POLICE SICK-OUT - Rank-and-file members press claim for increased wage offer
ALMOST HALF of the rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick yesterday to press their claim for an increased wage and fringe benefits offer from the Government.Large sections of the country were left without security...

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Champion farmer chosen
Rio Grande bridge to be ready by month-end

Automated fingerprinting to replace witness system
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER of Police, Jevene Bent, yesterday welcomed a new Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) which is to be introduced over the next 10 months.

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Student leaders to help address teenage issues
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GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Struggle, sacrifice, the name of the game
Medical Council probes 'fake doc'
Second phase of Lift-Up Ja gets $2b
RAGE-ing against depravity - South St Andrew man promotes inner-city self-reliance

Laws and order
SOME TIME ago there was an incident at the Cave Hill campus in Barbados which resulted in a number of students getting arrested. Among the arrested students was the wife of Prime Minister Kenny Anthony of St. Lucia.

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Jamaican team named for Helsinki
THE WORLD'S fastest man, Asafa Powell, injury permitting (see B2), and Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell head Jamaica's 51-member contingent set to participate at next month's World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

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Flush them out!
PERHAPS IT is just a case of copycat criminality; or extortionists are feeling the heat from crime fighters elsewhere in the island and are now seeking fresh territory to conquer.

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Our island mentality
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Grave disparity in female choices
THE EDITOR, Sir: AFTER WATCHING the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Festival Queen Competition held on Saturday, July 23, it is clear that there is a grave disparity among the females who are chosen to represent Jamaica...

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A 'Fully Loaded' experience
FULLY LOADED carried its usual temper into 2005. Known as a well-supported, fiery, sometimes volatile show, it did not miss the mark on Sunday night inside the James Bond Beach in Oracabessa, St. Mary.

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STRANGE SIDE EFFECTS - Parkinson's drug linked to compulsive gambling, hypersexuality
PARKINSON'S DISEASE patients taking the drug pramipexole, brand name Mirapex, appear to be displaying a very strange side effect - pathological gambling and other compulsive behaviours.

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England vs Australia 2nd Test Match

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