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Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
published: Sunday | August 14, 2005

Under fire! Fire brigade senior officers want chairman, members of board sacked
SEVERAL SENIOR officers at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) are demanding that the Government sack the chairman and other members of the board whom they describe as incompetent, complacent and lacking in vision.

Juveniles a burden on Correctional Services
AN UNRELENTING stream of delinquent young males into the custodial arm of the Department of Correctional Services has been forcing officials to channel the overspill into adult institutions such as the Horizon Remand Centre in St. Andrew.


Handling germs: Should you be worried?
WITH PUBLIC attention focused on the double-digit inflation rates, impending increases in bus fares and light bills, and on the country's wade into corruption scandals, who is going to concern themselves with a simple matter like germs....


Wyndham awaits fate
AS EARLY as Wednesday this week, Wyndham Rose Hall may know its fate, as new owners Blackstone close a US$3.24 billion (nearly J$200.6 billion ) merger deal with the company, taking control of some 34 properties owned by the international brand.


Behind the fence - Life on Tamarind Farm
WHEN MIKE was a boy, he could only go to school 'once in a while.' Now Mike is 22, he is practising cursive writing - a big step for Mike who suffers from 'shortness of the head'.


The garrison phenomenon - Does the PNP have an electoral advantage?
BEFORE A vote is cast in the country's parliamentary elections, the scorecard reads: Ten seats to the governing People's National Party (PNP) and two to the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).



















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