'Raise age of consent'
If Major Richard Reese, the commissioner of corrections, had his way, the age of consent to sexual intercourse would be raised from 16 to 18. That was the prison chief's strong recommendation when he appeared yesterday before a joint select committee...

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Son warned Bog Walk victim to avoid streets
Former ambassador has personal interest in saving Cockpit Country
PNP to decide on Dabdoub
New name for JAMPRO
Manchester Chamber pledges assistance to anti-crime effort
I have done nothing wrong - Samuels
Sexual assault allegation rocks Ocho Rios police

Marketing firms consider ethanol blend in gasolene
Private sector oil marketing firms are delibera-ting when they will be ready to introduce ethanol as a fuel additive in gasolene which is to be made mandatory by government later this year. Replacing MTBE is expected to save Jamaica a significant...

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'Providing services will benefit Jamaica in CSME'
NWA spends $6 million to fix, clean drains in St Andrew
Officials to discuss vocational training
Sugar chief predicts profit with next crop
UTech, Maritime Institute join forces
Master's programme in theology launched
8,000 to sit new exam for first time
Nintendo to launch online news service
Cops appeal to public for help
Penalties set for wage breaches
New strain of malaria identified in 'St Bess'

Dyoll liquidators anxious to settle coffee case
The liquidators winding up the Dyoll Insurance Company say they want to negotiate a settlement, rather than fighting at appeal, a lower court ruling that nearly 6,000 Jamaican coffee farmers should be the sole beneficiaries...

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Red tape, productivity and accountability
New bill won't plug all the gaps in company law
Oil will flow within a decade - Potopsingh
Market anticipates takeover bid for C&W
Police HQ still slated for NHT homes ... But project on hold
Paper securities trump loans on commercial banks' balance sheets
Treasures Ltd hunts approval for cruise ship pier, hotel
Air Jamaica undecided about retaining loss-making London route
CSME on track for implementation 2008 - Arthur
CDB predicts growth of Carib economies - Tourism to benefit from CWC

T&T send Jamaica packing
MANDEVILLE: JAMAICA'S BID for a place in the Carib Beer cricket series Challenge Trophy final against Carib Beer Cup winners Barbados ended in disappointment at Alpart yesterday when they were beaten by last year's Cup champions Trinidad and Tobago.

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Soaring Slack steals the show
Jamaicans excel at Indiana Relays
Herbert Morrison, William Knibb the new champs
No 'Tour' for Landis due to doping charges
St Jago one win away from first title - VMBS under-19 HIGH SCHOOL FINAL
LoJ backs JFF to the tune of $3m
Premier teams barrel along
Johnson leads Jamaica into action
ON THE BOUNDARY - Memories of Sabina Park
Stars come out of opening round
Miracle Man is 'Horse of the Year' again - Supreme Ventures gets None Such award
HORSE SENSE - Social benefits of owning a horse

EDITORIAL - Governmental malice in Guyana
Rather than getting a grip of itself and returning to a path of sensibleness and tolerance, President Bharrat Jagdeo's administration has deepened its efforts to choke into silence Guyana's free and independent press.

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The guardians of our heritage
Putin's democracy
Exhaling

LETTER OF THE DAY - Paternity leave is long overdue
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is becoming increasingly common in Jamaica to see a single man pushing a stroller while shopping or on his way to the nursery. My friend, who practises paediatrics in Kingston, tells me that more fathers are accompanying mothers....

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Gov't by triage?
Time for a psychiatric prison
A father's plea
Munroe's cheap politics

No easy life for 'Empress'
From Trelawny to Australia and back, Camielle 'Empress' Mullings is finding true happiness in Jamaica. She is now host of 'Di Show' on RE TV, as well as Reggae Entertainment and Musical Passport on BET J.

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'Gamaliel' makes strong debut at 'Ketch A Fire'
Andrew Tosh, a disciple of Peter
Soul Train could 'give it up' to Sean Paul
'Primeval' a load of croc
Ernie Smith traces 'Redemption Song'
Chants in Trench Town

High praise for the Levy shindig
My daahlings, y'all know you got it absolutely and fabulously right, when two weeks after the event, people are still talking about the shindig, and all they are saying is just how absolutely fab it all was!

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Fête on the farm

PORTUGAL - Nation votes on abortion
LISBON, Portugal (AP): A national referendum in Portugal on whether to lift the country's ban on abortion has brought a rare confrontation between faith and politics in this conservative Roman Catholic country.

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CANADA - Ninth case of mad cow disease confirmed
SAUDI ARABIA - Palestinians reach deal on unity gov't
COLOMBIA - Court grants rights to gay couples

Frome complex to be Cup hot spot
FROME SPORTS Complex in Westmoreland has been selected as the centrepiece for the parish's 2007 Cricket World Cup activities. The Westmoreland Parish Organising Committee (POC), which has been meeting over the past eight months...

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Fans in for a treat
Bermuda captain satisfied