In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Monday | January 5, 2009
Lead Stories

MP to face court - Police may charge Robertson for using abusive language
Government minister James Robertson is facing arrest after reportedly using abusive language at a police team in the aftermath of an alleged gunfight in Norris, St Thomas, on Saturday. Inspector Paul Anderson of the Yallahs police told The Gleaner yesterday that the summons...

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News

Mill Bank men mourning
Men are not supposed to cry. Well, tell that to some of the weeping men of Mill Bank, Portland, and they will gush for the better. Mill Bank is already a watery place, and now the men are adding their tributaries of tears to the many streams, rivers and waterfalls in the area...

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Business

'Let workers keep health plans after redundancies'
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, is pushing workers whose positions have been made redundant to retain their health and education plans for the next 24 months to cushion the impact from the ongoing international financial...

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Sport

Keyes opens door to Boys' Town victory
BOYS' TOWN striker Peter Keyes found the combination to provide yet another game-winner, unlocking a Digicel Premier League encounter against Rivoli United that could have ended a stalemate for many reasons, at Collie Smith Drive yesterday...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - A bungled divestment
Prime Minister Bruce Golding, encouragingly, has promised that, going forward, it can't, and won't, be business as usual for Jamaica. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, encouragingly, has promised that, going forward, it can't, and won't, be business as usual for Jamaica...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Needed: A different kind of politics
The Editor, Sir: There needs to be a fundamental rethinking and refashioning of our political practice, which I believe continues to be a huge barrier to our progress as a nation. Jamaica's politics to focus centrally on the welfare ...

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Entertainment

Shaggy and Friends rock Jamaica House for charity
The thousands of Jamaicans who called Shaggy's bluff and turned out for the Shaggy and Friends concert held on the lawns of Jamaica House on Saturday night were treated to a seemingly endless line-up of quality performances, crowned by those from Elephant Man, soca-queen...

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Flair

A lifetime of love
The couple met while Coombs was studying at the University of Technology and Harris at the University of the West Indies.After graduating, they pursued their careers: he is a procurement and loans officer, and she a public-relations executive at an...

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