Montego Bay toll talks - MALAYSIANS TO BUILD BYPASS ROAD
MALAYSIAN PRIME Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, has disclosed that his administration is advancing negotiations with Jamaica for the construction of the Montego Bay Toll Road in St. James.

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Jamaica prepares for bird flu
WITH THE activation of the Animal Disease Preparedness Plan, Jamaica is ready for an avian influenza (bird flu) pandemic, according to Health Minister Horace Dalley. Mr. Dalley said yesterday that Cabinet approved $13.5 million last year...

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Government undermining economy - Shaw
BAD GOVERNMENT policies since 1997 have resulted in the stagnation of the Jamaican economy, says Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw. The cumulative growth of the economy under the tenure of the Finance Minister was 8.6 per cent...

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'Asafa is too quiet' - Track and field being hurt by lack of personalities, says Johnson
AMERICAN SPRINT legend Michael Johnson believes Jamaica's Asafa Powell is too quiet and track and field is being hurt by such athletes. "Asafa Powell should be one of the more visible athletes in the sport, but most people probably would not recognise...

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Negril clinch crown

Audley Shaw's useful intervention
MR. AUDLEY Shaw, Opposition spokesman on finance, in his contribution to the 2006 Budget Debate, went a far way to meeting the challenge thrown out by Dr. Omar Davies in his presentation that the level of the debate be lifted...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - JMA/JEA Expo evokes Saturday night reverie
THE EDITOR, Sir: LAST SATURDAY night I had a most exhilarating experience as a Jamaican - I attended the JMA/JEA Expo 2006 at the National Arena and my fervent wish is that every Jamaican, both at home and abroad, could have been privileged to visit...

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Dredging threatens landscape
Those who don't believe
Don't harass illegal cabbies
Cricket by TV

Performance and proposal at Jazz in the gardens
THE END of April's musical evening at the Pegasus Hotel's "Jazz in the Gardens" series started on Sunday with master drummer and tap dancer Ouida Lewis, who recently returned from studies in Holland, captivating the large audience...

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JLo misunderstood

Government to get assistance in cracking lethal yellowing disease in Jamaica
THE MALAYSIAN government is to assist the local coconut industry in combating the deadly lethal yellowing disease which has caused widespread destruction of large acreages of coconut trees on the island.

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Yam Festival a hit in Albert Town
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Everything cook and Curry
WESTERN BUREAU: WHETHER IT was for the fun and festivities associated with the event or it was the over-the-edge curried dishes, thousands of patrons poured on to the Manning's School grounds in Westmoreland on Sunday for the annual Curry Festival.

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MAKING ALUMINIUM
Unlike gold and some other metals, aluminium is not found in nature, other elements are always combined with it. Often the other element is oxygen, forming a compound called aluminium oxide, or alumina.

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