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published: Sunday | August 7, 2005
Lead Stories


Off the record
Parish council books in shambles

WHEN THE Auditor General begins his audit of the parish councils which Minister of Local Government Portia Simpson Miller last week ordered of three of them, he will be hard-pressed to find the information. Documents which The Sunday Gleaner acquired...

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JUTC off track on Swedish road map
New security cameras for JUTC buses
Company boasts of reduced accident figures
Aspects of the Swedish report that have been accepted and implemented
Swedish roadmap for JUTC success
Pride or principle?

News


Omens, opportunities on Independence Day
THERE WERE a number of empty chairs but not enough to deter the scores of persons who came to witness Jamaica celebrate its 43rd year of independence on the lawns of King's House, St. Andrew, yesterday.

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G-G, Prime Minister urge nation ...
'Recommit to the fight against social ills'
Embarrassing error!
Contractor General department admits to making error in NSWMA report

Business


'Real estate gone crazy'
"It seems like the real estate market has gone crazy. I read the classified ads and I know that everybody has gone stark, steering mad."

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Postponing retirement
New facility for J'can exporters to Europe
Defining financial jargon
Real estate company joins forces with JNBS

Sport


Windies win at last!
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): MEDIUM PACER Dwayne Smith and spinner Omari Banks spurred the West Indies to a stunning 33-run victory over Sri Lanka yesterday, reviving the Windies' chances of securing a slot in the limited-overs tri-series final.

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Special honour for McDonald
Fast start in Helsinki
Portmore women whip H View
Cricket first, music second ­ that's the way it should be

Commentary


Solid waste writ large
The audit of three of the country's municipal authorities, ­ Portmore, St. Catherine and the KSAC ­ ordered by Local Government Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, may yet prove to be small bits of waste paper in an overflowing fetid landfill.

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Air J's contribution to the economy ... Gain or DRAIN?
Portia's integrity intact
'Indimancipation' from Britain
Independence and development

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY
Useless march by women

The Editor, Sir: The women of Jamaica could march until the cows come home against crime and violence. They could trample every pavement until it cracks and crumbles beneath their hoofs...

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Exploit ' Folly ' s ' potential
Right on, Dawn
No respect for human life

Entertainment


Lights, camera, flashpoint
A few years ago when Dancehall Queen bubbled onto the scene with the chameleon power of the wig and sequins and that inimitable "walk and live?" line from the perfectly screw-faced Paul Campbell, it seemed that fresh life had been...

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General Trees 'Reach A Negril'
Jackie Jackson an 'upright' bass man
Carla ecstatic with Esquire cover ... aims at Victoria's Secret

Arts &Leisure


Earn money with your photography
This column has been absent for some time, and the many readers who have enjoyed these articles over the past two years can now be assured that this is the first in a new series which will appear weekly in this section of The Sunday Gleaner..

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Caribbean culture on world scene
ART DIARY

In Focus


Independence
The dream, the nightmare, the reality

Out of many... On August 6, 1962, the British handed over the legal instruments of the constitutional framework for the sons and daughters... - Arnold Bertram

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Jamaica is 43
Building a strong nation

Social


G2K's shindig at The Quad
THE YOUTH arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Generation 2000 (G2K) demonstrated on Wednesday night, that Jamaica's future leaders are not only able to formulate fresh ideas for...

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Kingston Optimists turn 25
The 'Friends of Youth' celebrate

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