In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Tuesday | December 8, 2009
Lead Stories

No drought for truckers
Some view them as enterprising, others as unscrupulous, but the upshot is that private truck operators are enjoying the demand for water, investigations carried out by The Gleaner have unearthed. The probe found that some private truck operators purchase the critically...

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News

Immigration Corner - Married with restrictions
Hi Mrs Huntington,I recently got married in America to a US citizen and received my permanent residency.The green card is for two years and has some restrictions to it.How soon can I apply for the restrictions to be removed? ...

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Business

Bernanke: Too early to declare lasting recovery
Despite some economic improvements, US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned Monday it is still too soon to declare that the budding recovery will last."We still have some way to go before we can be assured that the recovery will be...

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Sport

A century for mom - Gayle dedicates hundred to mother Eyes upset victory against Aussies
ADELAIDE, Australia (CMC): Chris Gayle yesterday dedicated his timely undefeated century to his mother and supporters and declared West Indies were eyeing a possible upset win over Australia...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Gov't must honour its treaty obligations
Jamaica did not enter an extradition treaty with the United States with a gun to the head of its leaders. Its terms were negotiated by the Edward Seaga administration of the 1980s as a successor to the a 1931 agreement between Britain and the United States...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - EOJ, ECJ present a weak case
The Editor, Sir: The announcement by the Electoral Office of Jamaica/Electoral Commission of Jamaica (EOJ/ECJ) of an increase in the number of constituencies from 60 to 63 has revealed that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Jamaican electoral system...

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Entertainment

Anticlimactic end to SuperParty - but charities set to benefit
Despite an abrupt end to Usain Bolt's 9.58 SuperParty last Saturday at Richmond Estate in St Ann, the two charities set to benefit from the show look in good stead of getting a slice of the sprinter's pie...

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The Shipping Industry

Hinds returns as president
Roger Hinds has been returned unopposed to serve as president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) for a second year. Hinds and the members of the SAJ's managing committee were returned en bloc during the association's annual general meeting ...

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Lifestyle

Of skulls and bad mind!
So somehow I found myself recently in the deep bushes of Clarendon, somewhere near Milk River, after a brief encounter with a curvy woman at a bar (don't ask, please, just move on). Anyway, the woman suggested I try to find out what was going on at a shanty building ...

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International

PAKISTAN - Bombs kill at least 34
Pakistan (AP): Two synchronised bombs ripped through a market popular with women in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore yesterday, igniting a massive fire and killing at least 34 people, authorities said...

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