In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Friday | November 6, 2009
Lead Stories

Pedlars put out - Portmore council sends home school vendors
Vending stalls outside schools across the municipality of Portmore, St Catherine, were destroyed yesterday, in what the council said was a drive to rid the schools of illegal activities. The action, which came a day after the vendors were served notice...

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News

Devotion to the Heart - Former teacher promises to keep running at annual fund-raiser
She has been with the programme since its inception 30 years ago, and has only missed two events, one because she broke her leg. Though she has never won a prize, she will never quit. Grey hairs tell the tale of her age, but don't be fooled by the look...

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Business

Restructure BOJ - Wehby proposes new central bank model - Split chairmanship and governor's position - Set up committee to determine interest rates
THE CHANGE in the leadership of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) should be used to review the governance structure of the central bank, says Don Wehby, who suggests that the chair-manship be divorced from the governorship and that a monetary committee...

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Sport

Walsh Foundation, UK Gov't team up...Bodies helping juveniles in correctional institutions under 'Cricket For Change' programme
The soon-to-be officially launched Courtney Walsh Foun-dation is currently partnering with the British High Commission, the Ministry of Security and the Department of Corrections to help juveniles in some of the island's correctional centres. The foundation...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Where Lewin and 'Dudus' collide
Prime Minister Bruce Golding suggested in his statement to Parliament this week to have been as surprised as anyone at Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin's resignation last weekend as Jamaica's police chief. Only days earlier, Mr Golding related, he and Mr Lewin...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Children live what they learn
The Editor, Sir: Many persons are alarmed by the breakdown of discipline among children in the society because they fail to see the linkage between family, school and society which altogether are responsible for their behaviour formation...

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Entertainment

Something extra
All is set for the weeklong Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week. Are you ready for it?...

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Social

Groovy Ghouls
WESTERN BUREAU: Spine-tingling spooky fun and outrageous personas replaced inhibitions, as the most exciting socialites in Montego Bay donned creative costumes at Groovy Grouper's Halloween party last Saturday. Dressed as ghosts, witches, goblins, vampires, superheroes...

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