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'Evil spirit grips Ja' - Phillips says crime, violence have country in a chokehold
WESTERN BUREAU: MINISTER OF National Security Dr. Peter Phillips has described the gruesome killing of two girls last Thursday as a national tragedy, citing that "there is a terrible and vicious spirit that has taken hold of our people."
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T&T's Manning fears Venezuelan oil plan
Cricket Logistics 2007 - Official tour operator for Cricket World Cup
Greenfield venue will be ready, says Thomas
Golding calls for Carib referendums on CCJ, CSME
Violence halts Riu Palace Hotel project - Management will meet to work out differences
Renowned reggae icon Clancy Eccles is dead
Portland Cottage residents return home
Limited resources hurting health care
Suarez Circus could get the green light
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Foreign recruitment concerns cops
BOTH THE Police Officers Association (POA) and the Police Federation are expressing concern about advertisements seeking to recruit policemen from overseas to fill positions for assistant commissioner in the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
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Traffic deaths on the decline
WHO urges use of more generic HIV drugs
Student on gun charge
Monsignor Albert proposes committee to address violence
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Business
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The Ritz reopens
WESTERN BUREAU: AFTER A two-month hiatus, the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall hotel in Montego Bay reopened its doors to the public on Friday with a 35 per cent occupancy level.
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'Private sector should give a portion of profits to rebuild communities'
A giant among lawyers
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Sport
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JDF, Manchester final
MANCHESTER AND Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) both secured first inning points over Kingston and Melbourne respectively to advance to the three-day finals of the Supreme Ventures Super Cup set for July 8-10.
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Fuller facing an uncertain future
Top Jamaican stars for IAAF Super Grand Prix
Portmore turn back Rivoli
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Commentary
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Mr Chavez's gift horse
AFTER THREE brief ministerial meetings over the past year, several Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, have agreed with Venezuela to create PetroCaribe, a regional energy agency that intends to offer guaranteed access and prices for petroleum.
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Do what I tell you, not what I do
The US Supreme Court
The Fourth over here
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - The value of zero tolerance
THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST agree with Professor Archie McDonald of the University of the West Indies, in The Gleaner of 30/6/05 on the subject of zero tolerance to be applied by the security forces in carrying out their duties.
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Stabilise the foreign exchange
Illegal dumping
Presumption of innocence
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Entertainment
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Sounding out - Instruments bring flavour to day two of JCDC music finals
TROMBONES, COWBELLS, keyboards, drums, flutes, saxophones and tambourines gathered on the second of four days of the national music competition in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's festival of the performing arts.
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Live 8 rocks the globe
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Flair
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Sound and sex
NEUROSCIENTIST SETH Horowitz of Stony Brook University has been studying MRI scans to figure out how certain sounds trigger powerful emotions in the brain, reports CBS News.
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The gardener and his flower
Rape as a weapon of war leaves lasting trauma
Personal debt and investing
The 'kept' man
Get a leg up on summer - 6 moves to shapely legs
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