Lead Stories
US$325m on the way

THE GOVERNMENT has already received US$75 million (J$3.3 billion) of the US$325 million (J$14.6 billion) in loans due from the multilateral trio of the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) over...

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Glasspole to be buried on Tuesday
NIBJ called on to rescue Caribbean Casting
Unauthorised pay hike for 12 at EOJ
Lobby group joins CCJ debate
Knight calls on public to help in crime fight

News
No starvation here - The women are fat and round in Rocky Point, say residents

THE SLEEPY fishing community of Rocky Point, Clarendon, can count itself blessed with the volume and variety of its catches. From snapper, jacks and grunts, to kingfish, parrot fish, sprats and more, it's no exaggeration to say that enough...

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Content, McDonald's near beef agreement
'No Name' soups recalled
Five housing projects for Portland
Students urged to abstain from sex
Ambulance service honours stalwart

Business
Interest rate in tatters

FINANCE MINISTER Dr. Omar Davies's plan to bring interest rates down to 14 per cent by next April appears to be in tatters.

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FINSAC takes 80% of LoJ
Breaking up is not hard to do
J'can banks to embrace E-Commerce
C&W expanding network services

Sport
W'house take aim at Tivoli
WITH scarcely enough time to breathe after Sunday's end of first round National Premier League final, Waterhouse, still smarting from that loss, are back in action today against first round disappointments Tivoli Gardens in the opening game of the second.

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Edwin Allen sweep titles
No green light for 'Francis' KO
J'can Runner the one to beat
Shortwood knock out Whitfield

Commentary
Big Fish for Burger King
THE COUNTRY has often felt itself to be at the receiving end of the international fast food franchises operating here. Complaints have been made that we function mainly as a "supplier" of consumers of other products generated elsewhere and merely...

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A culture of police abuse
A better way to pick 'em?
Let's get back to local politics

Letters
Letter of the Day CCJ and referendum
THE EDITOR, Madam: THIS IS an open letter to the Prime Minister.

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Facts on US Electoral College

Entertainment
'Vintage Showdown 2000' well received

THE VINTAGE Showdown 2000 series continued over the weekend at La Roose on Port Henderson Road, Portmore, St. Catherine. The event, staged by Energy Promotions, saw popular disc jockey Richie B making his debut as a vintage selector. And he displayed...

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Faith Deliverance 'Evening Of Elegance' divine
Air Jamaica Vacations' 'irie' beach bash

Profiles in Medicine
Getting high on glue

CHEAP AND readily available products around the house such as glues, adhesives, typewriter correcting fluids and thinners are some of the substances which adolescents are using to get a "high". The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) also lists in its.

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Spare tyres & pot bellies
Revised immunisation policy
Drugs for the heart and hypertension

Star Page
Living in three centuries

HARD work brings success and apparently a long life. At least this is how it is in the case of 100-year-old Ada Ford Reynolds. This centenarian from Flagaman in Black River, St. Elizabeth, says she never thought she would have lived to be a hundred...

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Ambitious young lady in an unhappy situation
Imminent cash windfall for J'can performers