Electoral Commission to tackle campaign financing
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, declaring that the question of campaign financing would be the greatest challenge facing the newly-appointed Commissioners of the Electoral Commission, has urged the group to strike a balance in their efforts...

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Security firm boss arrested - Vere Tech guard had no gun permit
Still no charges in St James slayings
Juror shortage may close courts
Lisa Hanna loses custody battle
Government pensions in Jamaica to be increased
Essence of Susan Taylor

Age is just a number for 97-y-o Mum
In a small, quiet community called Pero in the hills of St. Thomas, a short, plump woman wearing a black cap and thick-framed spectacles is bent over a pink tub in her backyard scrubbing clothes with a small brush. She shouts to someone inside...

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Anger bubbles as Rose Heights residents protest
Opposition willing to resume CCJ talks
Scribbles, scratches and doodles of presidents
PAC members at odds over Whitehouse probe
Butanol touted as alternative energy source

Jagdeo to seek debt relief during visit to Africa
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana president Bharrat Jagdeo left for Nigeria promising to intensify Guyana's debt-relief lobbying efforts. Jagdeo told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that he would use the inaugural two-day South America...

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Exploited Labourers - Maids among most ill-treated workers worldwide

Pakistan take charge in Karachi
KARACHI (Reuters): MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ scored an undefeated 57 to give Pakistan a lead of 174 runs at close of play on the third day of the final Test against the West Indies yesterday. Pakistan reached 130 for two after plodding along...

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Five straight for U-16 netballers
Harding on fire - Champion jockey bags another triple to open nine-length lead
'Bora' is a good choice - Maxwell
St Catherine, KC score big victories
Belmont, Petersfield record wins
GC Foster Strikers outclass Jetsetters C
ON THE BOUNDARY - Odds favour Australia

EDITORIAL - Montego Bay is bleeding
Montego Bay, the nation's tourism capital, is bleeding, and despite several initiatives hatched by the Police High Command and stakeholders in the city, the blood-letting that has resulted in at least 166 murders in the parish...

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Race differences
Possessed by love
Joys of political excess - Political rallies are no more useless than sterile televised debates.

LETTER OF THE DAY - Dancehall music seen as an immoral tornado
The Editor, Sir: Dancehall music is having a devastating effect on the moral upbringing of our children. This Jamaican tornado continues to batter and bruise the human fabric of a society whose human capital is depreciating rapidly.

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The sale of a gov't vehicle
Indiscipline and misconduct on executive buses
What is the PM doing for the taxpayers?

'Jamrock' struggles to find a home
When Rupert Bent Sr. announced the venue for the second 'Appleton Welcome To Jamrock, The Concert', he presented the Constant Spring Football Field as a meeting place of different sides of Jamaica. "We had to find a venue....

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Snoop Dogg arrested again

Rufus Farquharson: Working with cattle was always in his blood
Malvern, St. Elizabeth: Sixty-six-year-old Rufus Farquharson has been a cattle farmer for more than three decades. However, most of those years were spent tending to cattle that belonged to his employer near Newton in St. Elizabeth.

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Management shake-up for SCJ - Part of efforts to maximise output
New device to improve fish catch
RADA expands irrigation system to small farmers

Ambassador's favourite Christmas dish
In Cuba, the Christmas feast begins on Christmas Eve. Then on December 25, a menu of different dishes is devoured. The feast consists of meals that can leave one salivating. For instance, on Christmas Eve, Cubans serve up a traditional...

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Smoking jerk in the rain
Christmas Menu Countdown 25 DAYS TO GO! - Traditional Christmas cake is a must for the season.
Foods that fuel the body
Formal dinner party
Of Yuletide cheer and little respite
Jamaica Standard Products' corporate coffee mornings launched

Diamondback squids in Jamaica - A new fisheries resource?
A few years ago, if someone had said that there were Diamondback squids in Jamaican waters, it would have been greeted with polite laughter. Today, however, there is clear evidence to suggest that the species is indeed here.

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Caribbean Sea Squirts: The Goodbody Collection