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PORTIA'S PLUNGE - Approval rating for PM declines - JLP leader gains slightly 
A MERE six weeks after her historic appointment as Jamaica's first woman prime minister, popular support for Portia Simpson Miller has declined steeply, according to the findings of a Gleaner-commissioned poll.
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 PNP retains Eastern Westmoreland constituency
Dabdoub proposes laws for political party funds
Jamaica may be upgraded to Tier Two
Groups move to settle the Portmore toll
ODPEM wants quick response
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) contracts to go public - Agency responds to Contractor-General's criticisms
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Experiencing St Lucia - The encounter with Ms Claudia 
THE MOMENT I told her I was from Jamaica, things started to get weird. She curled her lips into something of a crooked pout and started to wink at me seductively. Her eyebrows went up slowly and she put her hands on her hips...
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'Form a Line' project to be launched June 21
Dalley urges international community to help in improved HIV/AIDS care
Portmore Highway to open July 13
Compact fluorescent lamps for police stations
Government of Jamaica bats for Bahia Principe action
Major crimes drop in May
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Latibeaudiere is BoJ chairman 
BANK OF Jamaica (BOJ) governor, Derick Latibeaudiere is chair-man of the bank's board of directors. He was made chairman following has appointment as governor in 1996.
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Tax drop boxes being utilised
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Collins bowls into West Indies squad 
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): BARBADOS LEFT-ARM pacer Pedro Collins has replaced his injured brother Fidel Edwards in the only change to the West Indies 13-man squad for the second Digicel Test against India starting in St. Lucia on Saturday.
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English boxer says he'll beat Johnson
Lack of sponsorship forces CAGC move
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Well played, West Indies
Clijsters courts revenge against Henin-Hardenne
Nadal advances to semi-finals
Yorke's World Cup dream comes true
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Deal with squatting firmly
WE HOPE that Mr. Roger Clarke, the Minister of Agriculture, shows greater resolution in tackling the problem of squatting than has been the case with those of his colleagues previously given the assignment. Hopefully, too, the response of Mr. Horace...
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The paedophiles are here
Modern comes to Munro
Terror plot in Canada
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Reggae Boyz not ready
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM not a Jamaican by birth but my parents are and so I find myself writing out of disappointment with the recent Jamaican football tour. Apart from the dismal match results, I found the additional shenanigans caused me just as much...
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Palace misses the boat
Slackness abounds
Sufferer mentality
Firing Paulwell is not the answer
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Outpouring of love and music 
DESPITE CONTRARY predictions by the weatherman, there was little more than a drizzle on Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the St. Andrew Parish Church Hall, Half-Way Tree. But while 'blessings from heaven' outside the hall was minimal...
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'The Omen' ... a fateful decision
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Clarendon farmers call for help as hurricane season starts 
SPALDING, Clarendon: Another hurricane season has approached and some farmers in Sanguinetti, Clarendon are still awaiting assistance from the Government to rehabilitate their farms which were damaged by Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Emily.
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Ministry moves to stop 'farm squatters'
RADA to aid increased sweet potato production
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World Cup Nibbles 
THE 2006 FIFA World Cup Football competition kicks off in Germany tomorrow, and football fans worldwide will have their eyes glued to their television sets from sunup to sundown. They will drink in the tackles, roar at the goals...
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Boston Jerk Festival, as good ever
Upcoming food festivals
SPIRITUAL HEALING - AT Blue Marlin
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Analyst predicts early election for Trinidad 
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS (CMC): Barbadian political analyst Peter Wickham is expecting Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning to take the twin-island republic to the polls this year.
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Education ministers meet to discuss HIV/AIDS
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Eye on Science |
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Health effects of caffeine 
OVER THE past two decades, extensive research has been conducted on the health aspects of caffeine consumption. Many of these studies have concentrated on the effects of caffeine on breast and stomach cancers; hypertension; heart disease; fertility...
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CAFFEINE
IN THE NEWS - CARICOM honours regional scientists
OUR SERVICES - Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology
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