In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Monday | September 21, 2009
Lead Stories

We want answers! - PNP demands facts on IMF 'bungling'
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller yesterday flayed the Golding administration for "bungling" the attempt to renew borrowing relationships with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In what was obviously a morale-boosting presentation to the party faithful, a fired-up Simpson Miller...

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News

Young advocate receives Chevening Scholarship
In Jamaican parlance, 'nuff' means enough, much, many, a lot, etc. But, it also means 'too involved'. In the second context, it carries a negative connotation, and is used to describe people who are overbearing and insufferable...

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Sport

Boys' Town still winless
Boys' Town's hopes of snatching their first win of the new Digicel Premier League (DPL) season had to be put on hold yet again, following a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Portmore United at Collie Smith Drive yesterday. The result saw the Red Brigade...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Striking a deal with the IMF is important
IN ANNOUNCING the latest one percentage point cut in its benchmark rates last week, Jamaica's central bank said it could take the action because of the slowdown in inflation and the relative stability in the foreign-exchange market following the volatility...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - The politics of road repairs
THE EDITOR, Sir: REFERENCE IS made to the recent Opposition People's National Party's (PNP) allegation that political considerations are being given with regard to the constituencies in which roadwork is being carried out by the Ministry of Transport and Works...

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Entertainment

Merritone music: foundation for Blakes' education
THERE WAS a time when only two high school scholarships were awarded per parish. As schoolboys, Winston and Tyrone Blake did not get the coveted scholarships for St Thomas. But when their father Val started boarding them in Kingston to attend school...

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Flair

Let's Spice things up
Grace Hamilton, otherwise called Spice, is an entertainer known for her raunchy dancehall lyrics. But, what some people don't know is that outside of dancehall, she is a businesswoman. Spice says her venture into the world of fashion is not far-fetched...

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