BUDGET STRESS
Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Omar Davies will be in a box of bricks when he opens the 2007/2008 Budget Debate in Gordon House on Thursday.In deciding how to spend the estimated $383 billion to manage the nation's business during this financial year, the Finance Minister is contrained by the fact that more than half will have to be spent on repaying debt.

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Editors' Forum - School board management

JLP marks 4Oth anniversary of Donald Sangster's death
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has announced a schedule of activities to mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of the nation's second Prime Minister, the Most Hon. the Most Hon. Sir Donald Sangster on Wednesday, April 11.

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Jamaica 'losing ground' - Bear Stearns downgrades debt on budget concerns
Citing concerns about the current budget, Bear Stearns has downgraded Jamaica's debt to underperform less than a month after it signalled concerns about the economy by reclassifying GoJ issued bonds as 'market-perform'.

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Bangladesh batter South Africa
BANGLADESH SHOCKED world number one-ranked South Africa with a 67-run victory in the World Cup Super Eights yesterday which has turned the tournament on its head. he Bangladeshis, who progressed to the second phase against the odds after a surprise win over India in the group stage, followed their World Cup record total of 251 for eight by dismissing the South Africans for 184 at the Providence Stadium.

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Lady T, Rum Talk capture Guineas
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Portsmouth open door for Chelsea

EDITORIAL - Pragmatic diplomacy vs ideological rigidity
Not surprisingly, but foolishly in our view, the Bush administration continues to criticise House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Syrian leg of her Middle East trip, which they believe has wrongfully pulled agape a diplomatic window for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Letter of the Day - No pay rise for MPs
The Editor, Sir: April 1, 2007 was April fool's day and it is understood from the report in the paper that Mike Henry a Jamaican Member of Parliament, is seeking a pay rise. I am wondering if he considered the timing with the current financial climate in Jamaica and with an increasing amount of poor people struggling or was it anApril fool's day statement?

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Family 'backs up' performers
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Allison Wallace makes piano her forte
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Delightful art satire
AFTER SIX years, Melisande Potter once again colours the north coast with her humour. Over 30 of her pieces are this month's pick of good art offered at the Harmony Hall mecca.

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Devon Anderson is mushing along
LAID BACK and cool as Red Stripe beer on a hot day, Devon Anderson claims, laconically, that his life has changed very little since his boss - Danny Melville - inveigled him into dog sledding, and since his adventures have been chronicled in film.

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Passover vs Easter
Today, millions of Christians around the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ during this season of Easter. But perhaps most don't realise that it was not until the fourth century that Easter was uniformly observed by Christians. (Boyne)

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Tortello launches 'Pieces of the Past' collection
Since June 2001, Dr. Rebecca Tortello-Greenland has been providing an eye into Jamaica's rich history, through her series 'Pieces of the Past', published monthly in The Gleaner newspaper. She compiled those articles published from 2001 to 2005, to form a book of the same name, Pieces of the Past, which was launched on Sunday April 1, in Queensway.

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Aussies aim to KO England
AUSTRALIAN COACH John Buchanan says his team is looking to eliminate England from the World Cup's semi-final race with two games to spare in the Super Eights encounter today. England have to win the game in Antigua to keep alive their hopes having lost to Sri Lanka on Wednesday off the last ball.

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