DEAD HEAT IN JAMAICA
Poll records slight PNP lead
WITH JUST under two years to go before the next general election is constitutionally due, the governing People's National Party (PNP) has managed to maintain only a fragile one per cent lead in the race to lead the nation...

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Jamaican Prime Minister's legacy under pressure
Patterson's leadership gets negative rating
Jamaica's grass-roots politics
Voting patterns in the contenders' constituencies
COP-BEATING CASE
Constable held responsible
A corporal's punishment

Beckford could get millions in damages
Clement Beckford, the Jamaican who spent 25 years in a Bahamian prison, 11 more years than he should have, could be awarded US$200,000 (J$12.4 million) in damages for wrongful imprisonment. A lawyer in the Attorney-General's office in...

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In South St. Andrew:
Police, politicians, civic groups at work
Security blanket in Spanish Town
German swallows illegal drugs at gunpoint in Ja
Business slowed, despite policing
Who will the People's National Party Women's Movement support?

THE GIFT OF MONEY
Go on a plastic diet for Christmas
Overheard: "My credit card? I don't want to go there. When I think about my balance my head hurts." Sounds familiar?

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Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited cancels rights issue
Jamaica's MiPhone brews an Internet solution
Fight for sugar is finally over in Jamaica

It's Calabar's Cup
CALABAR ARE the 2005 ISSA/Pepsi/Jamaica National (JN) Manning Cup champions after scoring a thrilling 2-1 win over Norman Manley at the National Stadium yesterday.

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Jamaica, Leewards in tense battle
BRIAN LARA: A master batsman probably second to only one

Ganja and crime
The scientific debate in Jamaica about the dangers of marijuana use is often obfuscated by a subtle cultural bias based in part on a support of Rastafarians who claim that the herb is a sacramental part of their religious practice, but...

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This business of MPs' salaries
The polls, Bruce and the People's National Party
Getting impatient
Conscience: the spirit of the law

LETTER OF THE DAY
What will men think of next?
The Editor, Sir: I wonder if the men in both Houses of Parliament have any idea what they have done by even entertaining the idea of a woman being required to maintain her spouse, much more to attempt to amend the law to permit this, without consulting t

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We need answers
Unity is strength

Sandra Foster has no regrets
She is regarded as one of the country's most beautiful former pageant queens, but withdrew from the limelight for what she says is her true calling.

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J'can designers take London
Body talk
'Physical labrish' a 'sound' revolution
Caribbean music finds help in Canada

An artist with a bird's eye view
WASHINGTON: Light shines through the grackles in William Newman's oils, as it does through the layers of his semi-transparent paints. His frantic birds, their mouths agape, are semi-transparent, too, they're that fresh from the egg...

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JAMAICAN ART DIARY
Artie and Harry Potter
Jamaican Historical Society releases special issue of 'Review'

Jamaica's PNP leadership race
The politics of evasion
Portia Simpson Miller has received a battering for allegedly copping out of the opportunity to be questioned by private sector leaders, fearing, her detractors say... -Ian Boyne

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Jamaica's PNP leadership race
'Expect a smooth transition'
Polling politics
Little girls in training

Pegasus says Thanks!
General Manager of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Eldon Bremner, must be feeling on top of the world these days...

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JAMPRO honours stalwarts
Jamaica Standard Products' sauces ­ good, hot and spicy!
Lights, camera, action!
Jamaica's Pepsi thanks customers

Eating out was the in t'ing in Jamaica
During Kingston Restaurant Week (KRW), eating out was really in. Hundreds of patrons took advantage of the opportunity to dine at some of Kingston's finest restaurants, enjoying delectable gourmet dishes at a fraction of the regular...

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Jamaica Restaurant hopping ­ D'Roof
Kingston Restaurant Week - a resounding success in Jamaica

'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.