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published: Wednesday | July 16, 2008

Lead Stories


Olint raided - Authorities shut down offices in Turks and Caicos, Miami
A joint team of United States and Turks and Caicos law enforcement officers reportedly raided the offices of multibillion-dollar investment club Olint Corporation on those islands yesterday. The Gleaner learnt yesterday that Olint's offices in Miami, Florida, were also ordered closed ...

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Dexter Lee gets hero's welcome
Cop killed by colleague in motor vehicle accident
Agriculture ministry to analyse fertiliser report
Kencot Christian Fellowship hosts health-care clinic
Walker boasts 25% revenue increase
Dabdoub case set for November 24
Phillips blames political system for nation's crises
Cuba claims bulb shortfall

News


Phillips' bid political suicide for PNP - Brown - Analysts say fallout looms, Labourites to press advantage
Trade unionist Lambert Brown has warned that Dr Peter Phillips' bid to wrest the presidency of the People's National Party (PNP) from Portia Simpson Miller would pave the way for another electoral victory by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...

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RJR consolidates cable channels, appoints new general manager
Rae Barrett now interim deputy chairman of JUTC
NAJ president lauds nurses
Knight tempers tongue on Peter-Portia clash
Tourists to get summery greeting from Jamaican students
Alleged cop killer slain
Lessons from Seabiscuit (Part 4)
Public Accounts probe delayed
Westmoreland man found hanging

Business


C&W Pension fund selling $2b worth of property - Towers, New Kingston Shopping Centre on the block
Three of the capital's finest pieces of commercial estate - The Towers, the New Kingston Shopping Centre and former drive-in cinema in New Kingston - as well as the Fair View Shopping Centre in Montego Bay, have been put on sale by their owner, the Cable & Wireless Pension Fund...

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NCB opens 48th branch
Tank-Weld bracing for port rivalry
Port Authority gives Zim exclusive use of new western berth
PetroCaribe oil falls short of supply - Chavez agrees more favourable financing terms
GM to cut workers, production, dividend
Technological change and job mobility

Sport


Lee's coach expected golden run
WESTERN BUREAU: FOR MANY track and field pundits around the world, Dexter Lee's 100 metre gold medal success at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, which concluded in Poland last weekend, came as a big surprise. However, for coach Claude Grant, who has been guiding...

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Phillips to square off with Bahamian
What's wrong with Windies
Cottoy spins Jamaica to brink of defeat
St James juniors humble Hanover
Final attempt for Pistorius
Felicien to miss Olympics
Schleck seeks winning formula
Akhtar in line for recall

Commentary


EDITORIAL - UWI marking 60 years of regional relevance
Against the background of universities as old as 600 and 700 years, as are the likes of Cambridge and the Sorbonne, the 60 years of existence of The University of the West Indies (UWI) might seem hardly worth noticing. To us, however, it is a significant testimony ...

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The Bible in Jamaican
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Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Is the EPA a recipe for disaster?
The Editor, Sir: Again, the region (that is CARICOM) is entering into an economic partnership that spells doom for us the very moment this said agreement takes effect. The posterity (future) of the region is being handed to the EU by people who fail to consult...

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The heritage of English
Qualities of a good teacher
The reality behind the scrap metal trade
Flawed PNP campaign
Another view of Bolt in Olympics
Bending the rules for Sumfest benefit

Entertainment


Music, Legacy Live on
In keeping with the theme 'Their Music Lives On' the songs performed were from the catalogues of the dead and many of the awards handed out in the Gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Friday night were posthumous...

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Spectacular Dance Troupe takes spotlight
Venezuelan beauty queentops Miss Universe
NDTC season opens July 25
Griot Music set to liven up the nation
Something extra

Profiles in Medicine


Move the city dump
Toxic substances dangled menacingly in the thick, ugly smoke that sat over most of the Kingston Metropolitan Area last week. Volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, dioxins, hexachlorobenzene and nitrogen oxide...

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Domestic violence - the dark side of men's health
The sex lives of women with disabilities
Response to reader's question
The arousing properties of 'roots drinks'
Letters - Are canned foods safe?

International


Holy hunks stir righteous indignation - Mormon missionaries ditch shirts, ties for racy calendar
SALT LAKE CITY (AP): The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas. Chad Hardy...

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Backing for Afghanistan troop surge
No PM under new Trinidad constitution


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