HERE COMES SHOP CARIBBEAN ... READY OR NOT!
BARRIERS ARE set to tumble, doors will be flung open, there will be free movement of (some) persons, goods and services across regional borders, come next week, when the Caribbean Single Market (CSM) gets under way.

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Cop killed in crash
J'cans ready for the regional job market
Sangster International eastern concourse opens
More jobs for teachers?
Potential and preparation
UWI graduates eagerly await CSM
Tourism and the CSM
Wolfe sums up
CARICOM Single Market: barriers on the brink - $billion market beckons

Cautious business buy-in
WITH THE Caribbean Single Market (CSM) set to dawn with the new year, some local entrepreneurs are optimistic that new business links with their colleagues in the region will mean a boost in enterprise.

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Politicians and cricket
Long delays frustrate lawyers, litigants
Businesses flock bauxite project
Help is on the way
More police to patrol streets
Too many young men with guns - Davies
Develop trust between gov't, people

The true cost of debt
DURING THE rush of the season, we sometimes don't take the time to calculate the true cost of debt. And when January comes, we then juggle the payments and wonder why we can never get out of debt. And so More Money asked Calvin Campbell...

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Investor dilemma - invest or spend
What to do with your money this Christmas - Get to know your credit card
Real estate review and outlook - Part I
Aggressive strategies for wealth building

Portmore, Tivoli clash
HAVING CONQUERED the Caribbean, defending champions Portmore United will now turn their attention to the Wray and Nephew National Premier League and more specifically Tivoli Gardens ­ the team they meet today at 3:00 p.m.

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Clock Work dethrones King
JDF raid Rae Town
Well-wishers say final farewell to former JAAA president Wallace
Mt Salem start with a victory
Sarwan is Guyana's Cricketer of the Year
King scores again for Watford
League making strides forward in Jamaica
Nothing is wrong with a little arrogance

Danger on the roadways
THE USUAL warning to motorists to be careful as they travel on the roadways takes on added poignancy at this time of year when the incidence of traffic accidents and road fatalities tends to rise. Elsewhere in this edition, we have reported on an...

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - A tale of two cases New challenges to legal definition of marriage
Why Labourites love Portia
Unim'Press'ed
Politics and the non-politician

LETTER OF THE DAY - Farming can be lucrative
THE EDITOR, Sir: A COUNTRY whose economy and survival are built around production will prosper. Agriculture should be the backbone of Jamaica, and we have a lot of catching up to do. Farming can be lucrative, but it is hard work and long hours.

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Who feels it knows it
Work for women

Publishers try to even score
JAMAICA'S MUSIC has long suffered from the lack of music scores. And the deficiency is even more striking when the much larger number of books which chronicle the development of Jamaican music is taken into consideration.

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20 years for singing boys in blue
Reid to rise in the east

Mercy Mild
128 GALLERIE launched its second exhibition 'Mercy Mild' with a vibrant opening on the evening of December 9.

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Searching for the magic
In search of answers
Who killed George?

Fae Ellington - Transforming every day
AT HER home in Kingston, a well-rested Fae Ellington welcomes us, dressed in brilliant bandana plaid and her eyes bright with a promise of mischief ­ just enough that the world around her remains an interesting place.

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Meet Cow Head and Jonkunnu
COUPLES' SEXUALITY - A plea for balance
Ole time sinting

Miracle at Christmas
THE SPIRIT of Christmas was predictably absent from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meetings in Hong Kong last week. Here the rich and powerful countries of Christendom once again employed this 'rich man's club' to ensure that the manna only fell on...

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Why Doha is so critical
Santa Claus is everybody's father
Tookie and Raskolnikov
Coming home to research

Uplifting the Whitehorses Community
IT HAD all the elements of a great event: elegantly garbed men and women, a lavish menu of scrumptious items, an eloquent master of ceremonies, miles of red carpet, a fabulous band on the stand, one-of-a-kind gifts from Phat Farm, numerous...

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Sweet sixteen celebrations
Doctor Ossie launches Near-Death Experience
Oh what a 40th!
NCB's big bash

'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.