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Re-allocate money from special funds to finance budget, say analysts
Political commentator Martin Henry is proposing that government re-allocate money from special funds to finance some of the country’s needs.

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Today's Issue Published: Saturday | April 16, 2011
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Fare jitters
COMMUTERS COULD be asked to pay more to ride on the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses this fiscal year.

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News

'I would love to see trains rolling again'
BOG WALK, St Catherine:WHENEVER SHE is not debilitated by arthritis, Gladys Stephens would take time out to have reading and storytelling sessions with her grandchildren.

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Business

Ministry official downplays banana agreement
DESPITE LEGAL advice that a banana-export agreement he signed with the Caymanian government may be void - having not received the approval of the British government - Donovan Stanberry, permanent secretary in Jamaica's Ministry of Agriculture, is optimistic the situation will be resolved.

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Sports

Star cast to light up UTech Classics
Everything is in place for today's fourth staging of the University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classics, with a host of big-name athletes down to strut their stuff at the National Stadium.

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Commentary

EDITORIAL: Decisive action needed in extradition matters
Recent events have called into question the competencies of judicial functionaries in both the Attorney General's (AG) Chambers and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY: How would the Patois policy work?
THE EDITOR, Sir:If I understand the pro-Patois being-taught-in-school lobby correctly, Jamaican would be the main language of communication, especially in the early years.

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Entertainment

Jamaica's 'first couple' performs for the Ward
Jamaica's first couple of classical music, internationally acclaimed Curtis and Pauline Watson, will sing for the Ward in one of their rare duo performances in May Memories on Sunday, May 1, at the Institute of Jamaica's Lecture Hall, starting at 11...

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Lifestyle

Doctor's Advice; Is my girlfriend normal?
Q. Hello Doc.

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