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Lead Stories


Flash-flood warning still on
A TROPICAL WAVE turned Tropical Depression Number 10, which redeveloped south of Kingston yesterday, still has the potential to become a Tropical Storm, the Meteorological Service said last night.


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New Oath closer
Patterson pledges to resume hangings
UPP vows to contest election
Prime Minister hands over 100 patrol cars
JCF members urged to act professionally on election day

News


Verdict by this week - Four cops refuse to testify
A VERDICT is expected this week in the Braeton Coroner's Inquest being held to determine how seven men met their deaths and whether anyone is criminally responsible. After nine months and two days of hearing...


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JFJ turns up heat on Inspector
JLP launches new web site
Gaming Commission barred from filling vacancy
Registrar General opens first non-cash office
Transportation centre underutilised, says Mayor
Final part of series - Is free education a bad idea?
MANIFESTO PROMISES
The People's Agenda - Wanted: jobs, better roads

Business


Investors go local after interest rate hike
THE PUSH to invest in United States dollar denominated securities has ended, leading investment advisors say. The hike in interest rates locally has stopped a slide in the value of the Jamaican dollar.


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Jamaica becoming major investment destination - JAMPRO president
Duke's - still satisfying Kingston appetites
Remittances needed for development - Assamba
New locations for Tax Compliance Certificates
Budget deficit climbs
UNCTAD Report shows investment surge in Jamaica
Sun shines on regional tourism after 9/11
NDFJ launches 'Speedline' - A new loan product for small and micro businesses

Sport


Lara doubtful for India tour
COLOMBO, (Reuters): BRIAN LARA'S participation in next month's West Indies tour of India may be in doubt after he was admitted to a Colombo hospital yesterday with suspected hepatitis.


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West Indies hold Kenya
New facility still in doubt
A pledge for cricket
Bellefield trounce Winston Jones 7-0
Rivoli, Waterhouse clash

Commentary


Updating medical practice
RAPID DEVELOPMENT in medicine has prompted the Medical Council of Jamaica, the body that governs medical practice here, to make continuing medical education (CME) mandatory and a top priority for physicians. As The Gleaner reported Saturday...


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Our education record
Critical choices

Letters


Pyramid swindle exposed
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM WRITING this letter to make your readers aware of another money-making scheme that is being introduced to Jamaica. This is nothing more than another pyramid scheme designed to relieve Jamaicans of their hard-earned money.


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Lift up your head
Put on the back burner
Convenient loss of memory
It takes a dreamer
Decent housing for decent people
Rastafarians for reform
The big rush

Entertainment


'Short Shorts Outrage' party was hot
AS PART OF its 50th anniversary celebrations, Taylor Hall staged its annual 'Short Shorts Outrage' party, which this year had a 'scary foam' theme, at the Students' Union on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies last Saturday.


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'Islands in the Park'

Profiles in Medicine


Bottles rule
By the time Jamaica's newborns are about three months old, only about 38 per cent of their mothers are exclusively breastfeeding them.


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Men and breastfeeding




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