Cops in trouble - Cases mount against members of the force
WESTERN BUREAU: A 31-year-old policeman attached to the Area One Flying Squad - based in Montego Bay - is scheduled to be sentenced for gun-related charges on March 21, following his conviction in the Western Regional Gun Court on Wednesday. The conviction of Constable Rahul Khourie...

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McKenzie bans police from impounding vehicles at KSAC
Teacher to answer assault charges
PNP sits out Senate
'Prevent bush fires' - Jacks Hill blaze sparks warning against burning
Teen fugitive from US caught
CSEC seminar a success out west
Judge pulls out stops on repeat traffic offenders - 20 cabbies, busmen get two days in jail each
No more loitering in transport centre

Hi-Lo rebounds
Just over two years ago, the GK Foods management was on the verge of unloading popular supermarket chain Hi-Lo Food Stores. This was revealed at Wednesday night's awards dinner held at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. Chairman of the Hi-Lo board, Audrey Hinchcliffe...

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Olint appeals for Hylton ban
Adventists to baptise 1,000 at Arena
Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) reviews use-of-force policy
Air Jamaica gears up for summer rush
DPP receives Tivoli Five file for ruling
Cop's conspiracy case back in court April 2
Consumer group urges smarter food choices

LOJ to pay $900 million in dividends - Says more to come
Life of Jamaica (LOJ), the financial services conglomerate, says it will pay out approximately $900 million in interim dividend against 2008 projected profit, even ahead of finalising the results for its first quarter that ends on March...

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Cruise outlook
$4 billion housing project for Montego Bay - Can-Cara launches Meadows of Irwin today
Dyoll Insurance seeks $388m in damages - Triples claim against former parent
Donnie Bunting, dairy-educated fish farmer - No easy road for No. 2 producer of inland fish
Gold futures hit US$1,000 per ounce - As investors abandon plunging US dollar
NIR regains strength in February - Ahead of fiscal target
COMMENTARY - Jamaica as an operating business
COMMENTARY - UWI's agenda for strategic change - The final in a series
Understanding the EPA - Most Favoured Nation concession a danger for the Caribbean

Jamaica poised to clinch crown
THE BATTLE for the regional Carib Beer Cup continues today, and with some teams having a match in hand, the winners may not be known until defending champions Barbados tackle Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen's Park Oval on March 28....

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Holmwood take charge at Champs
Harbour View get a late lifeline
Windies to face tough first round opponents in Pakistan
Collingwood and Ambrose save England
Aussies ok for Indian Twenty20
ON THE BOUNDARY: Cool it, Chris - remember your position
HORSE SENSE - Where are we coming from?
Walker appeals four-day ban
Heffes still JROA president
Take Smoothability
Racing rivalry renewed Down Under

EDITORIAL - Financing research and development
Prime Minister Bruce Golding made a very important point, even if it was not new. The argument has been the constant refrain of people like Dr Henry Lowe and Dr Arnoldo Ventura - and others. What Mr Golding did not do is to go far enough. He might have offered tangible initiatives...

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Embracing the positives
Fears of a global financial crisis
M16 and MP5 - who really cares?
NOTE-WORTHY - Wrong move

LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Much ado about nothing'
The Editor, Sir:I am dismayed by the fact that the minister of education could jump on a very narrow-minded bandwagon to 'censor' certain literature books because one or two expletives appear in them. Clearly someone has missed the true essence of education...

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Job experience hard to get
Christianity and superstition

'River Bottom' a stream full of laughter, satire
At 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, when The Gleaner took a look at River Bottom, the almost filled Centerstage Theatre was abuzz with anticipation. When the lights went up the cast and crew delivered and the audience duly responded. It was a festival of laughter prompted ...

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Da'Ville steps forward with 'Yesterday'
Heron outstanding in 'Medea'
Horton Hears a Who! - Protection of a guardian angel
Something extra

Rotary Wine tasting
WESTERN BUREAU: Wine connoisseurs '1876 Wines' unveiled an impressive line at the Rotary Club of Montego Bay's fund-raiser last Friday night.An Italian Cantina Cerquetta, a German Rheinpfalz, French Domaine La Milliere and Argentinian...

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Pulsating weekend for Miss Jamaica hopefuls
Out and about

Archbishop found dead
BAGHDAD (AP):The body of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found in a shallow grave in northern Iraq yesterday, one of the most dramatic attacks on the nation's small Christian community.In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI said the act offends the dignity of humankind....

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Taylor trial witness tells of cannibalism