Medical stress - Health sector reels from shortage
THE CONTINUED shortage of nurses, public health inspectors, pharmacists and medical supplies has placed the health sector under stress. Some hospitals are running short on even alcohol, antibiotic dressing and reagents to test for some deadly...

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AT&T makes good on payment
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Lead poisoning woes worsen
JAMAICANS INTERESTED in being tested for lead poisoning will have to visit private facilities and pay up to $5,000 for their blood to be drawn and processed overseas as there are no public labs locally to do the testing.

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A cop preaches 'poetic' justice
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Youngsters engage in sex at early age
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Preparing for your final transition
IN DAYS past, smart Jamaicans stored coffin lumber in preparation for their ultimate departure. Now, despite higher literacy and income levels, few Jamaicans ensure that even the funds to pay for their funeral has been put aside.

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Pulse, TVJ in joint venture to produce 'Miss Ja Universe'
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Assisting small and micro enterprises
LoJ profits pass the $billion mark
BoJ reduces interest rates yet again

England crush WI
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: ENGLAND, POWERED by an historic hat-trick by fast bowler Matthew Hoggard and a scintillating partnership between captain Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick, wrapped up the 2004 Cable & Wireless Series with a stunning...

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Latonia, Distinctly Irish romp Guineas
Teams battling for semi-final places
Leaders square-off in NPL
Boys' Town, Bull Bay strike first
UTech, G.C. Foster share crown
West Indies cricket needs a shake-up

Casinos: time for pragmatism
IT WOULD appear, based on a report in yesterday's edition of The Gleaner, that the P.J. Patterson administration is taking a gradual, but pragmatic step towards allowing the operation of casinos in Jamaica. The reality is, as the Prime Minister told...

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Where did Aristide get his money?
Fake middle-class values
This, that an' t'other
Voices of 'unsung' women

LETTER OF THE DAY - Marketing and developing the Jamaican brand
THE EDITOR, Sir: FIRST OF all, kudos to the excellent articles and stories of The Sunday Gleaner. You keep looking better all the time. Last Sunday's headline and story was fascinating.

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Jamaica, I miss you!
Having more concerns about Aristide
On the rights of a child

Staging history
IN ITS task as a mirror of the world, theatre does far more than tell who's the fairest, funniest and most dramatic of them all. So often it comments on our present and at others our past. It can tell us who we are, who were and even...

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Jamaica - the heartbeat for Caribbean Pulse
Sound system for greater joy?
An official visitor to Britain
More artistes seek video light

Nature's CALM
MOTHER NATURE'S Calm, a small group of paintings by Rheima Scarlett, is currently being hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI). The collection features images of nature with a touch of human...

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The power to fly
'City of Kings' opens at National Gallery
Building a foundation in photography
The history of UWI's Institute of Education

Juggling children and career
THE SIGHT of Rosemarie Chung arriving in studio with one baby slung in a pouch and another toddling behind her may be well remembered by her colleagues at the Jamaica Information Service in Kingston.

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FINDING TIME TO PARENT
SEXUAL fantasies
The elegant four-poster
Nicole's LEAP OF FAITH
ANGELIQUE MORGAN - MAD about family, MAD about feet

Walking the tightrope
THE $328 billion expenditure budget presented by Finance Minister Omar Davies last Wednesday comes at a time when the economy seems interestingly poised on a knife-edge. The economy is positioned between continuing in the vicious cycle of debt, high...

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What JLP 'leadership crisis'?
Easter: More than bun, cheese and bunny rabbit
Antiguan elections and democracy in the Caribbean
Aristide furore widens
How the Jesuits changed my life

Kiwanis Club of New Kingston honours heroines
MY DEARS, if y'all have not yet seen a copy of the 2004 Ebony Soul Calendar, then rush out to your closest neighbourhood bookstore and avail yourselves of a copy. This is one of international photographer Anthony Ragland's best yet!

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The book ship sails again