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published: Sunday | February 29, 2004
Lead Stories


JLP stalemate - Impasse over who should chair Selection Committee
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has been hit by a new dispute involving party leader Edward Seaga and Chairman Bruce Golding, over who should chair the party's influential Selection Committee.

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You're being watched!
A twist of fate
Gleaner Editors'forum - Management training critical for school heads
Jamaica on alert
Gov't consultants booted
Haitian influx worry J'cans
When will democracy come to Haiti?
Churches making a killing from funerals

News


The amazing Shay Reid
SHY BUT determined, Shay Reid, a 15-year-old fourth form student at Mannings High School in Westmoreland often amazes people with her dexterity despite her obvious physical challenges.

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The Haiti-Jamaican connection: 'No hope, no future, no life'
Nicholson pushes for Charter of rights, freedom
Police still compiling DNA database
Providing for Haitians proves a big challenge

Business


NCB flexes muscles - Acquisition drive continues
MICHAEL LEE-CHIN, chairman of National Commercial Bank (NCB), says the institution is making changes at some of the companies in which it has recently invested, while at the same time carrying out an internal transformation.

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'Buy Jamaican... Build Jamaica' campaign kicks off
Deadlock in FTAA Negotiations
Overview of the crisis and implications for CARICOM
NCB points the way to wealth creation
Supreme Ventures backs Jamaica Carnival 2004

Sport


Jamaica take control
IT IS said that catches win matches and although it may not have mattered, David Bernard Jnr. took one so brilliant at Alpart yesterday that apart from knocking the fight out of the Windward Islands, it must have inspired Jamaica...

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Rockfort halt Santos' semi-final march
Magical ride gets Crimson Magic home
Sizzling performances at Gibson Relays
Manchester Major League kicks off today
Williams loses right little finger
Commentary - A treasure house of great memories
Armstrong considers retirement

Commentary


Editorial - Do unto others...
JAMAICA, AS a neighbouring territory to the beleaguered nation of Haiti, finds itself facing the challenge of accommodating refugees who have braved the rough seas which lie between our country and theirs, hoping to find safety here, from the civil...

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No balm in Gilead?
How can Haitians get more?
Nobody now knows my name
Suspend Haiti from CARICOM
...If President Aristide is overthrown

Letters


Letter of the day - A 'don' on every corner
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE CRIME problem has got everybody shaking in their boots. Of particular significance is the problem of extortion. It appears that there is a 'don' on every corner across the length and breadth of Jamaica.

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Haitians deserve a chance
Offended
Lenders should pay extra
Poor Jamaica
Remembering Rev Cuthbert

Entertainment


Actor Boy Awards gear up
THE INTERNATIONAL Theatre Institute (ITI) Actor Boy Awards nominations have been announced and they declare that 2003 was a good year in Jamaican theatre.

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'Bunny' Brown launches out
Social - The Oscars are here!
Social - Food for the Poor making strides

Arts &Leisure


Celebrating Jamaican Culture
PROFESSOR CAROLYN Cooper is absolutely right - whatever children love will live forever.

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J'can featured on official Black History Month poster
Book review - Crime and public policy

Outlook


Dr Alma Blair - Empowered by the Holy Spirit
THE BLAIR mansion, home of Dr. Alma Blair, J.P. and Bishop Herro Blair, leaders of the Deliverance Evangelistic Association internationally, is located in Hellshire over-looking the sea.

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Donald Patterson - from local cop to UN security administrator
Dr. Lowery Stokes-Simms - Black American curator

In Focus


Requiem for Haiti
THE LAST few months have been fraught with pain and anguish, as I have watched my country descend into an abyss of anarchy, and teeter on the brink of civil war. (Desulme)

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Case of a failed democracy
Why Ja needs a social partnership
G2K policy focus - Understanding the MoU
Cybersex - more of the same in a different space
In search of the great black hope




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