THE GLEANER'S CHILDREN'S OWN-SPONSORED SPELLING BEE COMPETITION: Ardenne takes St Andrew
TRUDY-ANNE McLeary of Ardenne High School out-duelled 55 other spellers, as she claimed the title of St. Andrew Parish Champion at the Gleaner offices, North Street, Kingston, yesterday. Though she admitted to becoming tense after a confident start,...

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Three killed in Hanover drama
Seaga has defence against 'Skeng Don' - court
Tourism Minister to review JTB's New York audit
Pace of Local Government reform irks Councillors
Journalists parley on reportage affecting HIV/AIDS, gender

Ja behind in literacy race, UNESCO says
JAMAICA HAS been listed among 57 countries who are at risk of not achieving Universal Primary Education (UPE), and one of 78 that will not achieve adult literacy, by the 2015 target date set by UNESCO (the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and...

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NDBJ to close rural offices
THE NATIONAL Development Bank of Jamaica (NDBJ) will be closing five of its seven rural offices, merge its Kingston outlet and make the posts of 19 of its staff redundant as part of a major restructuring programme. Slow repayments of between 30-35 per...

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Court throws out United Estates' appeal

India tame Windies
INDIA'S VAUNTED batting line-up engineered another remarkable run chase to defeat the West Indies by five wickets and level the seven-match limited-over series at 2-all. ive months after they successfully chased 325 to defeat England in the final...

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Official slams WI
Three schools seek first daCosta final
Rakkadash to rebound today
Manning semis showdown today
Bolt off to IAAF Gala

Editorial: The Crime Management Unit
THE PUBLIC has a right to know the full details behind what is going on at the Crime Management Unit (CMU). Of particular interest is the planned transfer of 12 members of the Crime Management Unit, who were involved in a sick-out last week. For the...

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Embracing false hope
That manslaughter case

LETTER OF THE DAY: In praise of Internet banking
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL Bank's decision to invest US$50 million in a new Information Technology system is a very welcome one indeed. The importance of the bank's foresight in implementing such a project - albeit a bit late - could not have come at a...

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Introduce a crime tax
Investigate conductor's death!
NWC responds to disruption of supply
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Unfair treatment of Lee Boyd Malvo
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Tallawah: the thrills and spills
TWO PIECES from the third night of competition in Tallawah 2002, being held at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at the University of the West Indies, stood head and shoulders above the other performances. They did so for very different...

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PM sings praises for construction of Bailey bridge
THE NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED 240-foot Bailey bridge over the Yallahs Fording in St. Thomas, will assist in the return to a free flow of traffic between the Corporate Area and the eastern parishes, says Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. The bridge which cost $16...

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Truck drivers urged not to exceed weight limit
Portmore environmental development plan all set

Killing INNOCENTS
Even in the criminal underworld there is an unwritten code that 'badmen no supposed to kill pickney'. "A child-killer is a sick man, a man who cannot be trusted," an area leader from Wilton Gardens told Lifestyle earlier

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Get away, ring in Christmas... on the coast