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Diesel dilemma - Poor quality of fuel damages engines in some vehicles in Jamaica 
LOCAL AUTOMOBILE dealers are to meet with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) to discuss the poor quality of domestic diesel which is damaging some engines and prohibiting the import of some models of vehicles.
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 $Multi-billion squid industry untapped - fisherfolk
Over budget! - Downtown redevelopment exceeds initial target
Prisoners recaptured in Montego Bay, Trelawny
Cable providers may benefit from ads
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Crackdown on prison contraband in Jamaica 
AN ONGOING investigation into a lucrative contraband ring in some of the island's prisons has netted close to $500,000 in cash, hundreds of cellular phones, a large quantity of ganja and several pieces of equipment...
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'Teach young to value farming'
Jamaicans in US called to diaspora conference
Church group sending goodwill team to Cuba
Chapelton - 'Ghost Town' in Clarendon
Linstead police seize third illegal weapon
European cruise vessel pays visit to Portland
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Hotel workers get new health umbrella 
OVER TWO thousand workers in Jamaica's hotel and resort industry are to benefit from improved health insurance after the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) approved a MedeCus Health Insurance Agency proposal.
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Hotel staff advised to invest in homes
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Morton shines amid West Indies gloom 
NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): RUNAKO MORTON'S maiden international hundred and an excellent spell of fast bowling by Fidel Edwards were the only bright spots for the West Indies in an otherwise abysmal effort as New Zealand whipped them in the fourth...
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Runnin' Rebels stampede the Harbour View Lakers
Geronimo makes it a 'Super' four in a row
Tivoli hit Maverley for six
Mullings on fire at Caymanas Park
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Going around in circles
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has once again placed on the table for public consideration and discussion a National Energy Policy including the possible re-introduction of a value-added tax on gas.
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Transitions, and Portia's victory
Hail the Prime Womister
Latin America marches leftward
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Unite behind Portia Simpson Miller
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON CONGRATULATING Ms. Portia Simpson for her well-deserved victory as the new president of the People's National Party and future Prime Minister of Jamaica, I must take issue with those who imply that her gender...
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Great job with tourism
Few glitches in visiting Jamaica
Advice for Portia
Females to the fore
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Jazzin' for Black History Month 
Rosemary Phillips from Barbados performing at 'Jazz in the Gardens' at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Sunday. PHOTOS BY NATHANIEL STEWART/ FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
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Scholar connects the Blues, dancehall and Kwaito
REEL VIEWS
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Kenrick Morgan - Getting what he wants from farming 
MALVERN, St. Elizabeth: IT HAS been 10 years since Kenrick Morgan got involved in farming and he still loves it. Like many farmers today, Mr. Morgan's love for the earth and what it produces steered him into planting for a living. Growing up in a farming
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'WE ARE DOOMED' - Officials say agri-processing needed to save farming sector
Mammoth yam haul in St Catherine
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GARDEN OF GOODNESS 
HERBS AND spices are important ingredients of daily cooking. They add flavour, taste and colour to foods. Without them food would be bland and less flavourful. There are a wide variety of herbs and spices.
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Carib food on the gourmet map
Fennel (Foeniculum dulce fennel)
Cinnamon (Verum, synonym C. zeylanicum)
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Nutmeg
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AFGHANISTAN: SURPRISE VISIT FOR US TROOPS - Bush vows to capture Osama bin Laden 
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP): IN A surprise visit under extraordinary security, United States President George W. Bush expressed unwavering confidence yesterday that Osama bin Laden will be captured despite years of fruitless manhunts...
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IRAQ: UNREST IN BAGHDAD - Two-day mortar attack claims 30
UNITED STATEES - Tape: President, Chertoff warned before Katrina
BARBADOS: RNM conducting study on FTA
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Prevalence of pre- and post-partum depression in Jamaican women 
THE FOLLOWING piece was taken from the discussion section of a research article published November 8, 2005 by the Department of Basic Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI).
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Pre-and post-partum depression at a glance
OUR SERVICES - Postgraduate diploma in information technology
PROFILE - Professor Omkar Parshad
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