Lead Stories
Millions to fight crime - US$20 million IDB loan for new initiatives

GOVERNMENT IS pumping big money into its fight against crime with a US$20.6 million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), aimed at funding new anti-crime initiatives. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Robert Bellefeuille, a...

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Gleaner /Don Anderson Poll - Majority oppose relaxing of ganja laws
Blythe wants greater efficiency at NWC
Needs surgery to go on living
Environmental association demands better service from MPM
UHWI steps up collection drive

News
Inmates graduate

THERE WAS jubilation at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre yesterday when scores of inmates, their families and prison officials, including Commissioner of Corrections Lt. Colonel John Prescod, gathered at the graduation...

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...Views against decriminalisation
'We were under fire'
Civil servants to wear black in protest
Whitehall Avenue shootings point to stolen gun
Gun recovered at Golden Age Home

Business
Banking fraud on the increase and getting sophisticated

ACCORDING to the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA), local banks are detecting an increasing number of incidents where customers are contacted by persons from overseas who seek to retain the services of, or purchase goods from its customers.

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Local financial experts sceptical of growth
Forty applications for land line telephone licences
CIBC turns in a creditable performance
RBTT wins top bank award

Sport
Spanish Town set for another win
SPANISH TOWN High, the early form team in the 2001 Manning Cup season, goes into action today seeking its fourth win. Leading Group E with nine points, the surprise leaders host Denham Town at the Spanish Town Prison Oval and are expected to continue...

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Samuels' XI defeat Perry's XI
Unbeaten Alston take on Holmwood
Herb McKenley Stadium on the way
Hercules a firm banker

Commentary
The economic fallout
THE ECONOMIC impact of the recent terrorist bombings of the US World Trade Centre and the Pentagon have started to hit the local economy. In the international economy, oil prices moved from US$27 a barrel to US$30 a barrel and the rumblings in the...

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Made-in-America terrorism
The miracles of the World Trade Center tragedy

Letters
Letter of the Day - Containing our local terrorists
THE EDITOR, Sir: WHILE WE mourn with the Americans for the tragic loss of life in the recent terrorist attack, we must not forget the mourning that is taking place in Jamaica daily as a result of the senseless loss of lives to criminal violence in the...

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On funding the Reggae Boyz
In praise of a good column
Lorna Murrey
Tank-Weld ­ a good corporate citizen
Terrorists offer no hope
We can all help the homeless
Time to look beyond 'black' and 'white'
America and the price of freedom
Ja's tourism to benefit from attack on US
Quick response team needed to tackle Jamaican terrorists
'SOON' is nearer than you think near you

Entertainment
Sparrow sings out against terror

PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD (AP): THE MIGHTY Sparrow, Trinidad's legendary composer of calypso music, has written a new song condemning the deadly terrorist attacks in the United States.

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THE GLEANER'S weekly entertainment guide
'The Cabaret' good in parts

Star Page
Merritone on the ball

MERRITONE Disco, true to its name, had patrons in a merry mood at the Asylum Nightclub on Wednesday night. The party, which included the launch of Merritone's 11th annual Family Reunion, had fans on the dance floor for hours. Patrons who have been...

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Love and respect­ the Fagan way
He does not trust you anymore
The retroverted uterus

Terror Strikes US Letters
We shall overcome

THE EDITOR, Sir: 'WE SHALL Overcome'. In line with the tragic events which unfolded in the United States of America, I send my condolences to the family and friends in Jamaica of those who had loved ones lost or injured in the assault on the World Trade.

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The ties that bind
May God bless America
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