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published: Saturday | April 17, 2004
Lead Stories


Kraal six named
Serving of arrest warrants next Wednesday

GRANVILLE GAUSE, acting assistant commissioner of police, will next Wednesday, execute warrants of arrest on six former members of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), who have each been ruled charged with murder in connection with..

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Scotland Yard to probe Flankers shooting
User fee hike
Gov't ministries and departments to ask more for services
EU/CARIFORUM negotiations get going

News


JCC inner-city leadership programme graduates 40
IN A BID to improve the quality of life of inner-city residents and their relationship with the police, the Civic Committee of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) yesterday successfully graduated more than 40 candidates through its Youth Leadership...

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Hamilton to conduct enquiry into the Janice Allen case
Man held for plot to kill RM, bomb threats
Police Commissioner promotes 22 inspectors

Business


Three hospitals get cash injection from CHASE Fund
THREE OF the island's hospitals have received grant funds of over $24 million from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund to meet various needs at these facilities. The CHASE secretariat on Wednesday revealed at a press conference..

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Bad weather turns away cruise ships

Sport


Arrested for drugs
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federa-tion, Crenston Boxhill was yesterday rallying around Reggae Boy Onandi Lowe in his time of trouble.

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Haiti will be 'very tough' says Brown
Waterhouse slapped with maximum fine
Veteran 'linkman' leads the way

Commentary


Problem of sidewalk garages
ONE EXAMPLE of the danger to Jamaicans posed by improper environmental practices is the disposal of old motor vehicle batteries that can cause lead poisoning, especially in children under six years of age. Another such hazard is the proliferation of...

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A Hair's breadth

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY
Justice system relying on American charity

THE EDITOR, Sir: THE NEWS that the Government has had to rely on the charity of the United State (U.S.) to provide a standby generator for the Supreme Court building has filled me with disgust...

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UDC: 'Making development happen'
Easter: A celebration for pagans

Entertainment


Phyllis Dillon is dead
PHYLLIS DILLON, the 60-year-old songbird known for such seminal hits as Perfidia, The Love Woman Give to Man, and I Have One Life to Live, died earlier this week of cancer in New York after a one-month illness. "She took ill in February, she should have.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Farmer's Weekly


It's a yam thing
WESTERN BUREAU: THE TRADITIONAL bun and cheese was dethroned on Easter Monday making way for roast yam and saltfish, which reigned as the meal of the day at the annual Trelawny Yam Festival...

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RADA official urges radical change in agri practices

Mind &Spirit


Marriage vs cohabitation: the dignity of the person
M ARRIAGE AS an institution is under attack in ways that threaten to undermine its human value and purpose in society. This arises from the combination of the rapid changes in society and a culture that undermines marriage values by...

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Bell raised at Russian holy site




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