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Reckless day in Gordon House - The Golding administration and Portia Simpson Miller’s Opposition engaged in a reckless piece of political gamesmanship in Parliament yesterday, for which the Jamaican people could suffer severe consequences.Both, but…

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Prime Minister Bruce Golding will this morning huddle with the police and army chiefs to craft adjustments to their massive anti-crime initiative in the wake of the Government’s failure yesterday to get enough votes to green-light an extension of the state of public emergency…

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Agents from the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) yesterday seized a posh Mercedes-Benz motor car valued at millions of dollars from dancehall star Elephant Man in a bid to collect taxes owed by the entertainer. The car was taken from an upscale home …

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The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organi-sation (FAO) have joined forces with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) to help local small and backyard…

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National Commercial Bank (NCB) Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton says Jamaica needs to urgently plan and implement compulsory strategies if it is serious about arresting declining productivity levels….

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Farmers in the rugged rustic community of Free Hill, near Bamboo in St Ann, are appealing for help from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority or the Ministry of Agriculture to cover loans…

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WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Bruce Golding has linked a recent decline in Jamaica’s murder rate to his administration’s assault on crime and violence.At a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) North West St James constituency…

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More than 4,000 Jamaicans have been detained under the state of emergency since it was first imposed on May 23.Responding to questions in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that police figures up to July 14 showed that 4,181…

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LEGAL LUMINARIES have said scores of persons now being held under the current state of emergency may have to be released when it expires on Thursday.This is because a parliamentary vote to extend the extraordinary…

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NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dwight Nelson last night said the parliamentary Opposition missed an opportunity to demonstrate to Jamaica that it was taking a non-partisan approach to crime fighting…

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