$250m to park - Air Jamaica plane accumulates fees in France
WESTERN BUREAU:After five months of sitting in a hangar in France, an Airbus 340 leased by Air Jamaica will cost the country US$3.5 million (J$250 million), payable to International Leasing and Financial Corporation (ILFC). The airline has confirmed that the Airbus...

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'Open skies' devalues Virgin deal
Government of Jamaica relies on old law to bury injury suit
Vaz to return to court
Future of Hanover cemetery in limbo - Committee yet to decide on Royale Rest
Jamaica-born UK lawyer to speak at UWI
More tertiary education needed - Seaga
$2.4b increase in budget
Teacher pleads not guilty

To err is human ...
Disappointed that Detective Constable Carey Lyn-Sue's colleagues were lambasting him for confessing that he had fabricate evidence in a murder case, the Reverend Father Kenneth Richards penned a letter to The Gleaner, earning him the prestigious Silver Pen award....

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No military solution
Government conned by false Dean victims
Cement workers strike for pension
The Abortion Debate
May Pen market dominates council
Yam Festival cancelled to promote growth
US students spread love at Hanbury Home for Children
Human Rights and Police Use of Force and Firearms Policy
Roving with Lalah feedback
Health Ministry seeks workers ahead of new no-fees system
Child labour woes in Westmoreland

Cement Co makes $522m profit - But will pay no dividends - Funds to flow to US$177m plant project
All but free of faulty cement claims that ate into profits two years ago Trinidad owned Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCC) has made more than half a billion in profit at yearend December 2007 largely on the back of big sales revenue. At the same time...

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Fed cuts funds rate to three-year low - But not as much as expected
Expensive January - 2.2 per cent inflation worst in a decade
DHL positions for growth in Montego Bay, Kingston - After 20 years in Jamaica
JSE preference share issue delayed - New stock market structure to emerge in April
NCB revises structure - Insurance arm now under wealth unit - Int'l business part of retail banking
Trade gap grows to US$4b - Oil bill 92% of export income
LA superior court reduces damages to Dole farmhands
Securing the future - career in life insurance

Asafa Powell urged to hang tough
CANADIAN OLYMPIC gold medallist and former world 100-metre record holder Donovan Bailey believes it would be easier for Asafa Powell to win Olympic gold if he only thinks about himself."If Asafa gets in and runs his race and does not worry about where he is - the Olympic Games...

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Twenty20 tourney for Montego Bay
Meadhaven in charge of Super League
Jamaica scrape by T&T for second win
WIPA boss hopeful
CWJ, St Ann Bauxite take top honours at cricket presentation
Waulgrovians continue winning streak
'Bull' to challenge hot Gore at Dover
Well done, Calabar, Holmwood
Hair is ready to umpire
US rejects Olympics boycott
Manchester United, Chelsea set sights on Arsenal

EDITORIAL - Linking nutrition with economic policy
Dr Ballayram, a food economist at the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), has warned of the likelihood, literally, of a bloating of Jamaica with the explosion of diet-related, non-communicable diseases. People will get, or, are becoming, fat and ill...

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Carrying our cross
Tibetan Independence
NOTE-WORTHY: 'Lewin must go?'

LETTER OF THE DAY - Poor parenting at fault in school problems
The Editor, Sir: With all this talk about school children and discipline I embrace the notion that much of the unwanted behaviour stems from poor parenting in the home. I am in no way avoiding or oblivious to the fact that teachers also have an instrumental role to play...

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Focus on police training
Abortion should be legal
No GSAT space crunch
Clarity sought re school complaint

'Nuff an Plenty' fun at Pantomime
In spite of two months' worth of performances under its belt, the LTM National Pantomime, Nuff an Plenty, continues to enjoy a full house, as was evident on Sunday, March 9, at the Little Theatre. One of the alluring factors of Pantomime is its unique distinction...

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Something extra
Canadians take regional Commonwealth Writers' prizes

Where is the war on trans fats?
There doesn't appear to be any organised effort here to educate consumers about trans fat and curtail its use, but other countries are taking steps to protect their citizens from this known artery-clogging, heart-unfriendly substance hidden in some processed and packaged foods....

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