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Light bill creeps up - Regulator grants JPS portion of Hurricane Ivan damage claim
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) yesterday rejected the full $1.5 billion hurricane damage claim from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). However, the light and power company will still be allowed to recover nearly a third of the claim...
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NHT acquiring more police properties for housing plans
'Robertson is like a mad dog' - Chavez responds to assassination call by US televangelist
Televangelist apologises
Evangelicals condemn assassination comments
Civil servants in western Ja cry foul - Upset they will not benefit from new JUTC concessions
Gebre heads to the WHO
Japanese Embassy denies trafficking charge
Deportation for foreign prostitutes?
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News
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'Follow the code' - Education minister fears lawsuits for improper disciplining of students
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: EDUCATION MINISTER Maxine Henry-Wilson yesterday warned educators against imposing unauthorised disciplinary measures against students. Mrs. Henry Wilson said the education ministry would eventually face lawsuits...
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'I did my best,' says former JTA head
Students receive scholarships from Blue Cross
'Ministry didn't know slain principal refused protection'
CXC office reports better performance in '05 exams
Basic school gets library
Vaccine requirement for J'cans studying overseas
Reported upsurge of leptospirosis in dogs unconfirmed - Vet Assoc
We must formalise squatter settlements - Kerr-Jarrett
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Business
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Teachers challenge SLB loans policy
Ocho Rios, St. Ann: THE JAMAICA Teachers Association (JTA) says it will be seeking a meeting with the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) following increasing complaints from teachers that they are being denied loans from the agency.
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Bank of Jamaica restructures
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Sport
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J'c ans chase big bucks
DOUBLE WINNERS at last year's International Association Athletics Federations' (IAAF) World Athletics Final, Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell, head a list of five Jamaicans who have all but booked their lanes for the two-day meet...
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Campbell tops 100m rankings
St Andrew through to semis
Gayle shines on debut
Guatemala outclass Jamaica
Knights pound Wizards for final semis spot
Butcher Man repeats in CTL claiming series
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Commentary
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Assassination as public policy
IN A particularly nasty outburst of demagoguery, Pat Robertson, the American TV evangelist and founder of the Conservative Coalition which helped George W. Bush become president, has called on the United States to assassinate Mr. Hugo Chavez...
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About Garvey, from Garvey
Stealing with service
Iraq's constitutional showdown
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Is the Government creating a monster?'
THE EDITOR, Sir: AN ARMY of battle-ready police was sent from Kingston on the morning of Friday, August 19, to the Mandeville Market and the people had to call on Deputy Mayor Sally Porteous to calm the situation before it got out of hand.
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Killing with impunity
A commuter's dream
Get priorities straight
Nettleford's flag
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Entertainment
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Seriously funny matters arise
MATTERS ARISING, Amina Blackwood Meeks' new one-woman play, is a thoughtful, brilliant satire of the state of Jamaica. It explores the matters that have arisen and constantly cause the nation to stub its toe ...
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Fraud charges filed against mother of Jackson's accuser
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What's Cooking
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'Carry mi ackee'
JAMAICA'S NATIONAL fruit - or vegetable - ackee has come a long way since it was immortalised in the popular folk song, Carry Mi Ackee Go A Linstead Market. This Sunday, residents of Linstead in St. Catherine can truly claim ackee as their own...
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A tasty ackee alternative
Jamaica Night
Blue moon in Kentucky
What's 4 dinner - SUPPER ON THE PATIO
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