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Killer crash - Three dead, 25 hurt in trailer-bus smash-up
THREE PERSONS were killed and at least 25 injured in a ghastly auto crash yesterday evening along Spanish Town Road in St. Andrew. Up to press time last night, only one of the dead had been identified. He is 43-year-old Cedric Simpson, of a Montego Bay...
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Labour Day 'call to arms'
Court ruling on hotel permit concerns Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC)
Stormy times ahead
30-year robbery sentence slashed
Cement trickles in - New shipment a drop in the bucket
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) makes tentative step towards talks on Social Contract
Police cut down Montego Bay gangsters
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TYRONE'S WATCH - Potholes in paradise
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: Huge potholes on the Pier Road in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. This is the first local road tourists use after leaving the Ocho Rios Cruise Ship Pier. SYNOPSIS OF THE SITUATION: This one is just ridiculous. Imagine yourself as a tourist...
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New York road to be co-named Bob Marley Boulevard
Senator Monteith urges principals to give room to teachers' creativity
COMEBACK - Michigan returns to nice up the dance
NEWSMAKER - Severing all 'Family' ties
VERGE - K-Dean hunts that elusive hit
Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to pay $10m for audit
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Way paved for Haiti to become member of Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
MONTEGO BAY (JIS): THE 36TH annual conference of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Governors ended on Friday, with the Caribbean financial giant welcoming the announcement that the way has been successfully paved for Haiti...
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IMF: More Fed rate hikes may be needed
Indian drug company to open in Jamaica
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) offers to buy Euronext
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Windies, India hunt advantage
BASSETERRE (CMC): WEST INDIES and India will usher in the historic first interna-tional match at the renovated Warner Park in the vital third Digicel One-Day International today.
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Sarwan looking to put West Indies back on top
Futz to go all the way
FROM THE BOUNDARY - What a difference one delivery makes!
Jamaica trio win in Brazil
Selectors name 22 for CAGC training
Russell on the double
Slayers coach was always confident
RJR unveils '06 World Cup plans
Still a lot to play for, says Dravid
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Walker's warning
WE SHARE the concern of Mr. Danville Walker, the director of elections, about the potential effect of private money on Jamaican politics, including the prospect of people buying their way to power - either directly or by proxy.
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Two reasons for Sabbath keeping
No sacrificial lambs or scapegoats
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LETTER OF THE DAY - A 'Road Map' to nowhere
THE EDITOR, SIR: THE FIGHT against crime is foremost in the minds of many persons whenever they think about what needs to be done about the present in order to secure a better future for Jamaicans. What has been posited as the 'Road Map'...
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On raising 'Mama's boys'
Treat civil servants fairly
'Free education' needed here
GCT and solar energy
Hotel overkill
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MOSES: Wonderful in the most basic sense of the word
MOSES, DIRECTED by Alwyn Bully, remains a visually arresting production the likes of which is not often seen on local stages. The Father Ho Lung and Friends production, originally staged in 2004, has returned for an encore performance...
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Childhood interrupted - Praise Academy of Dance's 12th season of dance addresses children's issues
'The Da Vinci Code' explodes in Japan
Harvest of fun forecast for 'Crop Over'
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Celebrating Labour Day
TODAY IS Labour Day and it is intended to be a day of reprieve from work. But instead, we are usually caught up doing volunteer work in the community. This has been so since 1972. Despite what Labour Day is today, in the past it was never....
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National project - refurbishing the Falmouth Water Square
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Carrington leads delegation to Suriname
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington yesterday began a three-day official visit to Suriname. A statement issued by the CARICOM Secretariat said that Carrington and his delegation...
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No agreement regarding removal
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IRAQ: Uproar in court as judge ejects Saddam's lawyer
BAGHDAD (Reuters): IRAQI GUARDS at Saddam Hussein's trial manhandled a defence lawyer from the court yesterday before witnesses, including one of the former president's half-brothers, gave testimony for some of his co-defendants.
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AFGHANISTAN: 60 Talibans killed in attacks
UNITED KINGDOM: Superpowers to meet on Iran
UNITED STATES: Natalee Holloway's mom not too hopeful over latest arrest
Iraq, UK eye troop pull-out
Sniper team split-up
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