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Pacesetter from Snail Field - 22-y-o is role model of entrepreneurship 
WHEN THE going gets tough, the tough get going. Such is the mindset of Oral Daley, a 22-year-old resident of the tiny district called Snail Field in St. Mary. But Oral is no slouch. Oral is a graduate of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education..
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 'Pay it back' - PNP aide linked to US$40m Whitehouse hotel overrun
Cargo pact with US to boost exports
Scores head to US for summer jobs
Jamaica Gleaner makes it nine in a row
Don't write off Carib Cement - Paulwell
Extortion, murder hit St Thomas
FLANKERS MURDER TRIAL - Cop ducked for cover and was last man up
Governor-General of Jamaica all ears to youth's solutions
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Political parties in full election mode 
BOTH MAJOR political parties are working feverishly to complete their candidate selection process by the end of this month in preparation for general elections, which could be called in less than two months.
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Children's lobby groups welcome proposal for stronger rape sentences
New state-of-the-art monitoring system for island's prisons
Minister reviews proposal for correctional officers in police lock-ups
Former PM says Greenfield is investment for the future
Second chance for eye patients - Free corrective surgery for Jamaicans with complications after 'Operation Miracle'
Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) hosts fourth gala dinner
Diaspora undertakes project to train more health care workers
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Blades consolidates Seprod ownership 
DESMOND BLADES' Musson (Jamaica) Ltd. has acquired an additional eight per cent of commodities manufacturer, Seprod -- a development that has not increased Blades' holding to 41 per cent but is apparently aimed at consolidating his Seprod.
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National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) flogging mortgage portfolio
Tax holiday for small businesses, says Shaw
MiPhone to make comeback
Duties lifted for energy savers
Number of global millionaires grows
WEEK ON THE WEB
Housing - A property solution
Foolish condo leaders build their future on the sand!
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T&T's dream ends 
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago's dream of reaching the second round of the FIFA World Cup evaporated yesterday when they slumped to a 2-0 loss to Paraguay. Defender Brent Sancho turned a header past goalkeeper Kelvin Jack ...
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Ride on Diamond Express
Claude Grant - Driving force behind Herbert Morrison
Holmwood hold the edge over Eltham
Jamaica beat Barbados on faster run rate
Hurricanes blow away Oilers' comeback bid
Argentina, Netherlands set to rest key players
Late strike confirms the Swedes march on
Ramnarine issues ultimatum
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One man's scrap, another's profit
THE BURGEONING export market in scrap metal has given a new twist to the old adage 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'. As reported in Monday's Gleaner, enterprising businessmen are now exporting about 20,000 tons of scrap annually which...
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Electoral malpractice
Cockroach don't business ...
Doing business in the 21st century
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Parents as children's first educators
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE WEEK of April 24 was Reading Week. The reading habit is easier and better to cultivate in early childhood for more than one reason. In a British cohort study, 'Whether your mother read to you in the first three years of life'...
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No resources for real agri development
Unfortunate gender bias
For the sake of Jamaica
Praise for JCF reform
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'Poseidon' runs aground 
POSEIDON HAS many of the elements that should make it an interesting disaster film. Unfortunately, it is also missing some key ingredients that would allow it to make riveting watching. However, it does not completely sink...
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Good intentions, erratic execution in 'See The World...'
'RV' a family adventure
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Profiles in Medicine |
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My opinion of meal replacements 
I AM often asked about meal replacements - whether they work or whether they are safe, et cetera. Meal replacements, as the name suggests, are powders or liquids designed to replace meals. Many persons replace one or two meals each day...
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Women who SMOKE
Half an orange a day keeps asthma at bay
I affirm growth, prosperity for Jamaica
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Cuban journalist on hunger strike against Internet restrictions
A Cuban journalist is continuing his hunger strike in protest against the lack of free access to the Internet which he started in late January. This week, the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on.
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World Wildlife Fund seeks Caribbean support against whaling
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International |
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SUDAN: President says no to UN force 
KHARTOUM (Reuters): SUDANESE PRESIDENT Omar Hassan al-Bashir ruled out letting U.N. troops into the Darfur region, saying he would not permit such a deployment as long as he was in power, the state news agency said yesterday.
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LIBERIA: Taylor arrives in The Hague
MIDEAST: Missing US soldiers found dead
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