Homeless for Christmas - Negril riverside community demolished
WESTERN BUREAU: FOR THE residents of the riverside community along the Norman Manley Boulevard, Negril, it is not shaping up to be a merry Christmas. After their homes were demolished by representatives of the Negril Green Island Area...

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Gonsalves gets second mandate
Margaret Thatcher in hospital
Prank lands cop in hospital
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mayors eye next general election
KRAAL TRIAL: DAY 28 - Danhai remains a no-show
...Police unable to locate him
Give blood this Christmas
Grave robbers could be cult members

Second monthly panel discussion on growth and development in Jamaica
THE CABINET Office will today hold the second in a series of monthly panel discussions aimed at reviewing Jamaica's progress towards growth and development. Government Senator Professor Trevor Munroe, of the Department of Government at the University...

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Boost for local organic agri sector
T&T body voices concern about CXC associate degree offer
Recommendations for climate change
'Take charge of climate control' - Canadian Prime Minister urges developed world to face responsibility

Caribbean sidelined in trade talks - Bernal
THINGS HAVE gone wrong for embattled global trade talks, dubbed the Doha Development Round. Instead of permeating the negotiating agenda, the 'development dimension' has been in relegation...

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National Workers Union (NWU) disputes bauxite job cuts

Jose Marti thrash Campion
JOSE MARTI mercilessly hammered Campion 54-24 to notch their first win in three games as action in the 2005 KFC-sponsored ISSA High School Basketball competition's Southern Conference continued yesterday at Campion College.

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West Indies U19 camp bowls off today
Trinidad and Tobago guaranteed US$4.57m at World Cup
The Smoker too hot for rivals
All-daCosta set to secure title
Williams sisters in court battle
St Hugh's end Wolmer's quest

The private sector should have its say
UNDETERRED BY past experiences in recent weeks, a number of private sector leaders have once again called for greater involvement in the national budget process. In the latest instance, Noel DaCosta, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, argued...

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The end of empire
Begging off the beggars
What are organisations like?

LETTER OF THE DAY - Scaring away our brightest minds
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WRITE in response to certain views expressed by Mr. Brandford Gayle, principal of Munro College, in an article written by Earl Moxam on Monday, December 5. In the article, Mr. Gayle dismissed concerns...

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Serial rapist still at large
Welfare not the answer
Votes of the masses count

Delightful 'Evening of Jazz' at Morgan's Harbour
WHEN SOMETHING went thump and the microphone went dead as Karen Smith was singing of wonderful days and nights at the Morgan's Harbour Hotel, Port Royal, on Sunday night, she did not pause.

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Young writer, illustrator launch children's book

J$13m assistance for fisherfolk
OVER 3,800 fisherfolk islandwide are receiving assistance to recover from the effects of Hurricane Ivan through a J$13.8 million grant provided by the United Way of Jamaica, through the Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS).

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Opportunities abound in local pig farming
Agriculture rebounds in 'St Bess'

SO REAL, SO REAL SORREL CONTEST - We have the winners!
THEY TOOK the challenge to cook up sorrel - any way, any how - and after an exciting culinary journey, we have three winners. They are: Juley Wynter-Robertson in first place with her yummy Sorrel Fool and Spicy Sorrel Sauce...

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FIRST-PLACE WINNER: Juley Wynter-Robertson
SECOND-PLACE WINNER: Dorritte Brown
THIRD-PLACE WINNER: Celia Shakespeare
A panorama of pan chicken
'Chicken George' spices up Bob's Café
Chef Neville Clarke: Discovering new culinary ideas
A time for GUNGO
Oh my, Ukha!...with Russian Ambassador Igor V. Lebedev
Pepsi adds spice this season

Saddam's stop-start trial goes on without him
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters): SADDAM HUSSEIN refused to enter court yesterday, bringing his often chaotic trial to yet another halt until the judge decided to press on without him. After telling the court to "go to hell" the night before...

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Bush cites progress in two Iraqi cities
Police force investigates officers for corruption
Schroeder appeals for hostage release on Arab TV

'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.