In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Friday | November 27, 2009
Lead Stories

Big bus bill - Privy Council overturns ruling against Millwood's transport company - Government faces payment of more than $1 billion to NTCS
INFORMATION MINISTER Daryl Vaz says the Government is now faced with an unbudgeted payment to the Ezroy Millwood-led National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS). The cash-strapped Jamaica Labour Party administration was yesterday dealt a severe blow...

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News

Western Jamaica welcomes legal seminar - Lightbourne, McCalla to head list of presenters
The country's Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, and Chief Justice Zaila McCalla head the star-studded group of legal luminaries that will invade western Jamaica this weekend. The two will address delegates ...

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Business

Barita eyes pension fund market - $1.1b public offering to fund expansion
Veteran trading house Barita Investments Limited has announced its first foray into the equities market, saying it will be offering up 30 per cent of the company to new investors in a hunt for capital to fund its next big move - into pension funds....

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Sport

SA put Boyz on back burner ... JFF disappointed
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will not be facing South Africa in their reciprocal friendly international before next year's FIFA World Cup. South Africa's coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, has altered his team's preparation leading up to the tournament...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - FINSAC commission needs to recalibrate
Commissions of enquiry usually become what is made of them by those who preside over their hearings and, in particular, their chairmen.And you can usually judge the eventual outcome by the tone of the proceedings and the rules by which they operate...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Old Harbour needs law and order
The Editor, Sir:For years, motorists passing through Old Harbour experienced great delays. Contributing factors were indisciplined taxi and bus operators, vending, uneducated pedestrians, unpaved roadways and irregular ...

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Entertainment

Mento beats get documented
Mento music, the folk beat some musicologists consider Jamaica's first popular sound, is the subject of a documentary being produced by British film-maker Rick Elgood. Hot Pepper, the name of the project, is scheduled to be released in early 2010...

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Social

Cheerio, Jeremy!
After four and a half years of serving as British high commissioner to Jamaica, Jeremy Cresswell and his wife, Dr Barbara Munske, opened their residence to friends and associates whom they connected with during his tenure. The event wasn't a pre-Christmas party....

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