Lead Stories
Elections stalled
THE GOVERNMENT has moved to postpone Local Government Elections, due by September, by six months. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Arnold Bertram tabled two Bills in the House of Representatives yesterday seeking to postpone the...

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Uneasy calm in West Kingston
20 years of AIDS in Ja
Five new Canons installed
Principal says no staff cut at Yallahs Comprehensive
Dial up www.Go-Montegobay.com

News
Gleaner is AAAJ's Media of the Year

THE GLEANER Company yesterday outshone other national media houses in capturing the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) Media of the Year Award for the fifth consecutive year.

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Bus service withdrawn
A brief history of the AAAJ
Orthodontist - Open wide and say ahhhh!
UDC chairman challenges church

Business
Ja to expand cotton business

THE JAMAICA Agricultural Development Foundation (JADF) is moving to re-popularise West Indian Sea Island Cotton as an economically beneficial crop in Jamaica, according to the Foundation's chief executive officer, Vitus Evans. Noting that Caribbean...

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Caribbean executive conference June 21 - 24
CIDA to assist in Customs modernisation
Grace Foods first quarter profits up
Jamaica, Indonesia sign trade agreement

Sport
JGA selectors go for youth
TEENAGERS PAUL Thompson and Xavier Rose have been named to this year's Jamaica Hoerman Cup team which will contest the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships (CAGC) in the US Virgin Islands in August. In a clear step towards the future of golf in the...

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Start of one-day games delayed
U20 team gets big send off
Desperado looks safe

Commentary
Spectre of violence
IF THE outbreak of violence in the west end of Kingston is a prelude to the impending election campaign the prospect is frightening indeed. We say this without any clear indication of what motivates the gunfire and bottle-bombing which has sparked the...

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Helping people to fail
The world self-destructing

Letters
Letter of the Day - Misuse of the National Anthem
THE EDITOR, Sir: NATIONALISM ISN'T necessarily a bad thing. In most cases it is positive. Lord knows this country can do with a healthy dose of nationalism. What we don't want is those who programme us to behave like Pavlov's dogs... jumping to our...

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Jamaica needs spiritual maturity
Stop the rantings Mr Pringle
Why Jamaicans migrate to US
Conflict of interest
Double standard
Where have our senses gone?
Tony Chin Fook
Well done, Air Jamaica

Entertainment
In awe of Prof Baugh

THEY HUNG to every word as if they would never hear him speak again. And, as he read Derek Walcott's The Season of Phantasmal Peace, they sat at the edge of their chairs ­ no movement, no sound, just mesmerised.

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Mouth-watering fare at Table Talk Food Awards
Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queens sashed

Profiles in Medicine
Let's clear the air

I KNOW there is peer pressure and you think that you look cool when you smoke, but you are a fabulous person without that cancer-causing stick in hand. You are fabulous person by your values. Cigarettes will just hurt you," Dr. Denise Chevannes-Vogel...

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Hearing loss in adults

Star Page
'Weedless' stage shows

Police to crackdown on spliff-smoking/vending at concerts PROMOTERS of stage shows may soon be held responsible for persons selling and using ganja at their events, according to the police.

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Wishes to live a God-fearing life