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Stabroek News

published: Saturday | February 19, 2005
Lead Stories


Lowe walks - Towering Ja striker freed of cocaine charge in Britain
FOOTBALL STAR Onandi Lowe is all set to resume his international career following his acquittal yesterday of being part of a plot to smuggle more than £100,000 of crack cocaine into the United Kingdom

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... Fans, family members ecstatic
Doctor drops case against Welsh, Flash
Man freed of priest's murder
Toll row heats up
Ministry targeting minimum wage cheats
UWI Cave Hill back to normal after protest

News


Fires on the increase in Westmoreland
THE WESTMORELAND fire department said it has responded to 106 fire calls for the month of January 2005 and that it was able to save property valued at some $320 million.

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Chicken pox outbreak at May Pen Hospital
Family flees residence after death threats
Woman Inc a reliable crisis centre for 20 yrs
JDF opens new coast guard station
JIS corrects accounting system contract figure

Business


Jamaica, Venezuela sign LNG deal
VENEZUELA, SOUTH America's largest oil producer, and Jamaica agreed to study a $170 million upgrade of Jamaica's sole refinery in an expansion that would open export markets in the Caribbean.

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FirstCaribbean gives to 'Ivan' restoration

Sport


JFF 'elated'
THE JAMAICA Football Federation (JFF) has expressed elation at the not guilty verdict passed down on national striker Onandi Lowe by a jury of his peers in the Northampton Crown Court yesterday.

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Sarwan, Deonarine defy Jamaica
Campion, Immaculate swim away with titles
Campbell scorches world best
Brilliant McKoy sails past national record
WIPA turns to lawyers
Coates-Clark among Hall of Fame inductees
Diggy N' Jiggy, Si Mi Trial fancied
Commentary - Biting the hand that feeds you

Commentary


Editorial - Slow gov't response to fires
EIGHT DAYS of bush fires burning in St. Elizabeth have destroyed some 800 acres without any clear indication that central government agencies have lifted a finger to stem any further damage.

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Heads and tails
The rights of 'HIV children'

Letters


Letter of the day - Exploitation 'in the name of the Lord'
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS WE observe Black History Month, February 2005, now is as good a time as any to reflect on the role of the Church in our society.

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Shortcomings of the JTA Credit Union
Opportunity for the region
Knutsford Nights or Knutsford nightmare?

Farmer's Weekly


High costs threatening coffee farms
A STEEP rise in labour and fertiliser costs in the months following the passage of Hurricane Ivan have been serving as hindrances to the recovery of coffee in central Jamaica.

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St Mary Agri Expo set to be biggest and best ever
Agricultural sector gets audio-visual equipment

Mind & Spirit


'Churches should support Israel'
CHURCHES SHOULD influence the political decisions nations make in their attitude towards Israel. Such influence, however, should be informed by a clear biblical theology of God's view of Israel.

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Getting to the root of crime and violence





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