In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Wednesday | February 18, 2009
Lead Stories

Stanford stumped - Texan cricket promoter charged for multibillion US dollar fraud - WICB halts sponsorship talks
Texan billionaire and cricket promoter Sir Allen Stanford was yesterday charged over a US$8-billion investment fraud. Stanford, who has been living in Antigua for years, bankrolled the Twenty20 Super Series cricket...

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News

Six more added to most-wanted list
Two men accused of the June 2008 murder of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Chairman Douglas Chambers are among six new faces added to the police 10-most-wanted list released yesterday by Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green....

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Business

Pay fight at Sagicor - Fixed salaries to make way for performance-based strategies
Sagicor Life Jamaica is introducing a new 'pay for performance' compensation scheme that will not only revloutionise the fixed-salary system, but also form the basis on which the company will eliminate staff in a tough year. The plan is already raising hackles in the company...

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Sport

Careless Windies concede big lead
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Spin, an eternal blight to West Indies' batsmen, returned to haunt them when Graeme Swann bowled England to a 281-run first innings lead in the third Test yesterday. Ramnaresh Sarwan hit the top score of 94 for West Indies ...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Well done, Mr Shaw!
We welcome Finance Minister Audley Shaw's forthright repudiation of remarks by his Cabinet colleague Karl Samuda, who suggested that Jamaica might reintroduce foreign exchange or capital controls, or whatever may be the definition from Mr Samuda's subsequent attempts...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - From daggerin' to better dancehall
The Editor, Sir: The emotive hype caused by the Broadcasting Commission's ban on lewd lyrics from the airways, gives need to a conversation that is long overdue.Having listened to various players involved...

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Entertainment

Shirley goes down Lovers Lane with God
Valentine's Day holds special meaning for pastor Shirley Caesar. At 12 years old, she was saved on a Valentine's Day. Two days later, on the 16th of February, she was baptised. "I always say, when the lovers were going down Lovers Lane...

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Profiles in Medicine

Women's achy-breaky heart
You must have seen a movie with the role of the type A-personality man - driven, ambitious, focused, working long hours and then forced to slow down after a heart attack. Women are hardly ever typecast in this role. Perhaps because the general view is...

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