BLACKOUT AGAIN - Energy Minister calls meeting with JPS, OUR
LIKE A case of déjà vu, the island, for the third time in less than two years, was again plunged into darkness for several hours last night. The last islandwide power outage occurred on July 4, 2007, nearly a year to the day the country was affected by a previous islandwide...

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Kidnap victim returns home
The west stands by Steve Bucknor
Vaz: I will not bear arms against Jamaica
Supplementary budget can be abolished - Wehby
Thursday talk

Cool runnings in Ginger Hall
One sorry-looking black donkey tied to a tree and an alarmingly round ram goat staring blankly at me.Other than that, it seemed I was all alone. The sign at the bottom of the hill read Ginger Hall and I was longing to see someone with whom I could strike up...

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She's 101 years strong
Union demands urgent meeting on Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) with Transport Minister
Former ministers among eight to stand trial for fraud in T&T
'Do not pay hiked fares'
Farmers welcome Gov't's support for agriculture

Flow cable TV price to soar February 1
Come next month, cable customers of the telecommunications firm Flow can expect a hike in rates for cable packages offered by the company.As early as February 1, customers will have to pay, on average, 16 per cent more than they are now paying for their cable...

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Maersk Line to cut 3,000 jobs
Employers' annual returns due January 14
Super Plus to cut margin price for consumers' sake

Winner-take-all finale
THE WEST Indies and South Africa meet in Durban this morning (Ja time) for the start of the third and final Test match with the count, surprising to many, indeed to the majority of cricket fans around the world, reading one-one. In other words, believe it or not, the third and final Test...

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Hunte blasts ICC over Bucknor's removal
Sarwan planning comeback
Combined Campuses and Colleges team prepares for Jamaica
Allen, Coe capture JGA/UWI Classic titles
Bodles and Portmore seek to impress Simoes
Waterhouse , Harbour View battle to 1-1 draw
Village struggle with 2-0 defeat
Central trample Boys' Town 3-0
Removal a very bad precedent, says Lloyd
Will it be another fairy-tale stint for René?
ICC defends Bucknor move
Henin through to semi-finals

EDITORIAL - The ICC and the Bucknor affair
It is always a wonder in sport that the best performers usually don't know when it is time to quit - always seeming to want that one last chance to recapture thei of glory. That, in a sense, seems to be the trap that has caught the great Jamaican cricket umpire...

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Divergent views on the Vale Royal talks
Bush and the Middle East

LETTER OF THE DAY - Investment schemes- bette gov't regulation
The Editor, Sir: The Government and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and, in particular, Senator Don Wehby, have missed selecting the best approach the Government should take on regulating the so-called 'alternative investment schemes'....

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The moral crisis in Jamaica
Response to Cabinet action
C&W says sorry
Spiritual aspect of education
Back to the good old days

'Rebel Salute' turns 15
Deejay Tony Rebel says that when he started 'Rebel Salute' 15 years ago, he had no idea that it would reach this far and get this big - the annual January concert now held at the Port Kaiser Sports Centre in St. Elizabeth pulling in many thousands over the last few stagings...

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PM declares February 'Reggae Month'
Something extra...

Cooking with ...Yendi Phillipps
She doesn't like to wash dishes but she loves to cook.Clad in a flirty Caribbean inspired dress, Yendi Phillipps, the reigning Miss Jamaica World, smiles as she welcomes Food into her cosy pad for a morning of cooking. Phillipps is no professional, but can find her way...

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Sweet Sweet Soursop
UP IN THE 'BLUE' AGAIN

Judge orders halt to distribution of Bibles
ST.LOUIS (AP): A rural school district's long-standing practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled.An attorney for the southeastern Missouri School District said...

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President seeks end to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Poll results spell wide-open race for White House nominations