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Under fire! Fire brigade senior officers want chairman, members of board sacked
SEVERAL SENIOR officers at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) are demanding that the Government sack the chairman and other members of the board whom they describe as incompetent, complacent and lacking in vision.
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Juveniles a burden on Correctional Services
Handling germs: Should you be worried?
Wyndham awaits fate
Behind the fence - Life on Tamarind Farm
The garrison phenomenon - Does the PNP have an electoral advantage?
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News
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Fire brigade still needs help
THE 33 firefighting vehicles that the Government is adding to the depleted fleet of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will not be be sufficient to rehabilitate the failing brigade, according to fire service officials.
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Golding lashes out at light hike ... Party also angry about MoU
Phillips bats for MoU
New twist in Caymanas Park divestment race
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Business
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Planning your retirement
"You ought to start retirement planning from the first day you start working, however, if you have not done so, then the time to do so is now."
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Sigma Unit Trust maintains market dominance
Increased profits for Capital and Credit Merchant Bank
Rising Stars: Case study in branded entertainment
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Sport
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Manchester move closer to Super Eight
TWO-DAY CHAMPIONS Manchester inched closer to the Super Eight of the Capital and Credit limited-overs tournament with an emphatic 85-run win over St. Thomas at Kirkvine yesterday.
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Commentary - Take it easy with young Usain Bolt
Warne saves Aussies from follow-on
WI boss bats for contracts
Ja in control against Guyana
Formally Gold repeats in BGLC feature
It was a great race - Campbell
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Commentary
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Editorial - Fixing the Jamaica Fire Brigade
DELROY BROWN has assessed his performance as chairman of the board of the Jamaica Fire Brigade as mediocre. We suspect he is being easy on himself.
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Standing still at 43!
Living high on the hog
Broken promises, broken hearts?
Leadership by example
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Letters
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Letter of the day - Compulsory evacuation: caution!
THE EDITOR, Sir: I, TOO, am quite concerned about people who ignore warnings about impending danger, and about the resources spent rescuing them, but I do not think that compulsory evacuation is the best solution to these problems.
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Travel costs not excessive
Bring back the waving gallery
Blatant censorship of anti-gay views
Lucy Holmes: indeed a fine lady
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Entertainment
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Crochet hits the catwalk
IT IS one of those words that is the same in many languages, including English, French, Belgian, Italian and Spanish. It is known as 'haken' in Holland, 'haekling' in Denmark, 'hekling' in Norway, and 'virkning' in Sweden.
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Shaggy happy with 'Clothes Drop'
Changing image, change in name
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Arts &Leisure
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Honour the man still
ON THURSDAY, August 11, the LTM marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of Randolph Williams by staging a dramatic presentation of some of his works and involving some of those persons whose careers in the theatre intersected with his.
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There's something about Ebony! Mutual Life Gallery's Under-40 Artist of the Year
What a brew! Tea, Glorious Tea 205
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Outlook
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Robert Parchment - Family doctor with a vision
WAKING UP in the morning for cardio and aerobic exercise, Dr. Robert Parchment lives what he preaches to his patients every day.
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Why men fear commitment
Sex and the family
Doctor's advice - He has an unusual girlfriend?
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In Focus
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Dark days for free speech
ON AUGUST 5, 2005, one of the oldest Western democracies, Britain, slid further along the road of the erosion of free speech when Prime Minister Tony Blair, stung by recent terrorist bombings in London, announced sweeping new measures...
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Hang dem! ... But how about an informed debate?
The cost of foreign policy
Our culture is holding us back
Don't blame the principals
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Social
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Party on the Hill - Terence Williams reunites with family for 50th birthday
REACHING 50 in today's high stress world is a significant milestone and more so because the average 50-year-old looks like a well preserved 40. So five years ago when Terence Williams a native of Devon in Manchester and who now resides in Atlanta.....
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Honouring Bob Marley and Adrian Brown
Help! Social graces needed!
Kingsley Cooper honoured in New York
Western Mirror opens new headquarters
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