JLP says no way - Wants referendum on CCJ before support for republican form of gov't
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) said yesterday that it will support a republican form of government only if there was a referendum to decide Jamaica's final Court of Appeal.

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Videotape frees two of murder
Jury system reform coming
Gleaner honours 37
Positive response to toll road

200 new books for nat'l libraries
JAMAICAN READERS islandwide now have more books to read at the library, thanks to an initiative by two Jamaican non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which lead to a recent handover of some 200 new books to the Jamaica Library service.

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Poor raw material blamed for bad roads
Terrible road conditions anger Bagatelle residents
Public Defender raps JUTC drivers
Two physicians honoured
19-y-o killed on bus
A pioneer of music in Jamaica
Hike fuels fury - Commuters say new taxi fares unjustified

Tough highway talks - Thomas refuses costly US loans
REFUSING TO pay what Kingsley Thomas said he considered too high a price on the US$75 million he was trying to raise for Highway 2000, the project head backed away from the US capital market in July from offers that were coming in at over eight per cent.

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Western Union clients to gain from US deal
Borrowers rushing 'no collateral' loans
FINALIST FOR THE CARIBBEAN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR - World class
Richard Chen gives his success formula
Beware! - Spyware software can catch you unaware
Nifty plug-ins
Assessing the co-operative option
Protecting the family's health

Rivoli to test Arnett's character
ARNETT GARDENS will face a test of character at home when they host Spanish Town's Rivoli United in a Wray & Nephew National Premier League match at Tony Spaulding Sports Complex this evening at 5:00p.m.

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St George's surprise DQ
Seba, Village poised for all out attack
Old Harbour stop Garvey Maceo
All bets Good to Go
McLean shoots for better fields
BNS 'A' win again

Justice and the State
IT WAS altogether appropriate and commendable for Supreme Court judge Kay Beckford to use the occasion of the opening of the new court calendar to comment on the state of the Jamaican society...

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Weak crime prosecution
A sustainable tourism plan

'Nowhere no better than yard'
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE ARE many Jamaicans who delight in saying negative things about the health care in 'Third World Jamaica', insisting that the care in the 'developed countries' is always better.

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Ineffective police
Setting the record straight
Covering nakedness
National meltdown
Bad move, Mr Patterson
Ridiculous busfares
Different kinds of criminals
Am I stuck?

Argentine couple says goodbye
DOVES, AND so, after an extended tour of duty, First Secretary of the Argentinean Embassy here, Daniel Pepa, and his gorgeous German blonde wife, the lovely Heidi Pepa, leave Kingston.

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Alive at 5
Palatable Silk
'Marshall Law' moves to a good beat

Patients are dying in pain!
The majority of Jamaica's cancer patients are dying with uncontrollable pain because many doctors here are reluctant to prescribe the powerful painkiller, morphine - Dr. Dingle Spence, consultant in oncology and palliative medicine.

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Managing pain at The Hope Institute
Infection control in the dental office
Victims of domestic violence
Microdermabrasion or chemical peel
'Marginal' meats in the diet
When the bee stings
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