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Opposition rejects gas tax proposal 
THE OPPOSITION yesterday flatly rejected Government's proposal that a value-added tax on gasolene be considered, dashing the administration's hope of achieving bi-partisan agreement on the contentious issue.
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 Girl's body found - Sixth family member of St Thomas massacre was buried in shallow grave
'Cow's milk not fit for human consumption' - Consumers' League wants Jamaican Government to choke industry
Kingfish boss pleased with US report
Court of Appeal refuses Panton - Hearing to continue in the Supreme Court adjournment
Bush fire halts traffic on Highway 2000
Fight to keep Police Station open
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Hugh Shearer lauded - Trade union institute renamed in his honour 
THE TRADE Union Education Institute (TUEI), at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, was on Tuesday renamed in honour of the late Hugh Shearer's contribution to the development of the trade union movement in Jamaica.
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'We have done our job' - CanCara Development ready to service White Water community - Says OUR is yet to give approval
White Water residents vent their anger
Children's group launches mobilisation initiative
Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to mark 15 years with agricultural expo
Caribbean Culture Theatre to honour Trevor Rhone
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Information highway revolution to hit Jamaica 
RICHARD PARDY is planning to rock your world. The chief executive officer of FibraLink Jamaica come to the island only one year and one month ago, and was going to complete a U.S. $45 million local segment of a massive trans-Caribbean...
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What has changed since Portia's victory?
New limit on the carry forward of tax losses a retrograde step
Spain tops Jamaican investing - ambassador
Real estate takes centre stage
New Jamalco boss named
GraceKennedy faces challenging year
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'The Windies have lost will to compete' 
NEW ZEALANDERS are rapidly losing interest in the sorry West Indies team, respected Caribbean cricket commentator Tony Cozier reported this week in the Trinidad and Tobago Express. "Unflattering opinions of the lack of fight...
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Red Stripe bats for Champs
FROM THE BOUNDARY - WI versus SL, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh
Special camp for Games squad
Valu P hold Los Perfectos
Horse racing history (Pt. II)
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Gas tax revisited
WITH UNREST in the Middle East getting worse and tension growing between the Hugo Chavez administration in Venezuela and the Bush administration in the United States, it is unlikely that the cost of oil on the world market is going to improve...
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Kingston needs to be rescued
THE EDITOR, Sir: FOR QUITE some time I have been echoing similar sentiments as your columnist, Mr. Delroy Chuck, about the deplorable state of Kingston, Jamaica's capital, to no avail.
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Afro-Americans not losing the race
A wish list for Madam P
Concern about 'Bulbie' portraits
Youths in grave need of an identity
Reconsider rights law carefully
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Craig C manages ministry 
CRAIG C has two things on his mind - deejay/ R&B gospel music and academic excellence. Born Collin Chambers, Craig C tries to balance his music career and education. And as a management studies student at the University...
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Saint seeks fashion faces
Ford makes 'Firewall'
MADEA - Still a mad black woman
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Sweet thrills flow at Canada's icewine tasting 
THE NECTAR of the gods they called it and the guests couldn't wait to see if this was true. The liquid of which we speak is Canada's own icewine from the Inniskillin region of the great white north.
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St Andrew Prep celebrates 75th anniversary
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UNITED KINGDOM: Campbell named UK Liberal leader
LONDON (REUTERS): Experienced foreign affairs spokesman Menzies Campbell, 64, was named leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats yesterday following a vote of the party's members.
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TRINIDAD: Passengers still stranded in Trinidad
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