Road deaths dip - Christmas crackdown by police cuts fatalities in Jamaica
HEAD OF the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Elan Powell, said there has been a significant reduction in fatal road accidents this Yuletide season, unlike last December when 23 persons were killed within a week.

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ONE-ON-ONE WITH RENETO ADAMS - 'I acted ... and continue to act as an agent of the state'
This is the second and final instalment of an interview by Senior Gleaner Writer Earl Moxam with Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams. The first part was published on Sunday.

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What's in store for next year?
WHAT DOES 2006 hold for the economy in general and the stock market in particular? First, according to at least one expert, 2005 wasn't really a bad year for the economy if you exclude external events - namely, oil...

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Truly a Rampage
ODDS-ON FAVOURITE RAMPAGE turned in an awesome front-running display at Caymanas Park yesterday to win the $3 million Supreme Ventures Jamaica 2-Y-O Stakes over 1600 metres, covering the distance in the smart time of 1:39.0 in scoring...

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FROM THE BOUNDARY - Two of the very best
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Jamaica earning from carbon trade
JAMAICA IS grasping an opportunity to benefit from the United Nations Protocol on Climate Change which was formulated by 180 countries at Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, seeking to limit the further build-up of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Justice, jury, and authority
THE EDITOR, Sir: JUSTICE IS analogous to psychological constructs such as fear and anxiety, in as far as measurement is concerned. Justice cannot be measured directly because it is abstract in nature.

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God is the answer
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Peaceful Sting 2005 at Jamworld
THE MORNING sun waxed warm on the backs of the large crowd yesterday as thousands happily faced a searing alternating barrage of lyrics from Beenie Man and Vybz Kartel which ended Guinness Sting 2006.

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'We are survivors. Let us give thanks !
THERE ARE three days left to the close of another year. It was a year of challenges and setbacks for many of us. We had a busy hurricane season, we have seen the crime rate escalate and the country continues to grapple with relatively slow economic...

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Antigua-chaired committee averts budget crisis
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): THE UN General Assembly formally adopted a two-year, US$3.80 billion budget, for the period 2006-2007. The budget was approved on Christmas Eve by its Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters (Fifth Committee)...

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Mass grave unearthed
KARBALA, Iraq (AP): MUNICIPAL WORKERS in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala have uncovered remains that police said yesterday were part of a mass grave thought to date back to 1991, when Saddam Hussein's regime quenched a Shi'ite uprising in the south.

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'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.