Thomas is top cop
NEWLY-APPOINTED Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas says managing and reducing the country's frightening homicide rate will be his main priority.

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Ja gives millions to tsunami fund
J'cans given a chance to name a tree
Hylton and Campbell to do battle in Western St Andrew
UWI fraternity welcomes Seaga
Four arrested for blocking road

GLEANER HONOUR AWARD NOMINEE - SPORTS - Campbell: I wanted to make my country proud
FOUR YEARS ago in Santiago, Chile, Jamaica's sprint star Veronica Campbell won the 100 and 200 metres at the World Junior Championships to announce her arrival as the leader of a new generation of sprinters on the world stage.

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Murder toll troubles Hanover police
Toward a future of enduring prosperity
Seven ways to age less in 2005
Double murder in Jones Town

Asian tragedy will not disrupt local commerce
BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS yesterday reported that they were not expecting disruptions in trade as a result of the tsunami, which rocked several south Asian countries on December 26. According to Trevor Fearon, executive director of the Jamaica Chamber of...

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ONR to repair fish labs in Sp Town
Cuba restores official contact with EU nations

$Multimillion sports complex for Sligoville
A $222-million sports complex will be built in Sligoville, St. Catherine, beginning in five months time. The multi-faceted facility on which construction is set to run from May through a 10-month period, comes as a gift to the country from...

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New role for Lara
WI trio cleared
Anna Perenna stuns Pick-9 bettors
Wanted: a quality WI spin bowler
McFarlane looks to dip below 47.4
I was not fired, says Seagobin

Francis Forbes' stewardship
THOSE WHO hold to the view that the head of the river is ultimately and personally responsible for the cleanliness of the flow downstream will have little time for equivocation on the stewardship of Commissioner of Police Francis Forbes.

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Year-round, open season on humans
Eric Downie: a great man
Real and present threat

LETTER OF THE DAY - Prostitution proposal simplistic
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN THE December 17, 2004 edition of The Gleaner, Dr. Figueroa is reported to have suggested the decriminalisation of prostitution, supposedly to aid in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

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NWA, take a look at Glengoffe
Implement crime-curbing strategies!
Employ bright minds, Air J

Chuckles in abundance at 'Laugh Again'
WESTERN BUREAU: IT WAS a titter a second, a chuckle a minute and a bundle of laughs at Priscilla's on Constant Spring Road, as the Laugh Again series ended on a giggle for 2004.

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Hedonism III welcomes 2005 in fine style

Conquering chaotic clutter in the closet for 2005
SURELY ONE of your new year's resolutions was to get organised. And there is no better way to start than with closets. Now that kitchens and all other home space have been dressed to the nines in many homes, it's time to spruce up traditionally hidden...

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