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published: Friday | March 2, 2007

Lead Stories


Parents charged with pimping girl
WESTERN BUREAU: The mother and stepfather of a 12-year-old girl have been arrested for aiding and abetting the sexual assault of their daughter by their 30-year-old neighbour, who is now on the run. The quiet farming district of Rockland in St. Elizabeth...

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Half of World Cup tickets sold
JUTC to get luxury buses for CWC
Falmouth Hospital ready for World Cup
600 to man security points
Teacher collapses in class, dies later
Fullerton gets 12 months for fraud

News


Manley airport expansion progresses
The expansion of theNorman Manley International Airport continues as preparation for the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) scheduled to officially get under way on March 11. However, Phase 1A of the expansion, which commenced in 2004, will not be completed...

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More sellers than buyers at Kingston Craft Market
'Embrace restorative justice in workplace'
Custos Nelson hails senior cop
No more waivers for World Cup, says KSAC
Eastern parishes to benefit from eye clinic
Judge says Hutchinson free to go

Business


GraceKennedy creates group for financial subsidiaries - BoJ prods NCB to follow suit
The GraceKennedy group has established a separate holding company for its financial subsidiaries - a response to a directive from the central bank that conglomerates unbundle their banking businesses from other operations

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FCIB investors can force CIBC to make offer - regulator
Shareholders approve BNS reconstruction scheme
GraceKennedy acquires UK company for $3b
Digicel valued as a US$2.4 billion company - O'Brien to reinvest $1b from bond issue
Tank-Weld to invest $1.1b more in port project
Jamalco pressing ahead with planning approvals for new dock - But says it may never be built
Airbus job-cut protests rock planemaker

Sport


Tivoli into quarters
DEFENDING Champions Tivoli Gardens coasted by rivals Arnett Gardens 2-0 at the Edward Seaga Stadium, becoming one of four Premier League teams to book their spot in the quarter-finals of the Red Stripe Champions Cup yesterday...

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Jarrett Park ready for practice matches
Holmwood send Champs warning
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Hats off to victors Trinidad and Tobago
JC in charge of Premier League semi
Government frustrating bookies - Chin
HORSE SENSE - Pity the Jamaican punter
Harbour View coast to victory

Commentary


EDITORIAL - A manifestly sound decision
The decision of the majority on the parliamentary committee reviewing the laws covering sexual offences that a woman need not obtain the permission of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to prefer a charge of rape against her husband is manifestly sound...

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CWC and the poor
From straw dye to Swiffer

Letters


LETTER OF THE DAY - Remembering renowned and unsung heroes
The Editor, Sir:We have come to the end of February 2007 and once again, for those of us who are aware of our heritage, for those of us who are conscious and proud of being black, it was another time when we relived some of the pain...

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We need to think for ourselves
Hail the children!
Implement flexi-time
Preserve the Cockpit Country

Entertainment


Mason fixes shaky foundation
Horace Mason was young and thought entering gospel music was an easy way to earn a quick buck. His love for music, he thought, would have made his plight a lot easier. As time went by he found out he had to have a real love for the cause before his dreams could be realised.

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Nikki Z straddles radio, TV
Cracking restart to 'Backyaad Crack-Up'
Truly 'Happily N'Ever After'
Young Thrillers launch album
'Reel' thought from Negril Film Festival

Social


Mitsubishi - fall in love Again
If the people at Motor Sales have their way, Jamaicans will fall in love with the pickup truck all over again. The company, via its Mitsubishi Motors division, launched the new L200 and L200 Sportero line of pickups at the Jamaica Pegasus...

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It's a new dawn for Telstar Cable
Forty years of 'courtship' between Ja and Mexico
Birthday celebrations of the 'haute'
Glorious golden years
Roti, roti and more roti

Caribbean


TRINIDAD: Cops told no extra money for CWC work
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Police Commissioner Trevor Paul has made it clear that police officers assigned to work specifically for the ICC Cricket World Cup locally will not be paid extra duty allowances.Speaking at a press conference Wednesday...

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ANTIGUA - 'Border security greatest challenge'
BARBADOS: Cultural mindsets spurring violence against women - minister

International


'Climate change is as dangerous as war'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters): Climate change poses as much danger to the world as war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday as he urged the United States to take the lead in the fight against global warming.

In his first address on the subject, Ban said...

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COLOMBIA - Mayor escapes bombing
CHINA - Vice-principal demoted over Bible study session

Countdown to ICC Cricket World Cup


Akhtar, Asif ruled out of World Cup
KARACHI (Reuters): PAKISTAN PACE bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been ruled out of the World Cup due to injury, a senior cricket board official said yesterday. The double withdrawal comes just five months after the pair tested positive for the anabolic steroid...

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More tickets available for final in Barbados
CWC board holds final meeting






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