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| published: Monday | July 19, 2004 |
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SHEARER BURIED - Nation bids farewell to a stalwart leader
FORMER PRIME Minister Hugh Lawson Shearer was yesterday laid to rest after a near four-hour state funeral marked by numerous tributes and pomp and pageantry befitting his memory.
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Overcome with grief
A gracious statesman
Golden agers pay respects
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Shearer: no ordinary man
WALDERSTON, Manchester: IN THE early 1970s, I was assigned to an elite branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force that provided personal security to then Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer.
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US dentists to give free service
Tourism to grow 17% by 2014
Opposition not responsible for Agri Bill delay - Hutchinson
Ganja bust in Lilliput - Cops make gun find
CARICOM approves millions for LIAT
Government commissions open to scrutiny
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Nine is fine! Three medals on final day
JAMAICA COPPED three relay medals on a high-quality final day of the 10th IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championship yesterday evening.
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Ja mile relay team gets Sydney silver
WI put brakes on Sri Lanka 'A'
It's a tough job at ISSA
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Training for the marketplace
THE MINISTRY of Labour's granting of more than 3,900 work permits to foreigners over the last three years provides a useful point of departure, we suggest, for employers...
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To hang a living man
Principles of public service
It's not always about you
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Warren Blake is way off the mark
THE EDITOR, Sir: ONE THING that the letter of 'Warren Blake, FRCS' headed 'Dr. Barnett Should Resign' (Gleaner, July 13, 2004) has taught us...
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What's up with Usain Bolt?
Kingsley Thomas is wrong on crime
Save the elephant's ear tree
Gov't must protect its citizens
Seeking tips on obesity
Opportunity to redevelop downtown Kgn
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Marsha Barnett is 2004 Festival Queen
THE CLOCK had several minutes to go before it could strike midnight, but it was still Marsha Barnett's magic hour. Marsha Barnett is the 2004 Miss Festival Queen.
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'I Robot' topples 'Spider-Man 2'
U Roy caps off 'Improv'
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ALONG LIFE'S JOURNEY: 5 WOMEN YOU MUST MEET 'Unpolished gems'
THEY ALL know her as 'Miss Lallie', a tall, big-bodied, dark-skinned woman with locks, busy hands, quicksilver facial expressions and soft, almost smoky, eyes.
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Icon in her class
Dynamic duo
At the helm
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An Artistic look at Jamaica today.
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