David's war - Olint boss readies team for legal showdown
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos: A high-calibre team of Jamaican and international lawyers has flown to the Turks and Caicos Islands to assist Olint Corporation Ltd boss, David Smith, in preparing for a looming legal battle. Attorney-at-law Huntley Watson told The Gleaner...

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Youths to guide their own in mentorship programme
Brothers on a mission - Youngsters to spend holidays, funds on less fortunate
Cops' delays cripple court cases, says judge
Chambers murder suspects on most wanted list
'Dust balls' stole the power - JPS
Millionaire thieves - Samuda decries sand theft in Coral Springs
Senior director in education ministry reinstated

Lead shots, sinkers can harm wildlife
While it is well known that lead contamination can be threatening to human life, it is a lesser-known fact that it can have an equally disastrous impact on wildlife.According to an article recently published by ScienceDaily.com, "The most significant hazard to wildlife...

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New job assessment framework for JCF
'Miss Claris' is steadfast at age 102
'Are our unborn children not to be protected?'
ROVING WITH LALAH - Feedback

TransJamaican to issue new highway 2000 bond - US$330 placement to part finance Willaimsfield leg
TransJamaican Highway, the vehicle used by the French construction company, Bouygues Travaux, to develop Highway 2000, is planning a US$330- million bond to help finance the proposed 33-kilometre section of the toll road between Sandy Bay, Clarendon, where it now ends...

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Nigerian oil on hold
Mainland puts flagship store on the market
Transport biggest contributor to June inflation - Prices climb 11.5 per cent in six months
RBC/RBTT aims for top bank in Caribbean
Few dangers seen from Olint's slide
Capital & Credit again denies it's up for sale
Regulators raid Wachovia Securities
Commentary: Air Jamaica sale a prescription for more misery
American Airlines parent reports US$1.4b loss - Fitch frowns on US carriers
Caribbean Airlines on course to financial targets - Fuel hedge gives airline competitive edge
Forester counters ProConcept claim on Cave Village lands - But still willing to sell to Americans

Women take centre stage as season opens
FOUR MATCHES will be on tomorrow in the Sherwin Williams Colourscape Women's Knockout competition as the teams vie for increased cash incentives, thanks to a $3.5 million sponsorship. The Jamaica Football Federation ((JFF) and sponsors Sherwin Williams launched ...

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CISC swim champs start today
Boys start confidently with upset
Doubles partner knocks out Burke
Petrekin set to join Boys' Town
Pick-9 to top $35m
Court to rule on fate of British sprinter today
Three break par on tough opening day
Jamaica beat Canada to finish fifth
JNA looks to marketing to lift game's profile, funding
Flintoff returns for second Test
Another stage win for Brit

EDITORIAL - Facing the EPA challenge
Pity poor Richard Bernal. He used to be head, until recently, of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), the body that leads trade negotiations on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and was responsible of the so-called Economic Partnership Agreement ...

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Jamaican creole - why the fuss?
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Why Gov't should ease taxes
The Editor, Sir: The recent increase in toll rates, prices at the gas pumps and increases in the cost of just about all other goods and services have caused the budgets of most households to be stretched to the limit. It seems that there could be some indication ...

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Christians as role models
PNP 70th anniversary fête derailed
Wishes for comrades
Why Peter gets my support
Look to Africa on prostitution
Political system needs correction
Not all parents are protectors

Sumfest starts on sand
WESTERN BUREAU: The curtains lifted for Reggae Sumfest 2008 with a party at Tropical Beach, Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday.The beach party traditionally opens the one-week festival.Fewer than 2,000 patrons were treated to a good show...

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Panfest 2008 fuses movement, music
'A St Mary Me Come From' furnace of giving
Something extra

Money houses merge
It's one of those mergers that the only ones dissatisfied are the competitors. That's the sentiment that inundated the grand affair on Tuesday evening that was the amalgamation of Royal Bank of Canada and RBTT Jamaica at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel...

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Presidential challenge and more partying
UWI's diamond jubilee

Senate deals major blow to president
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP): An Argentine Senate vote that struck down the country's divisive grain-export tax yesterday may put more food on the world's tables, as members of Cristina Fernandez's own party turned against her only seven months into her...

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Bush changing course on Iran