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Power struggle - Mirant pays millions in US, accused of price gouging, unlawful conduct
LIKE THE recurring decimal - it never seems to go away. For the second time in four years, light and power company Mirant - the mother of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) - is battling with its customers over pricing and general service.
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Reliving a nightmare - Jah Cure's victim tells her story
No regrets! Unions would sign another MoU, but not the wage part
Take a number - The JPS experience
Pat Robertson's 'apology'
Bling-bling gospel - Promoting 'Bush Republicanism', heavy on guilt, judgement, damnation
No space at Inland Revenue Department
Looking for a better Jamaica
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News
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Omar was not my target! - Phillips
MINISTER OF National Security and leadership contender Dr. Peter Phillips has denied suggestions that he was 'taking a swipe' at the economic policies of Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies in speeches in St. Andrew and St. Ann last week.
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Who will take the PM's seat?
Davies' challenger cries foul
Mass weddings in Jamaica?
Hard times hit home - Increases weigh heavily on mother of six
Teachers feeling trapped by MoU
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Business
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Winchester Estate excites local real estate market
BILLED AS "urban living for the sophisticated," Life of Jamaica (LOJ) held an open house last Sunday for its Winchester Estate residential development on the premises of the LOJ Property Management on Hagley Park Road.
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Real estate market remains buoyant
FirstCaribbean's mortgage winner
Home sweet home - investing in real estate
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Sport
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'Saints' miss Super Eight
A NEW champion will be crowned in the Capital and Credit Limited-Overs cricket competition following the elimination of St. Catherine C.C. yesterday
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KC sweep Roper Cup football festival
Diesel continues winning ways
Former NPL champs Violet Kickers trounce Defenders 2-1
Tivoli up against H View in semi clash
Arthur Ashe honoured on special stamp
Commentary - Windies' new move suggests professional league is on the way
Boys' Town face major upgrading challenge
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Commentary
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Editorial - The JLP's sound and fury
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE and other forms of protests have long been used in Jamaica and elsewhere as means of effecting change for a perceived higher good whether it be a roll back in prices or to demand that some injustice be addressed.
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Showdown in Haiti - By the ballot or the bullet?
Robber barons on the loose
Precious life
Defining fringe benefits
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Letters
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Letter of the day - Unacceptable treatment of 'robber'
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WATCHED ON television recently the treatment of a 'robber' who was 'rescued' by a team from a private security company. The man was accused of being a robber and the police who were on hand to rescue him from being lynched...
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Expect MOU 'bangarang'
Government has failed
Discrimination against men
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Entertainment
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Coalition out, more sponsors in
IN THIS age of commercialisation, coalition forces are apparently not strong enough to hold back insurgent dancehall powers. Amid the recent disassociation of the Coalition of Corporate Sponsors from various artistes, including Beenie Man...
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DOWNSTAIRS
Girls go for 'boy shorts'
Mixed reviews on latest batch of dancehall artistes
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Arts &Leisure
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Mellow yellow
COLOUR FILLS our world with beauty. We wonder in amazement at a magnificent sunset and are charmed by the brilliantly coloured petals of beautiful flowering plants and trees. We admire the arch of a rainbow and are attracted to the splendid hues...
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One man against the world
Tea time at the Revolution Gallery
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Outlook
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Paula Llewellyn - A maverick in the legal profession
MAVIS LLEWELLYN, mother of Acting Director of Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, and CEO of the Hyacinth Lightbourne nursing service for the last 46 years is ailing, much to the distress of her family. 'She is my rock," sighed daughter Paula Llewellyn...
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Marjorie 'Madge' Malcolm - Versatility at its best
Dennis is my name
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In Focus
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ROBERTSON, CHAVEZ AND BUSH - An unholy trinity
CIVILISED, RATIONAL people were outraged and stunned last week when former Republican presidential hopeful and influential Christian Fundamentist televangelist Pat Robertson called for the murder of the democratically-elected Venezuelan President...
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In search of development: Chavez and PetroCaribe
A brand new political ball game
Moaning, groaning and loving it
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Social
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Pulsating products from Panasonic
REMEMBER WHEN you were a child and you would stand outside the biggest toy store and knew you couldn't afford any of the good ones yet? Well, spare a thought for all of us who attended Panasonic Latin America's new digital technology launch on August 24,
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Leading the Spanish Armada
Lyming with the Hills
Reggae at the Ritz-Carlton
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