Bruce shuns Bush? - PM denies requests to talk with US president
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has turned down two invitations to have face-to-face talks with United States President George W. Bush. This has sparked concern of a possible rift in the relationship between Jamaica House and the White House, particularly as Golding has jetted off to Havana...

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ATTACKING PRAEDIAL LARCENY - We are losing millions - Farmers
'Protect Brand Jamaica'
Gov't warned against playing politics with school boards
Petrol prices put the brakes on taxi profits
Company keeps Tru to staff numbers
Outsourcing saves bakery lots of dough
Former Cash Plus exec wants bodyguards
Appeal court frees murder convicts
United Kingdom Baptists repent for African slavery
Gym instructor gets off gun rap
Police Fed shoots down Golding's claims
Mom rues slain son
Cops target Clarendon hot spots

All abuzz about Scripps
Tomorrow, the Gleaner Children's Own Spelling Bee champion Sade Dunbar will start her quest to become the second Jamaican to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Sade, along with coach the Rev Glen Archer, corporate affairs and marketing manager of The Gleaner Company...

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Most early childhood centres breaching law
Schools in the red for utility payments
Five master keys to success (Pt 2)
THE GAY DEBATE - Golding is a bigot
Shock, disbelief at Fitz-Henley murder
Tennis ace serves August Town youth
Across the nation
New Cabinet-approved boards
Food facility for 'St Bess'

C&WJ discards mobile assets - Company writes off $5 billion - New pan -Caribbean outfit - Sets sights on M&A targets
Cable and Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) has written off a major chunk of its mobile infrastructure but is expected within a matter of months to unveil invest-ments for replacement technology. Phil Green, the listed company's new CEO, says the write-down of mobile assets...

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Real-estate IPO off to slow start - But brokers expect Carlton Savannah's offer to pick up
BITU in good shape
$1b small-business loan fund lacks subscribers - Samuda takes charge of NIF-financed programme
Scotia maintains its profit edge - To pay dividends of $996 million
Issa property company takes on $4-billion residential project
Guardian to sell stake in Panama company - Anticipates TT$450m profit from Mundial and RBTT share disposals
Balancing your portfolio

Bigger pot for Derby
The 88th running of the Digicel Jamaica Derby will be run at Caymanas Park on Saturday, June 14 and sponsor Digicel has gone the extra mile to make it a memorable occasion. Plans for Digicel Derby Day were outlined at yesterday's launch on the lawns of HAM Stables Stud Farm...

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Windies urged to emulate 'Shiv'
'We showed that we can compete'
Meadhaven on the brink
Tinesta sets new standard
Rain wrecks fixture
Jetsetters, Maxfield top SVL leagues
England, WI for four Tests, five ODIs

EDITORIAL - Transformation of RM courts long overdue
Most of the litigation with which the average Jamaican citizen is involved takes place in the Resident Magistrate's Courts. These courts replaced the District Courts in 1885 when the colonial administration decided to abolish the District Courts and replace them with a parish-based...

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Integrated underdevelopment
NOTE-WORTHY: Free to talk

LETTER OF THE DAY - Creeping cultural imperialism
The Editor, Sir: Controversy was shoehorned into the last part of the BBC interview where Mr Golding was asked about Jamaica's attitude to homosexuality and here Mr Golding should have used the laws of Jamaica as they stand to explain his position....

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A mother's relief
Checkpoints to control crime
Love is the answer
No to buying illegal guns
PM's 'bigotry'
Waiting on Tufton
Fight crime with conscience
Really serious about change?

The mystery of Sheila Rickards
An Australian-Canadian documentary film crew is seeking the help of the Jamaican people in solving a compelling reggae mystery of finding Jamaican singer, Sheila Rickards. The two reggae fans, Canadian Chris Flanaghan and Australian Dan Monceaux, are currently in Jamaica...

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Artistry at 'Digicel Fashion Block'
Something extra
Gunter 'nah laugh'

BE WELL - Kicking the habit
LIFE IS just full of paradoxes, isn't it? Just think about it; many enjoyable and pleasurable activities are unfortunately not good for us, at least so the scientists say. I like, for example, a decadent chocolate mousse cake, but I can't eat it everyday; it might clog...

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FITNESS CLUB - Exercising for strength, endurance and flexibility
DIETITIAN'S DESK - Anaemia can affect your energy level
Dental implants the best innovation in dentistry in the last 40 years
I AM WHAT I THINK - Times are hard, but ...Where thereis life, there is HOPE
Getting rid of ear wax

UN workers enter Myanmar's cyclone-hit delta
YANGON, Myanmar (AP):INTERNATIONAL AID workers have finally begun entering Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta area after being blocked for more than three weeks by the country's military junta, officials said yesterday. But the United Nations (UN)...

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Children in war zones abusedby aid workers
Mars lander delights scientists