'Target senior corrupt cops' - Opposition spokesman wants strong action to fight corruption in JCF
Derrick Smith, Opposition Spokesman on National Security, responding to startling revelations of corrupt deeds practised by a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who confessed in an article published in The Sunday Gleaner...

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Championing the cause to preserve Jamaica's environment
DURING a tour of Kingston with Pan-American Health Organisation official Omara Silva in 1991, Diana McCaulay said she was struck by the high levels of pollution in the Jamaican capital. "He took me around to places I'd never seen.

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Paulwell backtracks... Rescinds order for direct payment to Universal Access Fund
Technology minister Phillip Paulwell last week stepped back from plans to direct payment of the universal service levy directly to the Universal Access Fund Company (UAFC) in the face of criticism.

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King answers the Bell - Jamaican fighter gets Mormeck rematch in March
PARIS, France (CMC): The long-awaited rematch between Jamaican O'Neil Bell and Jean-Marc Mormeck, of France, is set to take place next March in France. Promoter Don King is booking the Levallois-Perret Centre in France for the big Bell-Mormeck clash...

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EDITORIAL - Exposing police corruption
Not surprisingly, there has already been significant response to The Sunday Gleaner's publication of a policeman's first-hand account of his corruption, over many years, in several divisions of the constabulary. There, apparently, is a deep sense..

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Confessions of a contributor to child delinquency
The Editor, Sir: Congratulations on your timely and pointed editorial of Friday, December 22. It certainly touches on important issues that require immediate and substantive responses from the relevant authorities.

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Shaggy, singers show softer side of 'Island Explosion'
Sunday night's Island Explosion at Leiba's Esso station in May Pen, Clarendon, was mostly a hardcore deejay affair, with Beenie Man and Vybz Kartel sending the huge Christmas morning crowd home with a flurry of lyrics.

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The marvel of memory - Science inches closer to explaining how we remember and why we forget
In fact, there's almost never a time - or at least a waking moment - when you're not. "Even if you try to clear your mind, say by listening to a song, you're making memories about that song," said John Wixted, chairman of the Psychology ...

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Malaysia puts Islamic cult under scrutiny
RAWANG, Malaysia (Reuters): In a corner of this Malaysian town, a devout Islamic sect has created a self-contained commune, running businesses from restaurants to schools through a group called the Rufaqa Corporation.

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