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published: Sunday | August 15, 2004
Lead Stories


Talking tough Drugs, guns and terror
JAMAICA'S ARMY chief has issued a sobering warning against complacency in the face of a growing threat to the...

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Caribbean storm watch posted
Charley kills at least 15 in Florida
President Bush to visit disaster area
Another police unit coming
New emergency response team being trained
Demolishing the network
Phillips awaits Brady report

News


Fifteen years crime free
The Amity Hall story

WITH THE spiralling crime rate in Jamaica the idea of safety in many places in the country is far-fetched. However, there is one place that can boast of being relatively crime-free...

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Police clubs on the go
Rooting out corruption
'She battled a gunman and won'

Business


Should I register my business here or in the USA?
RODNEY, A 'born Jamaican' writes from the USA: Dear Hopeton,I have been researching for the longest time what sort of business structure...

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Local sugar industry can be profitable ­ Morrison
Why buy Jamaican?
Google IPO auction opens amid new questions

Sport


Mullings out of Olympics
ATHENS, Greece: SPRINTER STEVE Mullings will not be at the 2004 Athens Olympics. That is the final word from chef de mission of the Jamaican delegation here, Don Anderson, following the positive drug test returned by the former Vere Technical athlete...

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A learning experience for Nigella
Thorpe shepherds England fightback
Powell eyes 100m record
Rough going for J'cans

Commentary


Sabotaging the Olympic ideal
FRIDAY'S WELL-choreographed and spectacular opening ceremony of the 28th Olympiad in Athens, was a fitting tribute to Greek culture and its contribution to civilisation and modern thought. Sadly, the ideals of the modern Olympic movement, drawn from...

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'We are here to help'­ Lewin
Meringue politicians and empty calories
Apartheid ­ many J'cans fought it
Making sense of the unemployment figures

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY
Is modesty dead?

THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE heard a few of the contributions to the debate on women's dressing. I am not certain whether to be happy or sad that the contents of a message should...

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Gender power struggle
Be thankful we were spared
Espeut and Perkins, wrong approach

Entertainment


Ja plays on manhood
SEXUALITY IS one of life's great pantomimes. If one takes a look at two of the plays currently on the Jamaican stage, The Last Stand and Sweet Country Love...

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New spirit of dancehall
Secular music gets gospel lift
'Miss Jamaica Independence'
Looking to the future
Fashion trails style on stage

Arts &Leisure


Scoping out the land
A review of 'Landscapes' at the Bolivar Gallery

'J AMAICAN Landscapes' is the subject and title of Bolivar Gallery's latest exhibition.

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Literary minds meet in Zimbabwe
POEM OF THE WEEK
The journey of a 'Rising Star'
ART DIARY

In Focus


On Target Empathy highlights Golding's speech
CLIFF HUGHES, in my view the country's finest newsman, got it terribly wrong last week. After Bruce Golding delivered his finely crafted, strategic and surgical ... Ian Boyne

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The Golding, Charles candidacies ...and the balance of power in the JLP
A book lover's 'secret life'

Social


NEW POST FOR KENNY?
Benjamin may be Ukraine's first Honorary Consul General to Jamaica

Y OU KNOW, one would have thought, that in the heights of the 70s the Jamaican State, was at the heights of its international popularity, coming into its own within the ranks of organisations as the non-aligned movement; Socialist...

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Meet Jamaican university professor Geoff Palmer
Epicurean delights at Marguerites by the sea





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