Hospital fee scam - Health facilities illegally overcharge patients
A government-commissioned report on the performance of the health sector has revealed that several financially-strapped hospitals and clinics were breaking the law by overcharging their patients.

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PNP slips among registered voters
Lawrence threatens legal action against Contractor General
Jamaica embracing solar power
Cabinet group calls for increased spending on science, technology
Jury tampering aborts murder trial
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Attorney-General scolds Jamaicans For Justice
Attorney-General Senator A.J. Nicholson has accused human rights lobby group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) of attempting to bypass the local legal system and possibly prejudicing the case of an American-born woman...

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Two charged with Berbick's murder remanded again
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Golding challenges audit report on parish council contracts

Faulty cement compensation tops quarter billion dollars... Company absorbs payouts in price hike
Customers claimed an additional $100 million in compensation from Caribbean Cement Company in the September quarter, pushing overall demand for damages so far for being sold a poor quality product to $260 million, the latest figures from the company...

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PSOJ candidates ramp up presidential campaigns
Jamaica to decide on liquefied vs compressed natural gas technology... Ray Chang willing to supply CNG - Source
Pegasus net profits up 26%
Bev Lopez named to JPS board
Closing stock market indices
Jamaican architect, design awarded
Lenders dish out billions without income checks

On top of the world!
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): West Indies player Chris Gayle is now the world's leading One-Day International all-rounder after moving to the top of the International Cricket Council's rankings released this week.

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Arnett, Portmore want full points
Calabar stop Norman Manley once more
Quarter-final spots at stake
Lara says WI have the edge
Henry ready for Jockeys' Challenge
King out for the season
Gleaner sporting stars fêted

EDITORIAL - The PM and the polls
However bitter the immediate taste, there are salutary lessons for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in the findings of the opinion polls currently being published by this newspaper.

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The buck stops nowhere
Counterfeit development lobby
Climate change

LETTER OF THE DAY - Time for 'all-out war on violent crime'
The Editor, Sir: Last weekend, a friend called to tell me that a little eight-year-old girl, a classmate of her own daughter, was tied up by men who had invaded her home and she then watched as her parents were killed.

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Early childhood education gone mad!
Portia disappoints
Concerned about Jamaica's crime problem
PM should call a general election

Area Youth Foundation rises again
After 10 years of existence, the Area Youth Foundation is finding the way of the Phoenix as it attempt to rise from the ashes of despair and wing its way toward a future. As such, Thursday evening became a time for celebrating the old....

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'Fly Boys': Entertaining, emotionally engaging
Eminem lashes Mariah
Snoop turns self in

Down the toilet
Randomly pick any delectable dessert - ice cream sundae with chocolate or caramel topping and whipped cream with nuts and cherries or double chocolate brownie dipped in hot fudge - delicious, but nutrition scientists say that they are loaded with all...

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Period pains in teenage girls
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POLAND - Kaczynski speaks out against diplomat's comments on Iraq
WARSAW (Reuters): Poland summoned the United States ambassador yesterday to complain about a senior American diplomat's suggestion that a cabinet member critical of the war in Iraq could be dismissed.

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IRAN - State calls for Saddam's sentence to be carried out
PAKISTAN - Pashtuns protest gov't's meddling in Afghanistan
SWITZERLAND - US accused of interfering in policy of WHO