More rain! - Flooding in several parishes
More rains are expected to pelt the island today, as the country continues to experience unstable weather conditions caused from a trough which is currently over Jamaica and the central Caribbean.Yesterday, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management...

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Consumers boycott bread, patties - Hike in baked products takes effect
Bob goes Bollywood
Free registration causes long delays at children's hospital
IAPA wants Starbroek ad ban lifted
Time short to apply for summer jobs
No space for pregnant girls
Uncertainty over principal's death
Ganja still on Parliament's cutting board
'We will meet with el-Faisal, while we investigate'

TYRONE'S WATCH: Traffic hazard red-flagged - Wellington Glade residents want stop lights
What's not working? - The intersection at Munroe Road and Wellington Drive in Liguanea is a disaster waiting to happen. Residents of Wellington Glade told our news team that there is hardly a week that passes without an accident taking place at the junction.

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Crab fest in Paradise
No breaches by NWC, rules Privy Council
Digicel Foundation refurbishes Waldensia Primary and Piedmont Basic
JNBS helps residents with titles
Faulty elevator burdens mother
Mixed feelings for new 'Oprah' school
Chen-Young did not influence decision - Hylton

Businesses score duck at World Cup
AS CRICKET World Cup 2007 approached, administrators at the Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) had high expectations of strong returns. Things, however, did not go as planned. Colin Porter, manager of technical services at the government organisation, told The Gleaner...

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The good, the bad and the ugly
Rio Tinto eyeing bid for Alcan - report
Ford plans sale of Volvo cars, BMW interested
Air Jamaica confirms London route sale

Windies hit rock bottom - Caribbean side plummet swiftly to heaviest Test defeat
LEEDS, England (CMC): West Indies sank to their heaviest defeat in Tests yesterday when England won the rain-affected second Test by an innings and 283 runs. West Indies, following on 424 runs behind on first innings, were dismissed for 141 in their second innings...

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Asafa Powell gunning for fast start
Rum Talk, Lady T head derby field - Eleven entered for Saturday's feature
Lucky punter wins $4.5m Pick-9
Big bucks for Digicel classic day
ON THE BOUNDARY - Percy Sonn was a good man
Top four in semis showdown
No promotion to Super Cup
Venus 'A', UWI 'A' cop titles
'A pretty meek surrender'

EDITORIAL - Police kill again - and again!
We make no judgement on the veracity of the police account of their killing of two men on Friday at Catherine Hall, St. James, which became the subject of a demonstration by friends and colleagues of the dead men. The police have been accused of murder.

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Benny Hinn and that spirit
Globalisation and trade
Polls, prostitutes and the press
Bandstand flag

LETTER OF THE DAY - Be wary of budget brainwaves that promise freeness
The Editor, Sir: The Prime Minister's promise of free health care for citizens under the age of 18 years arouses my memory of a previous Prime Minister's declaration of 'free education for all'. They both happen to be budget brainwaves...

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Air Jamaica matter a PR fiasco
Police not good at shooting
Queries re Air Jamaica, Virgin deal

Take me away
The Gleaner brings you highlights of the 'Take Me Away' concert, held at the National Indoor Sports Complex on Sunday. Billed as a top quality singer's extravaganga, the show lived up to expectations. Headliners such as Richie Stephens and his mother, songtress Mama Carmen...

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Makeda Solomon relishing the theatre moments
'Calabashment' swings by the sea

Supply-chain challenges debated at SAJ's Lunch and Learn seminar
Last week's Lunch and Learn seminar on 'The Missing Link in Jamaica's Supply Chain' proved to be a thought-provoking session for all shipping professionals who were in attendance. Staged by the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), the seminar was held on Tuesday...

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24 teams vying Shipping Industry/KSAFA Under-15 title

VENEZUELA - TV shutdown sparks criticism
CARACAS (Reuters): Venezuela's replacement of an opposition television station yesterday with a state network promoting President Hugo Chávez's socialist revolution drew sharp criticism that the former soldier is attacking democratic freedoms.

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