Lead Stories
Test-tube baby

JAMAICA'S FIRST locally-cultured test-tube baby was "conceived" yesterday and will be transferred to the patient's womb tomorrow (Saturday) at the University Hospital of the West Indies's newly-opened in vitro fertility (IVF) laboratory.

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Gleaner wins major award
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NGOs get $1.2 million from Government
Shaw queries furnishing contract
PALS applauds top peacemakers

News
Tributes to 'Mother Phillips'

THELMA JOYCE Phillips, educator and social worker, said there should be no eulogy at her funeral service. So her only child, Dr. Peter Phillips, yesterday paid her tribute, giving mourners a peek into what he described as the trilogy of her world: her...

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Sigma merging
Kings House gate gets makeover
Residents protest slaying of DC
Health ministry targets adolescents in smoking campaign
Motion tabled to debate sugar industry

Business
Wireless war heats up
Almost a quarter of Cable & Wireless Jamaica's mobile phone customers will have to buy a new unit by December and will have to buy another new phone if they want to switch to a rival service early next year, it emerged this week. An estimated 43,000.

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Odd situations at Customs
US$250m bond issue stalled
Jamaican dollars at auction

Sport
Impressive Ottey

A HAPPY to be home Merlene Ottey upstaged her younger rivals at the National Stadium last night to register the fastest time in the heats of the women's 100 metres at the National Senior Athletic Championships. The 40-year-old sprint queen clocked a...

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Gayle blows away England
Jamaica get past Bahamas
Brave Dancer to atone
Positive signs at the track

Commentary
Frivolous appeal to Privy Council
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS have announced that they are going to the United Kingdom Privy Council to challenge the Jamaican Court of Appeal's recent ruling that the Government blundered by suing the wrong parties in the Junior Doctors' case. The decision seems..

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Beggars and the cultivation of poverty of poverty
Early Childhood: Wake-up call!

Letters
Racial encounters
THE EDITOR, Madam: I UNDERSTAND fully what Colin Henry went through. On one occasion, my wife and I, plus another black woman, were similarly detained for searching and questioning, while the other passengers, all white, were waved ceremoniously...

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A pleasant cruise
A nation of trespassers
Shaw wrong on Mandeville road
Funds for productive sector - a good move

Entertainment
Celebration time!
ON THE lush grounds of the French Embassy, on Hilcrest Avenue, Kingston, French Ambassador, Dr. Albert Salon hosted the annual Bastille Day celebrations. Earlier that evening the Ambassador presented Pierre Lamaire, president of the Alliance...

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Plans for more attractive Independence activities

ShowTime
Cybersquatting domains under siege
THE JAMAICAN government has its hands full dealing with the malignant problem of illegal squatting. Now, a couple of local entertainers are having similar problems as their territories are being invaded. Not the property on which they live, but the...

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Music and sports, a likely match
Out and Around

Star Page
Reasons for lack of interest in sex

Dear Readers, C.C.L. from Long Bay, Portland, feels she has a big problem. She is sexually active but has "never yet felt a thing when having sex except for pain and pain alone." She however, indicates that sometimes, when her baby father "romances...

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'Hot Gal' dispute: Sean Paul and Mr Vegas at odds
The Record Shop
Golden treasure
Problems with long distance relationship
ENTERTAINMENT DIARY
Marching twins