PREPARE AS IF FOR WAR - WALKER TELLS HIS TEAM - Danville on duty
DANVILLE WALKER, chief executive officer of the newly-created Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), and The Gleaner's 'Man of the Year' for 2002, is putting prospective members of his team on alert: Prepare yourselves like...

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Farm crisis to affect schools
Challenging times ahead for 'St Bess'
DANVILLE'S TASK - The man-of-the-moment
DANVILLE'S TASK - A tough road ahead

Agriculture on its knees
WESTERN BUREAU: HURRICANE IVAN delivered a crippling blow to farmers in St. Elizabeth who were only just waking up from the stupor brought on by the devastation of Hurricane Charley in August.

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Food to be airlifted to communities
DANVILLE'S TASK - Tangle River needs urgent attention
Priority disaster areas
NWC restores water to several customers

Accessing utilities after a hurricane
NOW THAT Hurricane Ivan has turned its path of destruction north-ward, memories of the system remain fresh in the minds of many Jamaicans as they endure what appears to be an extended period without the basic utilities of electricity and water.

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Grace, Kennedy helps downtown communities
Make crime unprofitable
'Ivan' closes hotel doors
Assessing NCB's performance after AIC control
'Ivan' repair shock ahead

'I am the best'
IT'S OVER. World top-class 100-metre men's sprinting came to an end yesterday at the World Athletics Final in Monaco's Stade Louis II Stadium with Jamaica's Asafa Powell proclaiming: "I am the best." Powell made the statement after victory in a...

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Racehorse trainers to end boycott
A shaky start for Wolmer's
Titchfield off with a bang
George's drub Donald Quarrie
A few more things to think about
Special bonuses for Campbell, Blackwood

Commendable restoration efforts
HAPPILY, MORE sections of the country have been put back on the Jamaica Public Service's electricity supply grid, as technical crews continue to work long and extended hours late into the nights to restore power to customers. It is also commendable...

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - 'Ivan' batters the farming sector - A rough ride ahead
A high state of panic
Enough talk: Time to rebuild!
Communication and the top executive

LETTER OF THE DAY - 'We were prepared'
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN THE wake of 'Ivan', as we grieve with those who lost loved ones, with those made homeless and indeed with all who suffered, I think it is worthwhile as a nation to pause and reflect on where we were, where we now are and what...

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What's happening in SOS village?
Value of the arts
We are praying for you
Abortion: The death of true freedom
Disheartening
Keep up the good work
Great job, Gleaner
Greetings from Nassau
Using the media to help victims

Street dances postponed
FACING POSSIBLE looting and chaos by thugs during Hurricane Ivan last Friday, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson declared a period of public emergency. While this move may have achieved its intentions, it may have also dealt a losing hand to...

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Promoters left hanging in the breeze

THE RITUAL OF TEA
THE ANNUAL juried and invitational exhibition ­ Tea, Glorious Tea! ­ is now in its second staging at the Revolution Gallery. This year, the show brings together mainly ceramists, sculptors and fibre arts and mixed media artists from...

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Builders for eternity
Delicious, poignant poetry

Marjorie Scott-Anderson Making stars shine
TODAY THE light is dim in Marjorie's eyes, but soon they brighten when the exhausted woman recounts a recent victory which was of historic proportions.

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Addicted to reading

Political storm to follow 'Ivan'
THE PRIME Minister's establishment of the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR) was an excellent move, and his appointment of the country's most respected, highly efficient and no-nonsense public servant, Danville Walker, to head the ONR, a...

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