Lead Stories
Computer tax confusion - Consumers unable to benefit from GCT removal

THE GOVERNMENT'S announcement of an immediate removal of General Consumption Tax (GCT) on computers has led to confusion among people wanting to take advantage of the concession.

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Health professionals against electronic system
BoJ chief's salary okayed
Companies Act to be tabled today
Child Care Institutions A helping hand in difficult times

News
Nine-y-o hit and killed

THE DEATH of nine-year-old Jovanno Pryce has left a pall of sadness over the Southborough Primary School in St. Catherine, where he and his younger brother, Tevanno, attended school. But last Friday was their final trip together. About 8:25 a.m. both...

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DPT vaccine shortage eased
When state aid ends
Parish Council named in 'street people' court hearing
Rodney Sebastian Walton - A street boy's success story

Business
Scotia AAdvantage Visa card launched

AMERICAN AIRLINES, operators of the AAdvantage Travel Awards programme and Scotiabank, have launched the Scotiabank AAdvantage Visa card in Jamaica. Scotiabank AAdvantage VISA cardholders will earn one AAdvantage travel mile for every U.S. dollar or...

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Summit costs millions for security

Sport
Ja protest WI demand

THE Jamaica Cricket Board of Control has written a letter to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) protesting the interference of the West Indies team manager in the selection of Jamaica's team for the one-day match against the touring South Africans at...

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STETHS take charge
Luggage delay hampers West Indies
One-day series off to blazing start
Molynes, Jetsetters in final

Commentary
Rio Cobre health hazard
PUBLIC HEALTH authorities in St. Catherine are declaring the Rio Cobre a health hazard. Diseases such as gastroenteritis are on the increase in the parish because of the pollution of the river. A growing number of people who live in the vicinity of the...

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So arrogant, so wrong
Tourist harassment
End of the Fujimori era in Peru
The people of Majesty Gardens through Rose Murray's eyes

Letters
Letter of the Day NWC, do better than that!
THE EDITOR, Sir: THIS IS an open letter to the National Water Commission whose motto is "Water is Life". I called the 1-888 number to report a fault at my premises on Monday, April 9, 2001.

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Universal duty rate
Kudos for Digicel
Support the police
On 'burning' gays
Seaga and Amnesty
C&WJ's poor cellular service
Shoddy work and inefficiency
Public Defender's office needs more staff
Sergeant Ainsley Clark
Ensuring accountability and accepting responsibility
A fine radio programme

Entertainment
A 'Pleasant Sunday' at the Ward - Northern Caribbean University Choir outstanding

A 'PLEASANT Sunday' is a concert which is usually held in rural villages across Jamaica. It's a time when everyone dons his Sunday best, sometimes dress with a comical look and head to the schoolroom or community building for an evening of rollicking...

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Inaugural Curry Festival cooks up a storm
A smashing event

Youth Link
St. Jago High School for the poor and children of slaves

You will find few high schools in Jamaica that have a longer or more colourful history than St. Jago High School on Monk Street in Spanish Town, St. Catherine ­ 257 years of it.

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Scrappy young and focused
Wake up and smell CXC
Dear counsellor:
Witness march the peaceful protest

The Shipping Industry
New equipment for Kingston Container Terminal

THE CAPACITY at the Kingston Container Terminal was boosted recently with the arrival of new state-of the-art equipment for the movement of containers on the port. Valued at US$8 million, the equipment include 12 straddle carriers, four Kalmar...

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Newport Warehousing improves for efficiency

Star Page
An enthusiastic educator

JENNIFER PARKES felt that there was something else out there for her after spending 14 years inside the classroom. So she packed her bags and walked away. But after three years, the teacher in her would not keep still. Parkes returned to the...

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Calabar storms into Schools' Challenge Quiz finals
A 'pressing' problem