Sugar, rice are sensitive products in EU markets
Jamaica and its partner nations have won their battle to have sugar and rice designated as 'highly sensitive' products by the European Union (EU) market, after the European Commission (EC) announced in Brussels yesterday full market access on a phased basis for producers.

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Highway probe
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Nicholson responds to judge’s claims
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University of Technology (UTech) explore energy
With the rise in oil prices on the world market, and the rapid decline in fossil fuels, the issue o energy sources is one that is earnestly being explored not just internationally, but locally as well. Dr. Audley Darmand, principal researcher at the School of Engineering...

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China: Open for more business
Trial date set for accused killers of former JGRA head
Shana-Ka Lewis - Wins communication contest for the deaf
CHASE urges parents to do their part - CEO encourages parents to become first teachers to their children
Roadwork set to end Pisgah's breakaway blues

Rush on for agri loans
There has been a rush of applications for loans from the Development Bank of Jamaica for the development of agricultural projects under the Government's special loan facility initiated to boost the productive sector. According to figures provided by McDonald...

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Hardware & Lumber to spend $80m on information system
Producers Group faces a squeeze - Loses $102 million in first quarter
Seprod still suspended
Plant supplement to boost yields 30%
Cyber fraud costing retailers millions
EU agrees to open up markets to ACP partners
Plant waste as ethanol source
Neal & Massy, T&T to merge with Bajan shippers

Let the show begin - WI up against the odds
THE WEST Indies take on England at Lord's tomorrow morning (Ja time) in the first of the four-match Test series. Although there is a new captain, a new coach and a new manager on board, even though there is a lot of talk coming from almost everyone in the team about team spirit....

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Gayle pours cold water on curfew
Flintoff to test injured ankle ahead of Test
Let's hope that Hunt wasn't forced into hiding
Creary racks up ton
Tivoli too strong for Jetsetters
Mavericks' Nowitzki is the Most Valuable Player
Stoudemire leads Suns to victory
Sam's the man for Magpies
ManU seek to create history at Wembley
FIFA to examine West Ham transfers
AC Milan's Kaka seeks to fulfil personal wish list
Beckham first of many big names for Galaxy
Britain's Murray forced out due to injury
Lurking 'Lefty' out to catch Tiger by the tail
Australia move unacceptable, says Zimbabwe Cricket

EDITORIAL - Targeting inner-city development
THERE IS a segment of Prime Minister Simpson Miller's presentation in the recent Budget Debate which we expected to generate substantial discussion, but apparently failed to capture the imagination of the analysts and wider public....

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Silly no-vote lobby
Europe, Africa, Jamaica (Pt III)
NOTE-WORTHY - Courageous cop!

LETTER OF THE DAY - How to set the stage for free education
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ a letter from Josephine Campbell in The Gleaner of May 14, suggesting that free education was now impractical in Jamaica. I am offended that someone who benefited from free education in the '70s would be so hypocritical and selfish...

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Quitting the gay wagon
Signs of the 'second coming'
Settling disputes
A plan for new parliamentary plaza downtown

Deportee: End of Jamaican theatre?
Jamaican DJ Yellowman is reputed to have said to a crowd at a reggae concert "unoo want slackness or culture?" The crowd replied 'slackness', thereby marking a watershed event in the history of reggae music, where artiste and the public turned their backs...

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Red hot sizzling summer

BE WELL: BE HEART SMART - Put a deck of cards on your plate
Do you play cards? Well, that deck of cards could help cut your heart disease risk. "Your serving of chicken and meat should be no more than the size of two decks of cards per day and include one deck of fish," said Frances Mahfood, nutritionist at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica.

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You don't have to get high blood pressure
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FITNESS CLUB - Warm-up your body
Face it: Beauty matters to most beholders
LETTERS: Male circumcision - the new frontier in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Networking - Moving beyond the cocktail circuit
The days of golf club membership or being seen in the cocktail circuit are becoming pass, at least to network. "Old ways of networking are only suited for a small subset of professionals," observes Francis Wade, a Jamaican consultant and president of Framework ...

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Defending yourself on the 'Net'
Microsoft buys minority stake in jobs site CareerBuilder

Compton suffered series of strokes
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): Prime Minister Sir John Compton had suffered "a series of strokes" prior to his departure for the United States for medical treatment, acting Prime Minister Stephenson King said in a national broadcast on Monday night.

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Ruling UWP to identify new leader

Long wait over for Britain's Brown
LONDON, (Reuters): Sure of becoming prime minister after long years of waiting, Gordon Brown smiles much more now. He's got tailored suits and whiter teeth, and is making a huge effort to appear more personable.

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Suicide blast kills 25, uproar in Parliament
US evangelist Jerry Falwell dies
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