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published: Sunday | September 10, 2006

Lead Stories


Murders stay down - Police High Command praises good intelligence
The Police High Command says an intelligence-driven approach to crime fighting has been helping to push down the country's chronically high murder rate, with recent data showing a 26 per cent decline for the month of August compared to the same period...

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Landmark MoBay hotel changes hands
Election now will not hurt economy - Analyst
US soldier to mark 9/11 with baptism
'Norwood needs more Gov't aid'
Lawrence bought apartment from UDC affiliate Co
PM in hot seat over Sandals Whitehouse
Student engineer values work experience

News


'Friendly fire' in Afghanistan robs mother of beloved son
AN INFANTRY man's dream is to destroy the enemy on the battlefield and then make it out alive to not only claim medals of bravery, but also to tell the tale.

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Bermuda braces for 'Florence'
Body of missing policeman recovered
Teachers: learning to survive
Widen tax base to pay for free education - JLP
Police working to control Salt Spring
No breakthrough in deaths of foreigners
Productivity: losing the race
Foreign relations and the economy

Business


BNS fund managers to target high rollers
Faced with a slow-down in profits and shrinking margins, Scotiabank is trying to expand revenues by growing its wealth management arm with business from high networth investors, a segment the bank admits it might have neglected.

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Small business bonanza ... Loan access to be made easier
Babysitting online with parental control software
Cellular division head resigns from C&WJ
Consumer borrowing dominates loan portfolios
Digicel offers staff share option
Ray Chang's investment tips
Balancing financial needs of children, aging parents and your retirement

Sport


Tough test for newcomers - August Town, Naggo Head debut against Waterhouse, Harbour View
NINE MONTHS of top-flight local football will begin today with a full slate of matches in the 2006-2007 Wray and Nephew National Premier League (NPL).

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Federer, Roddick for final
Champs hit winning note in MoBay
Miracle Man continues superb streak
Man U edge past Spurs to remain unbeaten
Powell powers to victory
Asafa covets crowns
Player injured, match abandoned
Barkley enters Hall of Fame
Schools and sport
'Australia, no worries'
More trouble for Inzamam

Commentary


Governance and conflict of interest
The findings of the forensic audit of the Sandals Whitehouse hotel project highlighted a problem in Jamaica, which was, to a limited degree, addressed in Parliament last week in answers by the Industry and Technology Minister, Phillip...

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'Badly-managed Whitehouse project' - Audit team finds poor supervision, incestuous linkages
Thugs in Parliament
9/11: 'Fareless' and fearful
When elephants fight

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaicans must end addiction to petroleum
The Editor, Sir: The recent characterisation of Americans as petroleum addicts by their own president Mr. G.W. Bush ought to resonate here in Jamaica as we, even more so than the Americans, are addicted to crude oil.

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Maintaining Christian principles
What next for Mona Commons?

Entertainment


Overseas artistes go 'lowcal'
Recently, international stars, especially from the United States, have been coming to Jamaica more frequently, making special appearances on stage shows or shooting music videos for songs on which they have collaborated with Jamaican performers.

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J'can comedians crack up abroad
'Black Kissinger' filmmakers go 'siteseeing'
Jerry D leaves radio 'vibeless'
No source of faint echoes
Sound reason to sound alike

Arts &Leisure


Collecting intuitive art
Annabella Proudlock runs Harmony Hall, a leading art and craft gallery on the north coast. Here she discusses the exhibition, Intuitives III, and why she collects Jamaican intuitive art, with Dr. Jonathan Greenland, executive director...

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Stephanie Channer: A chip off the old block
With a capital H
The Pirate's Cry

Outlook


Anthony Wade remembers
Anthony Wade has just completed writing his memoirs - The Adventures of an Economic Migrant. The man who left Montserrat on 21st June 1954 on the SS Ascania for England is also author of two previous publications:

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'I can dance again'
Kingsley R Chin, MD - The doctor from Buff Bay
Testing for HIV/AIDS
Trim your trees to make them stronger
When teeth and tongue meet ...
What parents and children can do to improve schoolwork (I)

In Focus


The MoU and the economy: Redistributing responsibility, not poverty
The Gleaner's editorial of September 2 said that the public sector MoU ought not to exist; that it redistributes poverty by paying wages to public sector workers that the Government should fire;

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Good behaviour in girls' education
Transformation requires leadership
Remembering September 11
A reminder of the inhumanity of terrorist mass murderers

Social


Nina and Ed's big day
It was a double celebration for Jamaican-born, Florida-based author and banker, Nina Hart, as she said 'I do' to law enforcement officer, Edward Harmon, on her 50th birthday, Saturday, August 19. The ceremony took place at Christ...

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Final farewells
Underneath it all
Fond farewell to friends
'Step Up' to the latest teen flick


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