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Lead poison alarm Cases climbing steadily
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS have detected a growing problem with lead poisoning in Kingston and St. Catherine, and up to yesterday 54 children under six years old had been diagnosed and some hospitalised.
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Playing at death's door
Parliament opens today
New ID system at prisons
Not enough done to curb crime
Performance pay pilot for teachers begins on Friday
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Bus company operations winding up
OPERATIONS AT the Metropolitan Management Transport Holdings Limited (MMTH) will be wound up Wednesday, Information Minister Burchell Whiteman said on Monday.
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JSIF community-based training course complete
Discrepancies loom over Maroon nomination exercise
Four killed in separate incidents
Judge lashes out against prevalence of carnal abuse
Port Authority wins int'l cruise shipping award
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Kaiser's Alpart shares up for April auction
KAISER ALUMINUM'S interests in Alpart will go up for auction on April 20, Kaiser has stated. Kaiser owns a 65 per cent share in Alpart (Alumina Partners of Jamaica), the alumina refinery and bauxite mining venture based at Nain, St. Elizabeth.
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Digicel to offer landlines by end of the year
Cool Runnings sets sights overseas
New lending facility for Jamaican businesses
DB&G wants to bulk up on Gov't debt
Pig industry must stay lean - Clarke
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Ja, Honduras face off
TONIGHT'S INTERNATIONAL friendly football match between Jamaica and Honduras will be one of the most pivotal games in preparing Jamaica for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers beginning in June, said national coach Carl Brown.
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Video board unveiled at National Stadium
Barbadians backing Windies for victory
Former WI players out to pressure WICB
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National security strategy
WITH MOST nations focusing these days on securing their borders, it is timely that the Jamaican authorities are arranging for the installation of a new automated immigration and control system at the two international airports...
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Decreasing wood and water
Spring break in America
Capital for urban re newal
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Applying for a place on West Indies team
THE EDITOR, Sir: I attach the following letter to the West Cricket Board:
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Congrats Ms Wong
Voodoo vs Christianity in Haiti
'True democracy'
Gov't, Opposition must unite
A fair analogy
J'cans are like pendulums
Blame the Gov't
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David Madden strikes a balance
THE FINAL 16 seconds of Walk The Walk, the fourth song on David Madden's Online album, are a splendid microcosm of the entire set.
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Visceral, violent 'City of God'
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Shackled to the past trapped in the present
T HE ENSLAVEMENT of our people for almost four centuries destroyed our ethnic, national and social identities.
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When a woman's life changes
Teens and parents in acne fights
Your desire for sex
Nutrition powers athletes to gold
Depression is a real illness
Exercise for total fitness
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