Fatal floods - Heavy rains, mudslides claim three
THREE PERSONS died yesterday as torrential rains triggered massive mudslides in St. Mary, marooned hundreds of motorists, and caused major flooding in northern St. Catherine and Trelawny.

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KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 13 - Eleven-year-old girl testifies
Improve social conditions to fight crime - Lopez
P'more tenders toll deal
GLEANER HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENT - A saving grace to many
Witnesses saw cops drive off with teen
PM opens debate on Clarke report
Double murder in Fletcher's Land
KRW MAKES A BIRTHDAY SPECIAL

Graveside party in Nonsuch
WHEN ANYONE I know gets together with friends, it's normally to have fun and engage in a chaotic episode of fun and general debauchery. It happens more often than I'd like to admit here. For employment purposes.

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Bull Park River to be cleared today
Crime and corporate Jamaica
BSI makes headway in cop shooting cases
Christiana's Optimist Club celebrates anniversary
BITU gives St Ann PC ultimatum
Underground water overflow threatens Porus communities

Keith Duncan takes the helm at JMMB
PRESIDENT AND chief operating officer (COO) of Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), Keith Duncan, will now take over leadership of the JMMB Group of companies as Donna Duncan-Scott has chosen to play a new role in the JMMB Group, the company stated...

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Dyoll payout to be decided

T&T taking historic step to Germany
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP): TRINIDAD AND Tobago qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time yesterday, beating Bahrain 1-0 and advancing to the final tournament with a 2-1 aggregate win.

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Boost for badminton, netball - C&W renews major sponsorship
Cavalier upset Arnett
Tivoli win, but still in trouble
Champs Glenmuir blank Bog Walk

We must defend the courts
A THREAT to kill two judges sitting in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court disrupted proceedings on Monday and signalled a new level of threat to the criminal justice system. Resumption of trials the following day came with high security...

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Some science and technology in the news
Canada's election-weary voters
A sense of community

LETTER OF THE DAY - Mayor should rule the city under a federal system
THE EDITOR, Sir: A NUMBER of issues have invoked my concern and forced me to raise certain questions: 1. Would any police force anywhere else tear-gas the Mayor of the capital city?

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This is not Jamaican!
We are still good people
Write about our PMs

A taste of Gospel Fiesta '05
THE ATMOSPHERE in and around Cinema II, New Kingston, was enlivened with praise and worship courtesy of It Soon Be Done - Gospel Fiesta 2005, staged last Sunday evening at the venue.

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Animal Farm - Reasonably enjoyable

Dreams parched on farm land
MALVERN, St. Elizabeth: IF YOU had spoken to Neville Rowe 12 years ago, he would have shared with you his excitement for farming. It was that bundle of excitement that encouraged him in the mid-1980s to start growing cauliflower...

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Agri Ministry to spend millions on insurance feasibility study
New health plan for farmers launched
Fisherfolk benefit from training in seamanship

Food that feels good Food that feels good
DID YOU know that the new boss at Cable and Wireless is into more than just phones? President/CEO Rodney Davis had guests' taste buds feeling very good on Monday when he changed hats and donned a toque in the kitchen at Strawberry Hill...

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Fine dining best - The Palm Court Restaurant relaunched Magnificent
Imagine Christmas without the baking
Grand Lido Braco's wellness weekend
REMNANTS OF THE SEA

Bird flu kills one
BIRD FLU has killed at least one person in China, officials said on Wednesday, confirming the spread of the deadly virus into people in another large Asian country where it might prove hard to contain.

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Election commission opens fraud complaints investigation
Tropical depression weakens

WORLD OF WORMS WORLD OF PARASITES!
T HERE ARE many more kinds of parasites in the world than free-living organisms and even when we exclude viruses -; which are all parasitic - bacteria and fungi, parasites are still in the majority!

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Meet the Irishman

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.