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published: Saturday | August 6, 2005
Lead Stories


HONOURED - Ninety-seven to get National Awards
FOUR OUTSTANDING Jamaicans top the list of 97 persons to receive National Honours and Awards, as published today by the Office of the Prime Minister. The awards will be conferred on recipients on National Heroes Day in October.

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Pickersgill lobbies for bus fare increase
JTA president lashes out at Dr Minott
Protect our schools - Henry-Wilson
PNP gears up for local government elections
JUTC Smart Cards to be sold in schools
Mothers to patrol troubled areas

News


Losing our shoreline
IN ALLIGATOR Pond, St. Elizabeth, the blue-green waters are still a muddy brown after the heavy rains associated with Hurricane Emily which lashed the south coast of Jamaica three weeks ago.

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Strong, dynamic people ­ G-G
We should have achieved much more ­ Golding
NEPA responds to stadium delay
High school textbooks will be late
We are a nation of grit, resilience ­ Patterson

Business


One of the best Denbighs yet
THE ORGANISER of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has described the just concluded 53rd staging as one of the best throughout the years.

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Barbados ' credit rating at risk
NCB aims to grow portfolio with IFC loan

Sport


World Champs blast off Eleven Jamaicans hit the track on opening day
HELSINKI, Finland: THE EYES of the track and field world will be fixed on Finland today and for the next eight days as the Finnish capital, Helsinki, stages the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

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Not even a miracle can stop 'Irish'
'Busta Fighters' beating the odds
HELSINKI ... event by event
Sterling show at Pan Am champs
Anneisha McLaughlin - 'Fun-filled, successful junior career'
Latoya Greaves - 'Hard work paid off'
Nickiesha Wilson - Ending season in fine style
Living in the golden age

Commentary


Nurturing the land
IN 1962, THE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE, the population of Jamaica stood at just over one and a half million ­ 1,659,800, to be exact ­ according to the Yearbook of Jamaica (1978).

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Yallahs River a threat to homes
Celebrating public holidays
Is plea-bargaining judicial bribery?

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Brand Jamaica' is being captured
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHILE our daily diet of late has been consumed with one scandal after another we must not forget that as citizens of this country, we must still continue to fight for what is rightfully ours.

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Such spending is a travesty
Do homework, Dr Minott
Let's hear Mr Gallimore
Too many RGD delays
The immorality in cricket

Entertainment


Third World delivers 'Black, Gold, Green'
WESTERN BUREAU: THIRD WORLD'S latest album, Black, Gold, Green made its Jamaican debut in the gardens of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Wednesday.

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'Emancipation Slam' encourages performance
Cloudy night for Summer Sound Festival

Mind &Spirit


Darren's faith in Football
PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL and Christian outreach rarely come together, but they did so recently with great effect through the Faith & Football initiative in Handsworth, Birmingham.

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Protestantism detailed in encyclopaedia
Cloned dog raises ethical questions of its science

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