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Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
published: Friday | March 3, 2006

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.

Girl's body found - Sixth family member of St Thomas massacre was buried in shallow grave
The search for six-year-old Jihad George McCool ended yesterday, after a 39-year-old deportee led a team of senior investigators to a shallow grave in Rosemount, St. Mary, where the child had been buried since Sunday.


'Cow's milk not fit for human consumption' - Consumers' League wants Jamaican Government to choke industry
LEGISLATORS CONSIDERING the Jamaica Dairy Development Board Bill yesterday rejected a submission from the National Consumers' League, which is against the use of cow's milk for human consumption.


Kingfish boss pleased with US report
HEAD OF Operation Kingfish, Assistant Commissioner Glenmore Hinds, said yesterday that he was encouraged by a report from the U.S. State Department that named the task force a key instrument in Jamaica's fight against...


Court of Appeal refuses Panton - Hearing to continue in the Supreme Court adjournment
KINGSTON BUSINESSMAN Donald Panton has failed in his bid to get an adjournment in the $2 billion lawsuit against him. The Court of Appeal turned down the application and ordered yesterday that the hearing should continue in the Supreme Court.


Bush fire halts traffic on Highway 2000
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: FOR THE second time two weeks, smoke caused by a bush fire brought traffic to a standstill along sections of the Highway 2000 toll road, in the vicinity of Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine.


Fight to keep Police Station open
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: PERSONNEL AT the Old Harbour Police Station, in St. Catherine, were working overtime yesterday to allow the facility to remain open after it was ordered closed by the Southern Regional Health Authority.

















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