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published: Sunday | November 19, 2006

Lead Stories


Trafigura probe - Dutch Government launches investigation into $31m transaction
Dutch authorities have now launched a full investigation into the $31 million transaction between Trafigura Beheer and the ruling People's National Party (PNP).

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Labourites energised
Too poor to learn
Exodus of special education teachers
Long waiting list at special education schools
Doctors exploit overtime, on-call payments - Study
'Assamba is out of touch'

News


No special treatment for diaspora on gov't contracts
Looking at what Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and others have achieved with no support from the state, it has struck me that we need to start organising that aspect of what is viewed as special characteristics of Jamaica and turn them into business ventures.

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111 days to Cricket World Cup ... and Kingston still not ready!
Best Travel concerned over rival companies - ... Says smear tactics are being used to prevent them from doing business in Jamaica
Help rebuild Coconut Park
Use godliness to battle crime, says pastor
PNP delegates deny support for Buchanan
Protesters block road over police shooting

Business


Paymaster shelves loyalty card plan - ... after three months of disappointing subscriptions
Three months into its launch, Paymaster Jamaica Limited has discontinued its loyalty card service that gave discounts on the $30 transaction fee to customers doing multiple bill payments.

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Prices fall in October
JLA subsidiaries amalgamated with farm supply company
Turnkey homes under development in upper St Andrew
No title, no loan
Insurance fraud or a real case of theft?

Sport


Lara's present for Shiv
MULTAN, (Reuters): WEST INDIES skipper Brian Lara is hoping his side can help teammate Shivnarine Chanderpaul celebrate his 100th match with a win over Pakistan in the second Test starting today.

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Henry rides four-timer
Xlcr, B'port through to final
Bloomfield rules the greens at Caymanas
Strong JDF march over Maverley
Frome through to final
Talbert chasing first win at Burger King 10K
ICC and umpire Darrell Hair

Commentary


The Democrats and the Caribbean
Most Jamaicans, and West Indians in general, are unlikely to be shedding tears at seeing the Republicans turfed out of Congress in America's recent mid-term elections.

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Medical prescription errors
Where is the flight plan?
A deadly political consensus
Polls and hard choices

Letters


Letters - Things bad at KPH
The Editor, Sir: A few weeks ago it was reported that conditions at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) were sub-standard, but I had no idea how bad things were there.

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... Costly mistakes in the US

Entertainment


Studio bands fall apart
Up until late 1984 when a young man named Noel Davy got very excited about a pre-programmed song he had found on a small Casio keyboard, it was actually musicians and not a glorified programmer who created the music for singers and deejays...

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Glory Days - A 'Big Youth' for decades
Rare gatherings on local stages
LTM asks, 'Howzzat!?'
Rastafari just 'hair' on stage
Musicians take the microphone

Arts &Leisure


Ja-Mecca - Old and young masters display quality art
Artists, collectors and investors who journeyed to Manchester over the weekend of November 9-11, to be enriched within the local art mecca, were not disappointed.

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Page two
Taking the old to tackle the new
The Taino's place in Jamaica's history

Outlook


Bishop Carmen Stewart on a mission to serve
She has been gracious all her life, so to say that Bishop Carmen Stewart - at age 81- has aged gracefully would be quite inadequate. The mellifluously warm tones and peaceful spirit of the Bishop, also Custos Rotolorum of the Parish of...

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Fish for Easter and better sex
The Mordecais: Celebrating family

In Focus


JLP fit and ready?
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will hold its 'mother of all conferences' today, pulling the jubilant and celebratory Labourites into the National Arena, overjoyed at the public brawls in the People's National Party as well as...

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First-class bully or test-quality JLP?
Winning the US elections for the Carib
Technology - a tool for transformation

Social


Red Stripe's all-rounders
Owen Karl Melhado and the Hon. Pat Rousseau were declared 'men of the match' by Red Stripe at a dinner to celebrate their retirement.

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A unity of souls
A super affair!
Toyota says thank you
'Le Beaujolais Nouveau 2006 est arrivé'
Artsy and fabulous


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