Lead Stories
Farmhands taking off
THE MINISTRY of Labour says it is disturbed by the growing number of Jamaican workers who absconded from the Farm and Factories Programme in Canada last year, and will be taking steps to arrest this trend. The Ministry's 1999 statistical bulletin shows..

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'Shots were fired into cells'
Henry prepares to challenge Seaga
Farm Work Programme increases Jamaican job opportunities
Indigenous plants and animals can bolster economy
Hylton outlines foreign trade policy objectives

News
Drought could get worse, says Met Office

EXPERTS AT the Meteorological Office say that drought being experienced by the parishes of St. Thomas, St. Catherine and Clarendon could become worse, and extend to other parishes as the summer wears on.

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Hospitals cannot absorb cost of blood processing
Privy Council to rule on detention of juveniles
Dynamite found at St. Catherine prison again
The case against Samuda
I should replace Samuda - Henry

Business
Davies to take Union Bank dispute to Cabinet
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, was scheduled to seek Cabinet approval for an offer aimed at settling the pay dispute at the FINSAC-controlled Union Bank, yesterday. BITU senior vice-president, Ruddy Spencer, confirmed yesterday that..

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New CEO at Royal Bank of Trinidad
Air traffic controllers to examine salary survey

Sport
Local juniors seek regional golf glory

JAMAICA'S leading junior golfers will match their skills against their regional counterparts when the 13th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship (CAJGC) tees off this morning at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club. Jamaica have never won the...

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Windies seeking revenge
Boyz back at work
14 punters hit Pools jackpot
The new CTL, trainers feud

Commentary
The rule of the Don
IN A rolling wave across the capital city, community after community is openly rejecting the authority of the Government and its security forces and is embracing the rule of the Don. The rule of 'community leaders' is nothing new. It has long been part.

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Death squads as aftermath
Summer time blues
CARICOM and integration

Letters
Old ways are dying...
THE EDITOR, Madam: THE POET Archibald McLeish wrote -

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Of prisons, migration and remuneration
The Church's witness
Let's have the Manley monument
Biblical truth concerning tithing, giving

Entertainment
Beenie Man's long-awaited album released

AFTER SEVERAL months of postponements, Virgin Records has finally released Beenie Man's debut album Art And Life. The album was expected to be on the shelves of record stores in the United States today, following a release in greater Europe last week...

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'Male Face of the Millennium'
Horace Taylor: determined to win
Trudy-Ann Collins is the new Miss Ja World (Cornwall)

Senior Life
Vera T hompson Enjoys helping the unfortunate

VERA THOMPSON was born, Vera Isaacs, on June 19, 1920 at Ipswich in St. Elizabeth. Her 81st birthday, recently, was just another day in her life, except for the more than normal telephone calls from her friends and family.

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Altimont Loney: A man of the soil

St. Thomas
The lure of the parish
MORANT BAY, St. Thomas: PROBABLY ONE of the parishes with the most compelling historical legacy is St. Thomas with its glamour, beauty and potential for development.

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Youth exchange programme to boost tourism, trade
The evolution of a Vision
Growth through eco-tourism

Star Page
Marlon is 'Male of-the-Year 2000'

LAST year, Marlon Atkinson, only made it into the top ten for Male of the Year, this year his luck changed for the better and he topped a field of 15 finalists to be named Manhunt Jamaica - Male of the Year 2000, at the Hilton Hotel on Sunday.

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