'Whitehouse clean' - No corruption at hotel project, says PM - Taxpayers won't bear cost overruns
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday declared there was no corruption at the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Project in Westmoreland and that taxpayers would not be burdened with the immense cost overruns on the multimillion-dollar venture.

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Patterson to intervene in police salary row
St Mary teens still missing
Truck driver convicted of manslaughter
'Measurement laws needed for Carib region'
Fighting back! - May Pen businessmen go on the offensive
Give cops generous increase, says mayor
Gleaner honours pensioners
Fear grips Vauxhall High family
New plea-bargaining law for Parliament

Garrisons must be dismantled - Golding
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding yesterday appealed for the implementation of crime recommendations to dismantle garrisons and reshape politics in these communities.

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Mobay community relieved over man's death
Air traffic controllers, Gov't to open wage talks
No sweeping plans to shut down pre-schools
Confab issues declaration on press freedom
Construction, blocked drains blamed for Rose Hall flooding
Stormy season ahead
... Budget cut big blow to ODPEM
Police love triangle case... - 'Great force' inflicted spinal wound - doctor

Banks must drop rates - Kerr-Jarrett
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), Mark Kerr-Jarrett says the island's banks must reduce their high interest rates now, thereby stimulating the creation of small and medium size businesses.

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Gillette Caribbean Pension Fund surplus - Battle lines drawn
Patrick Gillings leaves C& WJ
Redundancy too costly
MoBay hub takes a hit
Uptown prices for less than bend-down service?
CARICOM targeted for exports
Liquefied eggs for J'can market soon
LoJ sees solid net profit gains

WI keeping it positive
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC: ON THE heels of a humiliating whitewash by South Africa, the beleaguered West Indies team will turn their attention to a confident Pakistan squad in the opening one-day international of their three-match Digicel Series...

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Blame me, says WI coach King
Spanish Town keep track and field title
Boys' Town, Santos square off today
Strugglers snare the NPL spotlight
Paul Hoo bats for horse racing

Good signs from Worthy Park
UNDER NORMAL circumstances the search by principals of Worthy Park Sugar Estate for an additional 3,500 acres of land for the cultivation of sugar cane would be nothing of extraordinary interest.

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No serious end to crime unless ...
Worsening crime problem

LETTER OF THE DAY - Paying the price for smoking ganja
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE COUNTRY is paying the ultimate price for habitual ganja smokers. Imagine the scenario where someone is driving a motor vehicle on our roads, the vehicle has failed its examination...

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Seek accord on the way forward
Ransom over hospital fees
Banish our fears
Golding's posturing
Failed state

African rhythms - Former Third World drummer keeps the beat
IN AN alley warehouse in north-east Fort Lauderdale, Willie Stewart is trying to teach six teenagers rhythm on conga drums. "Keep it on the beat!" he shouts as he pounds out West African rhythms while the youths try to keep their individual parts...

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'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith' - Palace joins in worldwide movie release

'It mek me work harder'
WHAT IS GANJA? GANJA IS the Indian word for cannabis, known also as marijuana, pot, weed and by over 200 other slang terms. It is derived from the hemp plant Cannabis Sativa which has been known and used by mankind for centuries.

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The incredible edible - EGG
Feeding the school-age child (Part II)
What colour are your nails?
Children of 'addict' parents
'Ganja is not entirely safe'
Living with HIV/AIDS - Fighting stigma and discrimination

West Indies vs Pakistan 1st One Day Internationals


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