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Government to quit Jamaica Public Service (JPS)? - Also considers selling stake in Petrojam
GOVERNMENT IS considering selling its remaining 20 per cent ownership of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to employees and the public. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, told The Gleaner yesterday...
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 Nurses firm on MoU position
Major boost for early childhood education
Ground to be broken for Portmore hospital
AIDS group supports call for sex worker tolerance
Standing Finance Committee rejects Golding motion
... Samuda accuses Government of compromising integrity
Big jump at the pump
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News
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Basic schools are on feeding programme 
THE MINISTRY of Education and Youth has denied claims made in a Government-commissioned report on the early childhood sector that basic schools are excluded from the State's school-feeding programme.
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... Government funded meal not nutritious
'Too late shall be your cry, Golding'
Why host Cricket World Cup 2007?
Pill kills six-year-old
Measures to deter duppies
Southern Region to benefit from new obstetric theatre at Mandeville Hospital
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Business
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Jamaica boosting air links with Venezuela
THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica is aiming to build stronger ties with Venezuela in air transportation, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology issued yesterday.
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Coca Cola off shelves
Banana Support Project gets boost
Jamaican ackee industry still on hold
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Sport
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Ashtrom delivers schedule 
ASHTROM CONSTRUCTION avoided the bullet of 'immediate application of liquidated damages' when it made Tuesday's deadline for the delivery of a long overdue construction schedule for the upgrading of Sabina Park for Cricket World Cup 2007...
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Trinidad and Tobago complete dream double
Another Windies stand-off looms
Negril in final, opponents to be known today
Arsenal a step closer to final
John Mills hunt their 10th consecutive title
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Commentary
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Jamaican, Chinese culture clash
THE CONSTRUCTION of the new stadium complex in Florence Hall, Trelawny, is a major project that has to be completed within certain deadlines to meet the requirements contingent on Jamaica's hosting some of the Cricket World Cup 2007 matches.
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Football and globalisation
Illusions of prosperity
Humanising education
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Prosperity agenda on these priorities
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ELECTION of Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller has sparked fresh debate about the need for change and an agenda which would bring about greater prosperity and a reduction in crime and violence in the country.
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Death penalty and the Bible
'Appalling but also disgraceful'
Thank you
What about the fire trucks?
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Entertainment
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FASHION FORWARD - Saint Int'l models tease on Montego Bay's Hip Strip 
WESTERN BUREAU: IF YOU were in Western Jamaica on Easter Monday and you did not attend Saint International's Digicel Fashion Block Montego Bay show, on the Hip Strip, then you missed something spectacular.
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Fire, resistance, passion from Martin Carter
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Farmer's Weekly
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Ministry gets a 58 per cent budget increase
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture, which has now been given the Land portfolio, has received a 58 per cent increase in the budgetary estimates currently being debated in Parliament. In the estimates of expenditure presented in Parliament on April 12...
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Agriculture exposed
Citrus replanting project gets millions
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What's Cooking
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GARDEN OF GOODNESS - Know your Herbs and Spices 
This week we conclude our series on herbs and spices with a look at pimento, Scotch bonnet pepper and scallion. There is a wide selection of herbs and spices to explore and we hope that you found this series useful.
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Back by popular demand: Culloden Café
In the MIX!
TIP OF THE WEEK - Add a bouquet garni
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International
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NEPAL: Security forces kill four in protest against king 
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP): SECURITY FORCES fatally shot at least four protesters as thousands marched in southeastern Nepal yesterday, and the government re-imposed a curfew in Katmandu ahead of a massive rally planned for the capital.
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UNITED STATES: Gender equality leads to greater satisfaction in bed - survey
AUSTRALIA: Troops sent to restore order in Solomon Isles
GUYANA: Elections Commission chairman dismisses accusations of duplicity
IRAQ: Prosecutors try to nail Saddam on signature
SOUTH KOREA: Parliament approves first woman PM
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Eye on Science
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Know your GE ABCs 
MOST OF us have heard at least a little about foods which have been genetically engineered (GE) or modified (GM). But do we know how these products are developed? Do we know what should be of concern? Do we know the process of development of the product?.
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Biotech researchers at UWI, Mona
IN THE NEWS - Food for thought
OUR VIEW - Benefits of genetic food engineering
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