Rains lash Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: TORRENTIAL RAINS swept massive amounts of debris through the streets of Montego Bay yesterday morning, forcing commuters to scurry into stores and marooning hundreds for hours.

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4,000 sugar jobs to go
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War zone - Gunfight shuts down Jones Town school
Nat'l Security Ministry wracks up $590m debt
Kraal-ing back - Adams, accused cops revisit death house
Murders hit 1,362; central Kgn flares up
Barbara Gloudon for environment management
Rosa Parks: 'She stood up by sitting down'

FIRE SAFETY WEEK - District Officer Astley Lindsay - A passion for saving lives
IT WAS a day in 1991, just a little past noon. Two little boys, five and seven years old, sat playing on the veranda of their home on Maxfield Avenue in St. Andrew. They were alone.

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FIRE SAFETY WEEK - Assistant Superintendent Barrington Nugent - Haunting memories of firefighting
Nominees for Gleaner Honour Awards 2005
Nominees for Gleaner Honour Awards 2005
Airy Castle, Fellowship produce top 'Bees'
New name proposed for Main Street, Ocho Rios
Police gun seizures double in 'St Bess'

Gas? Cash only! - It's okay to fill up your tank, but forget 'plastic'
SOME SERVICE stations are now refusing to accept credit and debit cards for gasolene purchases because of the relatively high transaction costs involved in processing 'plastic' transactions and the slim margins on these transactions...

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Dissing & Death
McDonald's auctioning stock
Phillips calls for public-private sector partnership
'Good' companies are valued more
Carib disaster insurance fund for study
Alexander pioneers DB&G in T&T
How to get people to visit your website

Rotary Club of St Andrew honours Asafa
WORLD 100 METRE record holder Asafa Powell was yesterday honoured by the Rotary Club of Saint Andrew at its weekly meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. Powell, who became the world's fastest man on June 14 when he eased to an impressive 9.77 seconds...

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Portmore blank Wadadah 3-0
Glenmuir tackle Spaldings High
It's a 'Miracle' for Royal Dad Trophy
LoJ makes a long shot for Under-16 Girls
Bridgeport, Eltham in crucial clash
Ballantyne heads list of int'l runners

PetroCaribe, after the gut reaction
AFTER THE initially heated and emotive reaction to PetroCaribe, Venezuela's oil rebate offer to the Caribbean, the prospective beneficiaries are taking a more considered view. We believe this is the correct position.

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Time to reassess
Crime is the symptom

LETTER OF THE DAY - Conservation: A message worth repeating
THE EDITOR, Sir: BACK WHEN oil was barely $40 a barrel, I suggested to the appropriate authorities that there was a critical need for a comprehensive fuel conservation campaign and that I would pull it together.

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The charge of the 'Light' brigade
Politicians are to serve
Kgn's Mayor deserves recognition
Call in the UN

Heritage Fest filled with entertainment
THE SUN brought with it a myriad of festivities at the family fun-filled Heritage Fest 2005. Saint International put on a sparkling fashion show featuring African, contemporary and Jamaican wear.

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A shot of excellence - 'Lord of War'
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wins Denmark's top music prize

Breast cancer - 'Old' drug cracks open window of hope
A NEW use for an 'old' drug, Herceptin, has cracked open the window of hope for improved breast cancer management. Herceptin (trastuzumab) is normally used in women with advanced stages of a particularly aggressive kind of breast cancer...

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Using nutrition to manage breast cancer
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Ferocious waves transform capital
HAVANA (AP): HURRICANE WILMA never made landfall in Cuba, but its ferocious waves transformed the island's capital city for more than a day, ripping off chunks of the famous Malecon seawall and flooding many of Havana's most prominent streets.

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Gov't defends gun amnesty
Judge denies bail for businessman

Foreign and local evacuees lose patience
CANCUN, Mexico (AP): HUNDREDS OF haggard tourists stranded for days by Hurricane Wilma were dropped by the sun-scorched roadside short of Cancun's international airport yesterday after officials promised flights would finally start to carry them home.

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Florida recovers again
Voters back new constitution
Car bombs kill 13 in Kurdish city
Government unveils new education plans

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.