Jazz and Blues festival creates over 2,000 jobs in Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: AN AVERAGE of 2,000 additional jobs have been provided as a result of the mega Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues 2006, while Air Jamaica and local hoteliers are reaping vast benefits from the annual festival.

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'We're in the dark' - Contractor General not able to monitor majority of Government contracts
Registrar of Titles fired - Lands Minister cites inefficiency
University of the West Indies Guild embraces CARICOM Single Market and Economy
... But general public still in dark
Jamaica Observer editor quits
Joint bauxite venture collapses, 15 lose jobs
Campbell denies being sacked
Fourth person charged in Dyoll breaches
Alleged Super Plus beaters granted $500,000 bail each

DWINDLING COASTLINES - Hazards of the Jamaican coastline - Beach erosion: A response to rising sea level?
IN THE South Pacific, Papua New Guinea's Carteret islands are being drowned by rising sea levels. Over the past 20 years the inhabitants of these islands have watched their homes being washed away by waves and their fruit trees die...

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Seasonal abrasion along the coast
Some beaches slowly retreating inland
One year after three children were slaughtered in Kilancholly, St Mary...Community slowly heals
Public Defender files two civil suits against Attorney-General
Central Clarendon MP Henry concerned about rising HIV/AIDS cases
Bruce dismisses Prime Minister's remarks
Man gets seven years for buggering boys
Another student stabbed

Chin taking Lasco public
LASCELLES CHIN, chairman of the Lasco Group of Companies says that within the next 18 months, his company will be listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The group consists of Lasco Foods Limited, Lasco Distributors Limited, Lasco Foods...

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Neville Blythe to diversify holdings
Churches Credit Union records positive 2005
Aubyn Hill defines a bad privatisation
Economic developments and activities ... this coming week in our past
Jamaica's low level of domestic investment - PM vs Golding
Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) indices record first weekly gain for the year
UN: Coral reefs cheaper to protect than neglect
No repeat of Finsac - Davies

Jamaica's Reggae Girlz 90 minutes from history
JAMAICA'S YOUNG Reg-gae Girlz will begin today's third place play-off in the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 World Cup qualifiers, 90 minutes away from a history-making feat. Finalists United States and Canada have already qualified...

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Jamaica in fight for survival
Green light for Gibson Relays
Special grants for star athletes
New venue for Goldsmith Classic
Take Quiet Strength
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Cricket and the development of weaker teams

Task force on school violence needed
VIOLENCE IN Jamaican schools is now so frequent that it threatens to become a major national crisis if not brought under control. The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is right to raise an alarm about the safety of its members...

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Disinfecting Jamaica
School safety a community issue
Hamas' victory

LETTER OF THE DAY - Time for a 'Reform Jamaica' project
THE EDITOR, Sir: WE ARE fast becoming an ungovernable society. Lawlessness seems to be overtaking the country. Our approach to amicable problem-solving and desirable human relations have subsided and deviated to unacceptable norms.

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Why delay new postal codes?
Forgotten our history?
'Fort Marley'

Gospel under 'rap' with DAJay
GOSPEL HAS evolved and has taken on many forms - reggae, soul, R&B and now rap. Dwayne 'D.A.Jay' Jackson, 22, is a young soldier enlisted in God's army. He sings gospel hip hop and raps his way through his songs.

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Unified stance taken against piracy
New music from 'DOWN UNDER'
Glave launches 'Words To Our Now'
Big Momma's house crumbles
Two poets, two purposes
'Paleface' finishes full Crack-Up

Diplomatic invasion
JAMAICA IS being invaded - by diplomats. In celebration of Diplomats Week (January 23-27), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade opened its arms to visiting heads of missions from across the globe.

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Couples 28th anniversary celebrations - The greatest hotel reunion of all times
MoBay Hope - a unique western Jamaica concept
Children praise dad, mom on golden wedding anniversary

MIDEAST: Landslide victory for Hamas
GAZA (Reuters): THE ISLAMIC militant group Hamas swept to victory over the long-dominant Fatah party on Wednesday in Palestinian parliamentary polls, a political earthquake that could bury any hope for reviving peace talks with Israel soon.

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CHINA: Iran backs Russia's nuclear proposal
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