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Stabroek News

published: Monday | August 13, 2007

Lead Stories


Rain pain to wane - Flood warning lifted - St Thomas hardest hit
Near normal weather conditions are expected to return to the rain-soaked island today following the lifting of a flash-flood warning yesterday by the Meteorological Service. According to the Met Service, the combination of weather features which produced prolonged heavy rainfall...

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Anti-crime policies get prime time
Cracking down on crime
'Build your legacy now' -Lee Chin urges graduates to launch into big dreams
'Government learning along the way'
People's National Party (PNP) pledges tax breaks for small hoteliers
A murder most 'fowl' - Hundreds of chickens die in heartbreaker

News


What Frank Grandison saw and heard
Frank 'Tony' Grandison is a man of science. He believes in the physical, not the unseen. Thus, to him there was no God, even though he was brought up in the Presbyterian Church. He led a normal life, and spent some years residing inEngland, from where he made many journeys...

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CRITIQUING THE DEBATE - Bruce won even when measured against expectations
Bad farm roads hamper production
'Final examination scripts'
HIV/AIDS myths - False beliefs derailing prevention programmes
Philately Corner - 'Scout' out your souvenir stamps
Herb hero - Guinea hen weed packed with power

Business


JamaicaEmployers' Federation (JEF) wary of People's National Party (PNP) promises
The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) is wary of promises made by the People's National Party (PNP) to implement a flexi workweek and to introduce a comprehensive occupational safety and health act. The party made the promises in its 2007 manifesto...

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Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) delays action against Jamaica Public Service Co. Ltd. (JPS) for recent power outage

Sport


Desperate alliance - NPL clubs unite in search of funding
A huge gap, between money received from sponsors and the rising cost to run a team, has forced top club rivals on the field into a desperate alliance off it, in a bid to secure a better deal from the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). "We have decided to take collective action," Edward Seaga...

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Daren Powell gets two but Hampshire lose
Williams' double sinks Meadhaven
Jamaica make dash for Caribbean one-day title
Guyana set sights on the double
England need record target to square series
Reading hold United scoreless - US goalkeeper Hahnemann saves plucky opponents
Rooney breaks foot
Djokovic stuns Federer to lift Rogers Cup
Imperious Woods wins 13th major

Commentary


EDITORIAL - New JFF leadership to push 'Back to Africa'
CRENSTON BOXHILL'S turbulent reign as president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is at an end. Last Thursday evening, the embattled Boxhill, who started the job with the JFF heavily indebted to the tune of nearly $30 million, declared that he would not seek re-election...

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The new back-tax axe
Handing over the keys
NOTE-WORTHY: The Church's role

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Some questions about HIV vaccine trials
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN MY job, I frequently have to review regulatory records on various clinical trials and other laudable methods used by medical researchers in the fight against disease. Also, the Canadian news media often carry advertisements seeking volunteers...

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Forty-five years and counting
Promises or priorities?
Delayed death certificate
Time to wake up

Entertainment


Crop Over! - Barbados' five-week carnival comes to an end
CARNIVAL IN Jamaica is long over and it may seem to be the last thing on people's mind, but not so in Barbados.The small eastern Caribbean island last weekend wrapped up its five-week carnival season, known as Crop Over.

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50 Cent promises to quit
Who will be the last one laughing at 'Comedy Buss'?
Meet the Beauties - Kadia Brooks

Flair


Lisa Grant Petite Park boss
For manager of Emancipation Park, Lisa Grant, architecture is in her blood. Her late father, Aubrey Grant, was an architect and she remembered watching him work at home and became intrigued."As a little girl, I was always drawing. I even used my crayons to draw on the walls.

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Beauty Queen for a day
FASHIONABLE BEAUTIES
Definition of discrimination
HOT ELIGIBLE BACHELORS
KELLY'S WORLD - Nomination Day awards
Soulmates together at last
Heart attack: silent killer
Continuing intercourse during pregnancy
Love has a price
Pulse's powers up: Caribbean Model Search is on

Caribbean


Fresh polls for St Lucia?
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): Political commentator Jeffrey Stewart says Prime Minister Sir John Compton could soon dissolve Parliament and call fresh general elections to bring back stability to the country. Speaking during a weekend radio broadcast here...

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Concern over T&T's natural gas reserves

International


Lord, have mercy! - Pastor held for tying girl to van, dragging her on ground
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters): A Texas pastor and a colleague have been charged with tying a 15-year-old girl to a van and dragging her along the ground after she refused to continue an exercise run at a Christian 'boot camp', police said yesterday....

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Tying the knot maybe come a lot harder




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