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Stabroek News

published: Sunday | March 2, 2008

Lead Stories


Unregulated industry opens door to corruption
WITH NO regulatory framework in place, the multimillion-dollar wrecking business is wide open to corruption, with many players in the industry raking in huge sums.

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Guest editors for peace
Should Kern resign?
... PNP split on his fate
Light-bulb probe: Who is involved
Wrecking the rules
Not a money-making exercise - KSAC
First Global Bank launches award for Jamaican women
Libel law review: The issues

News


Transport Authority's towaway policy
The Transport Authority has direct responsibility for regulating and monitoring public passenger transportation in Jamaica.

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Steps to recover vehicles!
Avoiding wrecking fees
Music triggers early sexual activity - study
WEEK THAT WAS (February 24-March 1)
Peace endangered as 47 Palestinians killed
Entrepreneurship after retirement
The elderly abandoned in nursing homes

Business


Castle for sale - Lee Chin lined up to buy
Trident Castle, a Portland property caught up in a legal battle that has gone as far as the United Kingdom Privy Council, remains listed on the real estate market for sale, even while billionaire Lee...

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Digicel going against Vodafone in Fiji
Kool Runnings cops job award - Telecom created 312 jobs in 2007
Home loans come with strings attached
US$2 port fee worries SBAJ
Acquisition financing: options and structures
Bonds hold no intrigue - But reliable and safe way to invest
Going for gold - New record price at US$975
Checklist for building that website
Microsoft unveils new server, software developer tools
Samuda sets 50% target to cut 'red tape'
€Multimillion yacht marina for Grenada
Tommy Hilfiger mansion listed for US$28m
TGCC a partnership
Succession in Cuba ... Raúl to tame bureaucracy

Sport


Blake, Russell in ominous form at trials
WORLD JUNIOR Championships bronze medallists Yohan Blake and Carrie Russell were in impressive form on yesterday's opening day of the two-day Carifta Games Trials at the National Stadium East complex.Blake, in his first 100...

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Jamaica Open back at north coast course
Jamaica incommand against T&T
Young West Indies win Plate
Walker boots home four
Tivoli and Portmore face-off
Man U closing in on Arsenal
Damani still battling knee injury
SA dominate in second Test
Defending champions march to victory
A piece of history - 50 years ago
Ignoring the bananas - How John Barnes tackled racism in English football
Good selection, Dr Hunte and company

Commentary


The police commissioner's agenda
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has demonstrated, to date, the kind of big-picture thinking which the administration of the Jamaica Constabulary Force needs to become a more efficient crime-fighting agency.

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - The decay of the PNP
The 'afterwards' of abortion
'Kern-el' fried chicken

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Odd that Kern is the only official charged
The Editor, Sir:I find it quite odd that Mr Kern Spencer, the former state minister for energy, is the only elected government official from the former PNP-led administration that is being...

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UWI postgrad concerns revisited
Sick of behaviour in schools
Was slavery ever abolished?
Taking agriculture more seriously
Do tax acts defy Constitution?

Entertainment


'Dunn' with payola! Broadcasting Commission aims to stop pervasive pay-for-play
The pay-for-play system of operating in broadcast media, especially radio, has been as constant as the music industry itself. Now the Broadcasting Commission is doing its part to crack down on the problem by putting in place new and revised regulations.

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CARIBBEAN PROFILE: Soca Monarch Biggie, 'Irie' with reggae
Cherine Anderson takes 'piece' of Spears remix
'A Winter Tale' comes to Ja

Arts &Leisure


Digital art: The Jamaican revolution - Pt II
IN THE golden years of piracy on the high seas there were two women who made a name for themselves as the only females plying the trade right here in the Caribbean.

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Routes to Roots ... entertaining!
Book Review: A blueprint for healing
Spider Webs
Book review: Miri's magic appeals to all senses

Outlook


Even off track ... Asafa loves the fast lane
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."(Henry Ford)It is fitting that world 100-metre record holder, Asafa Powell, is captured leaning against a spanking Mercedes-Benz he advertises on behalf...

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The phone goes go or I go!
Should she dare to go bare?
Jade tree
Preserving dark beauties
Create a child-friendly home
Celebrating black women's sexuality
A lawyer and his game
Acid reflux disease
Opal Palmer In love with Mr Write
No obligation
The many faces of Love
The death of chivalry

In Focus


Lessons from Spencer
The People's National Party (PNP) has been plagued with bad timing for a couple of years, and that was most evident with its calling of the last general elections. The jinx continues. The party sent out invitations for a media party Friday night, but this is certainly one weekend the PNP has nothing to celebrate.

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Fidel's Cuba
Castro: One man against the world
Abortion in Jamaican law
Clinton v Obama: a royal rumble
Dance of the elephants

Social


United gift initiative for a better Jamaica
Whenever there's a positive worldwide initiative, Jamaica always seems to be in it. United Way of Jamaica launched its Major Gifts Initiative on Tuesday, which is a move to get entities and individuals from within the country to provide substantial capital to aid United Way's work.

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Media team off to Norway
NCB Mandeville opens with fanfare and confetti
Issa family celebration
Happy birthday Patrick williams
An orchid affair

Auto


2008 Toyota Land Cruiser - Cruisin' 'Bruknail'
The Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the premier 4x4 vehicles around. Toyota Jamaica brought one to the ADA motor show last year and we were eager to get our hands on it.

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Deportee Drive - 2005 Nissan Cube: Plagiarising Picasso
Daley convincing leading into Florida Winter Tour


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