Banana farmers go high-tech
WITH CHANGES to international trade agreements and increased competition from low-cost Latin American producers, stakeholders in the local banana industry are repositioning themselves using new technologies to improve production..

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Mob kills woman's ex-lover
Cement on hold
King's house searched
'Team Jamaica not playing politics'
Bauxite grouse
Kingfish probing drug link with football clubs
Negril gets ready for JAPEX
Opposition blasts Govenrment for stifling motions

Shipping industry honours Prime Minister P.J. Patterson
PORT ROYAL'S austere Fort Charles was transformed into a happy party venue on Monday evening, when Jamaica's shipping industry expressed its appreciation to Prime Minister P.J. Patterson for his unwavering support for the sector's growth and development..

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Expansion work to begin at Annotto Bay High School
Businessman's charred remains found
'Government should not name places after politicians'
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) to sign wage claim for teachers
Cabinet approves Spanish Town development body
CPTC glad for amendment to Rediffusion Act
South Africa's Radebe to speak at women's luncheon
Bishop urges National Housing Trust (NHT) to provide more shelter for inner cities

JAMAICA'S MOST ADMIRED BUSINESS LEADERS
Jamaica has established a long tradition of outstanding leadership in the private sector which continues to the present. The Gleaner commissioned pollster Bill Johnson to determine who are the current crop of leaders ...

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Education and high standards
BA to close call centre
FirstCaribbean profits soar
GraceKennedy announces dividend payment for 2006
PIOJ bullish on the economy
Developing a risk/reward strategy
Magnus Johansson to drive Digicel's broadband strategy
Madge Neil Burnett's entrepreneurial journey
Alcoa requests Trini smelter site
CARICOM allies with Dominican Republic

Smith, Wignall mine more gold
MELBOURNE: HOT FAVOURITES Trecia Smith and Maurice Wignall made winning look ridiculously easy on yesterday's sixth day of competition at the XVIII Commonwealth Games here. Without much of a sweat, Smith added Commonwealth gold...

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Ole King Cole a strong fancy
St Andrew move closer to final
Mona poised to advance
Wizards break Urban Knights' winning streak
Liverpool rout Birmingham City 7-0
Portmore take on Constant Spring
Hutchinson swinging for two more years in charge
Jamaica College book spot in quarters
Campbell outlasts Migoko

Preventing school violence
THE HIGH level of endemic violence in the society has spilled over into the school system and is having a significant negative impact on the health care system. In just under one year in one small rural hospital, nearly 100 trauma cases, 15 of them...

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Secure your right to vote
The Rasta revolution
Time to clean up our own mess

LETTER OF THE DAY - Blue Mountain winter resort!
THE EDITOR, Sir, IT WAS with intense interest that I listened to a BBC Internet newscast on Monday morning, March 6. The newscast highlighted a desire on the part of Australian officials to invest some $40 million...

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Free education made a difference
Harassment in my own country
Jamaican historical item for sale in Edinburgh

High energy at Junction Carnival
WESTERN BUREAU: SUPREME VENTURES Jamaica Carnival 2006 returned to western Jamaica last weekend, fresh off its Negril show, and made its stop in the small town of Junction in St. Elizabeth on Saturday night.

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MISS JAMAICA UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS 2006
'ANNAPOLIS' - An emotional lightweight

Abusive relationships - WHY DO MEN ABUSE WOMEN?
Why do men abuse women, and why do some women stay in abusive relationships? Abusive relationships may take the following forms: Emotional abuse: Threats, belittling, attempts to invalidate, emotional injury, humiliation.

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WHY DO WOMEN STAY?
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CUBA: Farrakhan to learn about disaster relief
HAVANA (AP): NATION OF Islam minister Louis Farrakhan arrived in Cuba on Monday for a weeklong trip to learn about the island and its highly organised disaster preparedness programmes.

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HAITI: Two congressional winners declared proclaimed
BERMUDA: Blair's wife to assist in trial?

UNITED STATES: US troops may still be in Iraq in three years
WASHINGTON (Reuters): PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush said yesterday that United States troops may be in Iraq after the end of his presidency in three years time, but he insisted there was no civil war.

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ITALY: Italy, Germany defend Afghan Christian convert
SWITZERLAND: Bird flu kills five
SWEDEN: Foreign Minister resigns over cartoons
UNITED KINGDOM: High Court to rule on Muslim clothing in schools
BRAZIL: Government under pressure in scandal against Finance Minister
UNITED KINGDOM: Police probing Labour Party over honours
NIGERIA: Census hits early snags