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National Housing Trust (NHT) money doubles 
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday announced yet another increase in benefits to National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors. Effective April 1 the new benefits will include a doubling of the loan limit for applicants under the scheme...
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 Alcoa still intent on expansion
Where are the voters? - Electorial Office of Jamaica (EOJ) trying to locate 300,000 electors
Cop's body found in well
Businessman denied bail, may face new trial
Jamaican Government, Opposition at odds over Charter of Rights
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Marvels in Mocho! 
'CLAPOW!' WHEN I heard the explosion I was about to launch myself head first into a heap of leaves by the side of the road. But luckily, the chuckling woman next to me noticed my bulging eyes and stopped me.
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Fisherfolk roadblock? - Highway 2000 engineers want solution to causeway fishing village
Jamaica celebrates World Wetlands Day
International Jamaican lottery scam - Latest victim fleeced US$20,000
Andem gang member to be sentenced today
Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) expands to meet demands
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ICAS is gone 
CABLE & Wireless' World Direct service is now the only way to make direct dialled and operator assisted international calls from the company's fixed lines. The company had been providing international calling access...
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C&W restructures
United flies out of debt
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) finance unit endorsed
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Lamey sinks Boys' Town But Harbour View stay eight points clear 
TWO GOALS by Kevin Lamey led Waterhouse to a comfortable 2-0 win over Boys' Town in their Wray and Nephew National Premier League game at Waterhouse Mini Stadium yesterday.
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Barbados, T&T in showdown for title
Roach fires West Indies youths to massive win
Astro Crunch upstages Rigmarole
Constant Spring woes deepen
Stroke rules top shooter out of semis
Last gasp draw puts Mt Pelier on top
Munro's Rowe on target again
Bryant lays up another monster game
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The nation's business on hold
LEADER OF Opposition Business in the House, Derrick Smith's complaint about the misplaced priorities of government ministers is not without foundation. The campaign for the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) is now spanning a full range...
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Martin and Coretta King in Jamaica
Palestinian earthquake
Chateau, mews, estate - The 'apartmentisation' of the capital
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Letters |
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LETTER OF THE DAY - The case for political federation
THE EDITOR, Sir: YOUR TUESDAY, January 31 edition carried an interesting article entitled 'Political federation not an option'. In the article, Prime Minister hopeful, Dr. Peter Phillips, made some excuses as to why Jamaica is incapable...
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Why Jamaica is still not sovereign
Regional integration
Disappointed in the mayor
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'Aida' Remarkably unremarkable 
BY THE company's own standards the Jamaica Junior Theatre's (JJT) 2006 production, Aida of Nubia, is remarkably unremarkable. The production presents some budding voices and there are a few redeemable moments but the piece in general...
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Caribbean collaboration: Sounds good
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Farmer's Weekly |
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Digicel ups sponsorship to Denbigh Agri Show 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER Digicel has increased its sponsorship of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, organised by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), to $10 million over three years.
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Steps taken to prevent pest attack on hot peppers
St Thomas Pig Farmers Association working to improve pig rearing
Fruit tree production increases in Hanover
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SUSHI YOU, SASHIMI! 
JAPAN. LAND of an awesome culture and unimaginable beauty - lovers of everything Jamaican, known as the home of the Geisha girl (as portrayed in the movie Memoirs of a Geisha). Japanese culture, like other eastern ones, is filled...
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From God's Garden to you
The black in foods: Blackberries
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Ahmadinejad scorns world nuclear pressure 
NASHVILLE, TENN. (REUTERS): President George W. Bush vowed yesterday the United States would defend Israel militarily if needed against Iran, and denounced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "menacing talk" against Israel.
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Jagdeo visits Cuba for talks with Castro
Chavez denies oil deal a giveaway
Judge pushes ahead with Saddam trial
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Eye on Science |
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The place where you see what you cannot see - Electron Microscopy Unit, UWI, Mona 
THE 'NAKED' human eye is unable to distinguish between objects that are nearer than about one tenth of a millimetre to each other. The smallest single speck that the human eye can see...
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PROFILE: Walton A. Reid - Investigating internal structures
Crime and social exclusion in the Kingston metropolitan area
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