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Stabroek News

published: Wednesday | December 17, 2008


Lead Stories


Give us your babies - Local missionaries pledge to help expectant mothers, stop abortion
The Mustard Seed Communities and Missionaries of the Poor have joined forces with other anti-abortion advocates to assist expectant mothers contemplating terminating pregnancies. Father Gregory Ramkissoon, executive director of Mustard Seed, threw out the lifeline yesterday...

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Government of Jamaica to dig into bauxite funds - Gov't, bauxite firms haggle over bauxite levy
Adopting a pet at Christmas - The gift that keeps giving
Shaw, Davies clash over salaries
Sangster still behind the wheel at JUTC
Death toll rises with gruesome find
Divestment deadline looms large
'Informer-fi-dead' culture must end - DPP

News


Absence of community projects could hamper crime fight in Trelawny
The Trelawny police believe the absence of social-intervention programmes in troubled communities could render crime-fighting efforts meaningless. Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum in the parish last Thursday, Detective Sergeant Keeble Simmonds said projects...

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Understanding the breathalyser test
Forstmayr backs local agri sector
Dabdoub vs Vaz - Citizenship duel nears end
Introduction to Istanbul (Part 2)
JMA backs rescue plan - Dollar skid worries Wisynco
Equipment woes hobble Spanish Town dialysis centre
'St Bess' council swears in municipal police
JTA breakaway?
Tourism uptick - December arrivals soar 15% - Bartlett
Jewellery sales fail to sparkle
Alcoa gives millions to charities

Business


Government of Jamaica, bauxite firms haggle over levy - $28-billion stimulus package could grow
The Jamaican government and the owners of the island's alumina refineries and bauxite-mining operations are haggling over what concessions the island will have to provide for firms to stay open in the face of a slump in demand for aluminium."...

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FCIB loses value, but Jamaican operation grows profit
Record low interest rate - Bank rate at zero to 0.25%
Barn Theatre property for sale
Inflation down 0.3%
200 to face tax court in January
IDB to double aid to Haiti
Investors swap stocks for Caribbean trips
Ecuador defaults on second set of bonds
At powerhouse summit, the powerful excluded

Sport


Battle of the Saints - St George's, St James in first leg Oliver Shield showdown
THE STAGE is set for today's big showdown when Manning Cup champions, St George's College face daCosta Cup winners, St James High, in the first leg of the all-island Olivier Shield. The match, which is expected to be a keenly contested affair, will be played...

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The Smoker fancied in feature
Stadium bosses come under fire
Ince fired as Blackburn's manager
Harbour View looking to overcome Georges bogey
Kissendal, Blagrove shoot way into pool final
Rebuilding the Reggae Boyz begins after Digicel Cup win
Training deficit stunts Trelawny - commerce chief

Commentary


EDITORIAL - Education and skills in the face of crisis
It is probably too much to hope, in the current environment, which is probably when it is needed most, for new and bold initiatives in labour market reform in Jamaica. But, with the global credit crisis starting finally to concentrate official minds ...

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NOTE-WORTHY

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Samples from the realm of 'Positive Parenting'
The Editor, Sir: Please allow me space to 'kill' two birds with one stone re the Positive Parenting article by 'Dr Noel Smith Williams: father, mother to his children' in The Gleaner of December 15. I recall as a child, Mom saying constantly "education is the way ...

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A bleeping shame
No profiteering!
Minimum term for gun crime?
The wisdom of capital punishment
When the Bible was ahead of its time
Chicken importers state their case

Entertainment


Air Supply exhales, the audience inhales
Air Supply proved its timelessness once again with a fabulous performance at the Food For the Poor Children for Charity concert. Sunday's performance at the National Indoor Sports Centre was the Australian duo's fourth in the island, but the response they received proved...

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Meet Beres Hammond this Friday!
LaGrange-Johnson, McGowan say goodbye with farewell concerts
Tru Essence is the truth
All-star line-up for Shaggy's benefit concert
Jamaican author flies to success - With 'Henry Baldplate and His Treetop Friends'
Dazzling entertainment at RIU
Something extra

Profiles in Medicine


Sorrel's aroma signals Christmas
Sorrel, our traditional Christmas drink, is really made from a member of the hibiscus family. For many Caribbean and Jamaican people, the season's meals are incomplete without this unique drink, and its aroma and taste signal Christmas....

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A case of rape - collecting the forensic evidence
The making of healthy men
Exercise at home this Christmas
Letters - Fatness is driving an epidemic

Careers


Giving it the best shot
The glass partition beside Tamara Ward's small work station overlooks the production line wheezing and squeaking, churning out rows of bottles of juice and soda being filled and packaged. "Any office environment is what you make of it," said the Ocean Spray country manager...

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How do you weigh this season?
Musings of a serial entrepreneur
Socialising on a shoestring budget
Fulfilling your career potential

International


ISRAEL - 23 Russian tour guides killed in bus crash
EILAT, Israel (AP):A bus filled with Russian tour guides crashed through a roadside barrier and tumbled down a steep ravine in southern Israel, killing at least 23, rescue workers said, in one of the worst traffic accidents in Israel's history....

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Tobagonians to vote early next year
Officials warn of dengue fever increase

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