Budgeting for debt
The country will see a significant jump in the size of the budget for the 2008/2009 fiscal year, bringing it closer to the $500 billion mark, when the Estimates of Expenditure are tabled in Gordon House today. Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw has said...

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Kern's bail extended - Kern returns to court in May
Cop to answer to kidnapping charge
Church must become more active - Lord Bishop
Downtown roads blocked - Tel-Aviv residents protest police shooting
'Send clear message against crime'

A stop at the jerk capital
If only Miss Sylvie had been a bit more careful while cleaning her standing fan, then she wouldn't have cut her finger and Angie wouldn't have been stuck working in the bar, dealing with people like Prophet; the gold-teeth sporting, white-rum drinking, self-proclaimed Rastaman...

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From a handcart to his own truck - Fruit vendor content with life
TB on the rise in HIV cases
Education assessment programmes to be reviewed
Bauxite lands for agriculture
200,000 fruit trees for 'St Bess'
Jamaica Institute of Management to celebrate milestone
Government urged to take heed of the environment
Attempts being made to clear backlog of criminal cases
Police use of force and firearms policy

Ford sells Jaguar, Land Rover to India's Tata Motors
Ford Motor Company is selling its storied Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Limited in a deal that will net the United States automaker US$1.7 billion (€1.08 billion) - roughly a third of the price it paid for the two luxury brands. ...

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Chile moves to reduce gas prices at pumps

Stalemate at The Office
CAPTAIN AURTIS Whitely rifled a spectacular left-footed goal in the 90th minute to earn Trinidad and Tobago a 2-2 draw against the Reggae Boyz as the Caribbean heavyweights clashed in a friendly international at the National Stadium last night....

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Netherlands rally to sink Austria
Windies go down despite brave fight
Is Chris Gayle untouchable?
Red-hot Thomas sinks Arnett Gardens
Wadadah in, Salem out
England clinch series
South Africa dominate opening day of first Test

EDITORIAL - Another MoU cushion in the making
Mr Lambert Brown, the trade union man, is probably correct that the two previous memoranda between the Government and unions securing public sector jobs contributed to industrial stability and allowed the administration to move beyond "outing fires"....

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Capitalist socialism
NOTE-WORTHY: Massive farm project

LETTER OF THE DAY - Will Obama become president of the USA?
The Editor, Sir: I would not wish it on my worst enemy for he or she to be president of the United States. Why, your strings are being pulled from behind the scenes, and long before your term of office ends - if you are not bumped off by your 'friends' or enemies before then ...

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Abortion: find a better way
Computers can't replace teachers
Education policy short-sighted
Call for action on night noise
Bajans not conservative

NDTC's Easter concert with signs and wonders
Easter Sunday, 5:30 a.m. The sky is overcast except that, above the eastern hills, the grey clouds wear a gradually widening hem of silver. It's a sign of dawn, as is the crowing of cocks. Dozens of cars are heading for the Little Theatre where the dancers and singers of the National Dance Theatre ...

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Thursday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
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Ready for the next level
It's a long way from the six-year-old boy who, being the eldest of the brood of five, helped mother around the kitchen. Back then, it was almost a rite of passage, and many mothers did not discriminate because they wanted their boys to be able...

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All food at the St Mary agri expo
Kitch'n'thyme is the place
Goshen Coconut Oil, old time something still the best!

PM gives Basra gunmen ultimatum
BAGHDAD (AP): Iraq's prime minister yesterday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a three-day deadline to surrender their weapons and renounce violence as Iraqi troops clashed with Shi'ite militia fighters for a second day. ...

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Bush, Putin to meet on missile defence