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EU slams China dairy duties as ‘unjustified’
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BEIJING, China — Brussels hit back Monday at China slapping duties of up to 42.7 per cent on some dairy products from the European Union (EU), calling...
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ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy's competition authority said Monday it had fined the United States (US) tech giant Apple 98 million euros ($115 million) for...
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Davie Community Worship Center, Florida, donates $1 million to aid Melissa-hit churches
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UDC expands fireworks fest to St Bess, Westmoreland
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December 22 12:24 AM
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Jamaica’s weakened economic state
February 20, 2010
Claude Robinson Lest we read too much into the Fitch upgrade and the success of the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) programme, there was a sobering remind...
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A Critical Reflection on Management of Caricom
BY PHIL PASCAL 
February 20, 2010
THE Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom), in celebrating its 37th anniversary with the hopes of fully operationalising the Single Market an...
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Jamaica: the next haven for young celebrities?
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Jamaica: the next haven for young celebrities?
DIANE ABBOTT 
February 20, 2010
JAMAICA with its luxurious north coast resorts like Round Hill has always been the preferred destination of the very rich and mature holiday-maker. Su...
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The games go on despite crabbiness
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
February 19, 2010
CONSIDERING all the complications, expense, fuss and bother involved, why would any country want to play host to an Olympic Games? Twenty months ago, ...
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Rex regnant – role model for living
Franklin Johnston 
February 18, 2010
Rex has left the building. Long live the king! I saw Rex - the reigning king - as a schoolboy and was blown away by his presence. He came on the stage...
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They quietly laid him down…
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They quietly laid him down…
Barbara Gloudon 
February 18, 2010
THE CROWDS were long gone. The chapel, packed on Tuesday with the high and the mighty from far and wide, stood shuttered and restored to its accustome...
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‘Listen louder’
Celta Kirkland 
February 18, 2010
Reflections in prayer 1KINGS 19:11-12: "Go and stand before Me on the mountain, the Lord told him. And Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a m...
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JALPA relying on emotional appeal
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JALPA relying on emotional appeal
February 17, 2010
LIKE most Jamaicans I am saddened that the Trinidadians seem set to own another piece of us in Air Jamaica. I am peeved, not because the Trinidadians ...
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An idea whose time has come
Michael Burke 
February 17, 2010
THE Jamaican Airline Pilots Association wants to buy Air Jamaica. But if JALPA cannot, they will take the same money that they would buy Air Jamaica w...
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Please, Sir, I want some more!
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Please, Sir, I want some more!
February 17, 2010
THIS was not a sexy event. The media was virtually invisible. But it was an important event and deserved more attention than it got. Such is the fate ...
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The Air Jamaica screw-up
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The Air Jamaica screw-up
Howard Chin 
February 16, 2010
'THERE'S been a lot of talk recently about Air Jamaica being sold to the Trinidadians, who, it is said, are really reluctant to take this on, having b...
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The irrelevance of Black History Month in Jamaica
February 16, 2010
IT is quite surprising to note that some Jamaicans want to celebrate a Black History Month as done in the United States, or to participate in the rece...
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Jamaica for sale – cheap and quick!
With Betty Ann Blaine 
February 15, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, At the rate at which the country is going, the government might as well string up a banner from one end of the island to t...
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The astonishing Rex Nettleford
BY COLIN RICKARDS 
February 15, 2010
The death of Professor Rex Nettleford, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies and one of the great intellects of the Americas -...
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Govt acts fairly, responsibly in Air Jamaica’s divestment
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Govt acts fairly, responsibly in Air Jamaica’s divestment
By Ken Chaplin 
February 15, 2010
In governing a country the Executive cannot allow sentiment to rule. Take the case of government and the divestment of Air Jamaica, for example. Since...
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Is the PNP ready to take the reins of power?
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Is the PNP ready to take the reins of power?
Chris Burns 
February 14, 2010
The jury is still out on the People's National Party's readiness to resume big-league engagements. But one thing is certain, a lot of work lies ahead ...
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Land of wood, water and frequent flyers
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Land of wood, water and frequent flyers
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
February 14, 2010
"You never know the use of water until the well runs dry." Well, now we know literally and figuratively, what with our hot pursuit of water truck driv...
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Transportation, Tribalism and Trade
James Moss-Solomon 
February 13, 2010
It would be totally unfair to say that the staff of Air Jamaica is responsible for the state of affairs in that company. Over the years, and largely d...
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Caricom as Haiti’s ‘Advocate’
Analysis by Rickey Singh 
February 13, 2010
Will we join the campaign for French compensation? WITH all the reporting on the dislocation and enormous sufferings of Haitian earthquake victims and...
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Black no longer beautiful?
DIANE ABBOTT 
February 13, 2010
I came of age in the era of "Black is Beautiful" and when skin-whitening creams were frowned upon. But in recent years skin bleaching has come back wi...
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The corrupting influence of organised crime
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
February 13, 2010
ACTING Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington's swift promotion of three policemen who apprehended suspects in the major arms bust in Eastern Kingston ...
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Corruption, Trust and Law Enforcement
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Corruption, Trust and Law Enforcement
February 13, 2010
One of the most troubling relationships which one can encounter is that of a marriage in which there has been a breakdown of trust. This breakdown of ...
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