Lead Stories
Massive blaze - 37 stores destroyed ar Portmore Mall - Lack of fire equipment hampers response
FIREMEN, ILL-EQUIPPED to quell a massive blaze, fought one of the largest fires in Jamaica's commercial history yesterday. The blaze in the sprawling Portmore Mall, St. Catherine, saw hundreds of millions of dollars in goods, equipment and fixtures...

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Phillips defends Highway 2000 contractor
Children First making a difference for over 700
MPs trade insults - Acting Speaker refuses to swear in Dabdoub as new JLP member
Inverness Primary tops Enviro Competition

News
Clough out on bail
IT IS said 'good friends are better than pocket money' and attorney-at-law Raymond Clough can attest to that. On Monday evening, a friend he has known for 30 years used his St. Andrew home to post a $5 million bail bond for the accused lawyer who is...

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Murder accused to see psychiatrist
Kiwanis tackles domestic violence
Fire destroys two houses in St Mary
Call for suicide prevention strategy

Business
Grace, Kennedy to form equity trading company

LOCAL CONGLOMERATE Grace, Kennedy & Company who last month acquired a seat on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) will form an equities trading company called First Global Stockbrokers Limited. It will be capitalised at over $20 million and be a...

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Ja Producers holds on to banana operations
Major financing for irrigation projects
Struggling against a cruel system
Race for Jamaican web content again

Sport
Boyz look to St Kitts
JUST DAYS after getting their 2002 World Cup campaign back on track, Jamaica's national football team will restart its preparation for a crucial game against Mexico on September 1 at the National Stadium. Jamaica are currently in fourth place on goal...

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Russell storms into third round
Let's learn from Australia
NICO/ Safeway gives kits for youth
Injury-hit WI call on Stuart

Commentary
Annan and the UN
GIVEN HOW difficult it is for a United Nations secretary-general to please his wide array of constituents in the international community, Kofi Annan's re-election to the post deserves comment. His first term of office was not a uniform success, but he...

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Frustrations of the jobless
Respect due to fisherfolk!

Letters
Letter of the Day - Music for social regeneration
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON SUNDAY last I watched the programme 60 minutes on C.B.S. I was treated to a most unusual and interesting segment and one that I think the relevant authorities might do well to look at, and perhaps emulate.

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Tough action against 119 operator
C&W, 'I told you so'
Bravo to The Gleaner
Opportunity for the workers
MoBay wants green area
GSAT questions for Minister Whiteman

Entertainment
Ms Cornwall crowned

WESTERN BUREAU: CROWD FAVOURITE, 22-year-old Tamara Pinnock, emerged the sparkling gem on Sunday at the Caribbean Showplace in Montego Bay. She walked away with the coveted Miss Jamaica World Cornwall title and over $250,000 in cash and prizes.

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'An Evening of Dance'
Reggae Sumfest launched in UK

Profiles in Medicine
Is my baby okay?

THE HEALTH staff at Kingston's busy maternity centre, the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) delivers nearly 12,000 babies every year. About 30 per cent of the pregnant women seen there each year are classified as high-risk pregnancies and must receive...

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Birth control in a patch
Your Baby's Teeth

Star Page
Copyright for plays

CONTRARY to the popular belief among people in the theatre fraternity that there is no organisation set up to register local plays, the Intellectual Property Services says it is one such body. All producers acknowledge the need to copyright their...

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Dazzled by the money