarter as higher aluminum prices helped offset rising costs and a weak dollar.
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First banana export to EU since 'Ivan'
Employers' grouping readies for convention
Hardware show expanded
Digicel expands roaming
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Sport
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Gayle in World XI
LONDON (CMC): WEST INDIES batting superstar Brian Lara is one of three West Indian players who have been included in the initial squads for the ICC World XI teams to take on Australia's Test and One Day International sides in the ICC's Super Series...
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Wavell Hinds dropped
'I feel I can run 9.75'
No apology coming from Bravo - WI manager
WI should bat second
Johnson crowned 'Fighter of the Year'
Wadadah hold on for exciting win
Coltrane, Kamir won't run in Lotto Classic
Exotic bets caught as favourites thrive
Invaders flooded by Beech four-timer
Bellas Gate win primary schools title
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Commentary
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Important Jamalco expansion
LAST WEEK'S coordinated attacks against security personnel overshadowed an important development in the local bauxite/alumina industry. Ground was broken at the Jamalco alumina refinery at Halse Hall in Clarendon...
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PM, please rethink education funding
A declaration of war
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Crime and violence more than meet the eye
THE EDITOR, Sir: ILLNESS DOES not occur without a cause and symptoms are not the cause of the illness. Symptoms are only an indication that all is not well and something is out of balance.
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NHT move is wrong
Good job Cecil Donaldson
Let us heal our wounds
Wake-up call for all
Well done, Eden Gardens
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Entertainment
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Kingston & St Andrew Festival Queen - McDonald takes title
SASHANE MCDONALD'S victory came as no suprise. The very accomplished 24-year-old tiny, but tallawah, young woman captured the Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen title virtually hands down last Sunday night.
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Solid Gold setting, six carat crowd
St Lucia's Cadet thrills jazz fans
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The Shipping Industry
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Port of Kingston climbs up world ranking
THE PORT of Kingston climbed 11 places in 2004 to rank 56th in the world's top 300 ports, according to Containerisation International, the premier news and information service for the container industry.
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Brady delivers IMO security trainers' course in Canada
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