Calamity! - Financial director breaks down over lost funds
Faced with death threats against his children, a director of Money Express, a local financial entity with 179 members, called an emergency meeting yesterday to explain how millions of their dollars had been lost. During his address to the audience of about 60 persons...

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Blackouts could occur again - JPS
Air Jamaica slapped for hash oil find
'No more JPS monopoly'
Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA) blames former government for blackout
Housing Ministry to spend millions on Flankers
Gun find irks Lakes Pen residents
Man gets 10 years for kidnapping
Clear the air, Davies tells Shaw

Residents benefit from two-day roofing project
Several male and female community volunteers came out recently to learn the craft of roofing as part of the two-day Sustainable Roofing project run by the Women's Resource and Out-reach Centre (WROC), in Botany Bay, St. Thomas. Some 35 residents came out on the first day to learn...

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UK Minister to make second visit to Jamaica
Jamaica Conservation & Development Trust (JCDT) to celebrate major milestones
Sugar investors given mid-February deadline
Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) elects new board
The power of prayer ... does it really work?: Praying for Jamaica - January10-17
The ACTS of prayer Adoration : Praying for Jamaica - January10-17
Vaz case adjourned until January 21
Portia gets more time to file court documents

CMP buyer in breach - Mandatory offer from Castelo Holdings still pending
Castelo Holdings BV, a Curaçao company which last year acquired 79.66 per cent of listed company CMP Industries Limited, has failed to make a mandatory offer to minority shareholders within the prescribed timeline. Myers Fletcher and Gordon, lawyers for CMP Holdings...

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More brokers, analysts switch houses - Investment firms rebuilding teams
Crawford committee recruiting offshore centre consultants - For two-month study
SCJ predicts fall in sugar production - EU price remains €496.8 per tonne
Analysts applaud BoJ rate hike
Bernanke determined to avoid recession - Says Fed, ready to cut rates as needed
Understanding the EPA ...New leverage for cultural services
Intervention an investment
Alcoa grosses record US$30.75b - 4Q earnings soar 76%
Market anticipates bounce from M&A deals - Rivalry for Barbados Farms continues
New rules on presenting financial accounts - Balance sheet to be renamed

Windies on back foot against South Africa
DURBAN, South Africa (AP): SOUTH AFRICA captain Graeme Smith hit an undefeated 122 by stumps yesterday to lead his team to 213 for one after bowling the West Indies out for 139 on day one of the third Test. The South Africans had a 74-run lead when bad light stopped play at Kingsmead...

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Confident Jamaica take on CCC
Don't think about me coming back right now - Lara
Dawes takes charge at Sporting Central
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Come on, ICC, let's do it ...
No land sale, says Rousseau
Keep Good Company
Ramgeet wins twice at Tampa Bay Downs

EDITORIAL - Monuments to loss and national neglect
We confess, sadly, to not being surprised at the apparent loss of much of the archives of the defunct Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). Nor are we surprised at the seeming lack of national outrage at the loss and muted response by officialdom.This is not because we are cynical.

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Build with a social conscience
How to make a better year
Monkey see, monkey do

LETTER OF THE DAY - Public health inspectors concerned about solid waste management
THE EDITOR, Sir: We would like to use this medium to express the concerns of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI) about the inadequate collection and disposal of solid waste across the island. Reports from several parish health services indicate an increase ...

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UHWI boosts health hopes
Significant month for music
From a Steve Bucknor fan
Home guard brigade

SOMETHING EXTRA
In the spotlight are ...

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'No Lickle Twang' opens at University of the West Indies (UWI)

Chester Francis' 2007 - HOTLISTS
YEAR's TOP personalities - Asafa Powell: Man of the Year - A world-class performer who showed his mettle. Veronica Campbell: Woman of the Year - Lifted the national spirits at a time when they were sagging. Abe Dabdoub: The balance of power rests on his legal challenge....

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The biggest movers and shakers ... and losers of '07
Legal eagle marks milestone
Well done, Professor Chen

Colombian rebels free two hostages - Chávez
SAN JOSE DE GUAVIARE, Colombia (AP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that two hostages were freed by Colombian rebels yesterday. He spoke with the Colombian women by phone and they are being flown out of the jungle aboard Venezuelan helicopters.

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British legislator comments on 666
Police chief takes prosecutors to court
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Police chief takes prosecutors to court