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Passport lobbyists press for time - Group to meet with US homeland Security tomorrow
Freeport, Bahamas: A high-level group of lobbyists will meet with the United States Homeland Security Department in Washington, D.C. tomorrow to press the Caribbean's case for an extension of the time for United States citizens to present...
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JCC disappointed by PM's statement on Trafigura
Spanish investments sustainable?
Statement by the Gleaner Company Limited
Chief Justice Wolfe to retire next year
Gov't survives no-confidence vote
GLEANER EDITORs' FORUM: Focus on political campaign financing
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Easier clearance for airport users next month
Freeport, Bahamas: As of next month, new procedures at both the Norman Manley and the Sangster International airports will allow for a smoother flow of visitors through customs, says Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun N'Dombet Assamba.
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Gov't looking at another loan to boost dairy sector
US sets up task forces to battle marriage fraud
Not enough support for toll boycott
Happy to be alive! Abducted lecturer relates ordeal
Setting the institutional record straight
Diary of an HIV vaccine trial volunteer
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'New customs rules no threat to business' - Less paperwork for clearing of non-commercial goods
The new import procedure implemented October 9, by the Customs Department will eat into the revenues of customs brokers, but will bring more convenience to the regular public clearing non-commercial items.
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Jamaica Producers buys new UK juice business
Exploit the market when it's down
JMB loans above target - Says Venezuelan funds to upgrade squatter settlements
Strong tourism performance linked to new rooms, increased airlifts
Navigating industrial relations in the context of CSME
The economic value of education
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W'house, Arnett renew their rivalry
AFTER THE rescue act by Weston Forrest in time added on in controversial circumstances last week, defending champions Waterhouse will once again put their unbeaten record on the line when they host the improving Arnett Gardens in week...
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Four winners for DaCosta
Champs Chelsea squeeze past Portsmouth
Voting for top regional driver under way
Ja All-Stars XI crush SuperClubs
Aussies too strong for England
Windies skipper hails Taylor
Let's get back Linden Wright
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Looking beyond censure and Trafigura
If the Government can muster the effort and get to thinking about it, they would be wise, even at this stage, to just let slide their censure of Karl Samuda for supposedly misleading the House about the nature of a document ostensibly...
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Money in politics: More action, less talk
... Is legislation enough?
People in glass houses ...
Waiting to exhale!
A word to the parties
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Letter of the day - Gov't ought to be vigilant
THE EDITOR, Sir: The problem with accepting a gift of money is that it engenders devotion to the giver. With devotion to the giver comes the potential for the clouding of judgement.
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Church had no guts in the first place
No CXC weeding out
Some roots of birth registration pains
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Gay gap in J'can music
Following the latest battle between members of the gay community and dancehall performers, some roots reggae artistes have distanced themselves from the homosexual issue. According to them, dancehall and reggae are two separate genres...
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Different rules apply
Sister Carol a certified musical teacher
Celebrities 'sell off' products
Funny brings in the money
Browne changes Main Street to straight and narrow
Scorpio: A sign, a sound, a studio
'Gone A Negril' made from a western trip
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Beyond the natural realm
A professor of painting at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Jamaican-born Bryan McFarlane dares to venture where others have not, in his skilful blend of abstraction with realism.
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Adding movement with L I N E S . . .
Literary arts - Hot Tub
On Becoming Mother
'After Mrs Rochester' challenging and satisfying
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Dr. Thelora Reynolds Creating a home for students
'Dear Hurga' is what they call her. Dr. Thelora 'Hurga' Reynolds, known among her academic peers as a capable educator and administrator, is better known to the student body, past and present, as the woman who has made the campus a much friendlier...
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His cake & someone else's brownie - Are some men just greedy?
Freedom from your past
The part-time gardener
Beautify your bedroom
Myths about ...breast cancer
Anaemia the hidden cause
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Trafigura - More heat than light
For those of us who have not mortgaged our souls to any of the political parties, the most jolting information which came out of the recent Trafigura debate in Parliament was the telling and compelling admission by...
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A democratic tipping point
Role of gov't in the Nat'l Plan
The 'Silly Season' and taking democracy seriously
'Diverse mix of historical analyses'
Women, community and change
Haiti: Latortue's legacy
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A toast to sponsors
Eat. Drink.Savour the city. Kingston Restaurant Week, (KRW) the annual culinary celebration, is just three weeks away. The gourmet event promises much more than food this year.
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Party animals come alive
Cunningham, heads C Spring Kiwanis
Valle family wedding
Barbados Legacy hits the road
The premier diplomatic affair
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