Robbed blind - Gunmen break in on 39 overseas missionaries at Salvation Army school
The St Andrew facilities of the Salvation Army School for the Blind and Visually Handicapped were turned upside down early yesterday morning when three masked gunmen entered the compound, robbing 39 members of an overseas missionary team of cash, cellphones and other valuables...

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Former Montego Bay mayor passes on
WESTERN BUREAU: Popular politician and former mayor of Montego Bay, Arthur Gilchrist died at his home in Anchovy Estates, St James, yesterday morning after an extended period of illness. Gilchrist, whose career encompassed stints in politics, trade...

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Unda di sea
REGGAE AND salsa ruled the waves when the Cuban vessel, the Coral Viewer, made one of its promotional trips off the coast of St Ann to explore the many wonders of the Caribbean Sea recently. The lower deck of the boat has been transformed into a viewing gallery...

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Usain Bolt still below his best - Mills
Glen Mills, coach of world 100m record holder Usain Bolt, said despite his athlete's superb early season form, he is still not at his best. Mills made this disclosure after Bolt's fourth sub-10 clocking of the season to win the men's 100m at the National Athletics Championships...

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EDITORIAL - Implications of the Chambers murder
From a broad moral perspective, last Friday's assassination - and that is what it was - of Douglas Chambers, ought to rate no higher, if no less, than the nearly 2,000 less well-known people, who are killed each year. Yet, there is something different, and more chillingly sinister...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Bishop sees 'a cycle of evil and corruption'
The Editor, Sir: Danville Walker's commendable article, 'Why they killed Douglas Chambers', (The Gleaner, June 30) speaks to the critical issue that has been haemorrhaging the social and moral life of our nation for decades. In summary...

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Selena Blake takes on
FROM HER home in New York City, Selena Blake keeps up to date with events in her native Jamaica. She is aware of the music scene and perennial crime, but chose to focus on an embattled minority for Taboo ... Gay and Lesbian Yardies: The Voices of Those Who Dare to Speak...

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Customs e-manifest to debut in Montego Bay soon
Members of the shipping community in Montego Bay will soon be able to submit manifests electronically, Claudette Coombs, director of operations at Jamaica Customs, announced. Speaking at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ)-sponsored Lunch and Learn...

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Jamaica Ship Registry opens German office

Ex-spy chief defends Fujimori
LIMA, Peru (AP): Peru's once-feared former spy master testified yesterday that ex-president Alberto Fujimori had nothing to do with the death squad killings with which he is charged. Vladimiro Montesinos' testimony was one of most-anticipated moments...

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