Bruce defiant - Scoffs at claims anti-crime measures are insufficient
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is defending his government's new anti-crime measures following stinging criticisms from some members of the local human-rights community. Yesterday, the prime minister scoffed at claims that the anti-crime proposals announced in Parliament...

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Defence lawyer denounces bail proposal
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Senior officers who will approve 72-hr detention
Phillips hints at broader wiretapping legislation
'Jamaican men are poppy shows' - UWI lecturer says males are pursuing wrong priorities
PSOJ backs measures

Quiet Rock Hall livens up for Independence
It's a rainy day in Rock Hall, St Andrew, and on the steps of a rickety old bar in the town square, Lenky, a tall, dark and rather shifty looking fellow, is all agog about an upcoming dance to be held in the community."Mi tell Sheron seh mi a carry har go deh...

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Smith not renewing tourism contract
Information cover-up entrenches school gangs - Thugs woo pre-teen recruits
Farming optimism
Let's gang up on the gangs
Abortion reform: Let your voice be heard. It's your right to write!
Thursdaytalk

Royal Caribbean cutting 400 jobs as fuel prices bite
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited reported sharply lower second-quarter earnings Monday, blaming higher fuel prices, and said it would cut 400 jobs. Royal Caribbean earned US$84.7 million, or 40 cents a share, in line with Wall Street expectations...

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Wachovia slashes dividend, jobs - Downgraded by three rating agencies
Beijing hotels slash rates as Olympic demand falters

Jamaica win overall crown
NATIONAL TECHNICAL director of swimming, Jackie Walter, credited the presence of Jamaica's Olympic qualifiers and the advantage of home pool for the island's first hold on the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships (CISC) overall title...

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Pick-9 soars towards $40m
Powell's win came at the right time
Barbados hoping to seal championship with win over Jamaica
cycling: 17th stage of tour de france
Howell eyes return to Meadhaven
We must host the ICC Trophy - Pakistan
Warnapura hits third half-century
Ferguson fires shot at Chelsea
Clubs lack Olympic spirit, says FIFA boss
Stem-cell therapy exposed in China

EDITORIAL - More robust response to crime needed
Prime Minister Bruce Golding ought not to be surprised that he continues to be pummelled by a vocal section of the Jamaican society over the relatively modest anti-crime initiatives he unveiled in Parliament on Tuesday. For, as Mr Golding will by now be aware...

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Navigating rough waters
NOTE-WORTHY

LETTER OF THE DAY - Teachers who stay on
The Editor, Sir: The headline on Sheldon McDonald's Letter of the Day, published on Monday, July 14, caught my attention today as I browsed through the online Gleaner. Something positive, I wondered? Not so - my jaw dropped as I read on!

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OCG and light-bulb issue
'Comrade in distress' pleads for party unity
Ensure public access to beaches
Peter must fight for it
Call for Gov't action re highway project

Sweet & Dandy - Toots tours with Sheryl Crow, James Blunt
TOOTS Hibbert, who has enjoyed a career renaissance in the last five years, is part of a three-act North American tour with pop singers Sheryl Crow and James Blunt. Hibbert told The Gleaner Monday that he was contacted by Crow's management ...

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Canadians 'Sey Sup'm'
Something extra

UK crew mix it up
On June 3, J Wray and Nephew hosted the Appleton Estate UK Bartending Challenge at the Ruins, University of the West Indies, Mona. Bartenders Rich Hunt, Paul Mant and Bruce Hamilton, were the three finalists from the United Kingdom out of 50 hand-picked bartenders...

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Food Basket
CASSAVA CHALLENGE

Panday to challenge magistrate's ruling
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC): The bribery case against former prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife, Oma, former government minister, Carlos John, and businessmen Ishwar Galbaransing, has been put on hold indefinitely after a High Court judge granted...

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CARICOM urged to renegotiate accord
Children at risk highlighted in United Nations' report
US Coast Guard sends back 107 Haitians

Blacks still rare in top US military ranks
WASHINGTON (AP): Blacks have made great strides in the military since it was integrated 60 years ago, but they still struggle to gain a foothold in the higher ranks, where less than six per cent of US general officers are African-American...

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Top aide to president resigns
Venezuela pledges three more oilfields
Dolly blows, levees hold despite rains