Mustard Seed - Tragedy Three children died in Tropical Storm Gustav - Urgent help needed
A heart-wrenching cry for assistance to rebuild its children's homes has come from the Mustard Seed Communities after the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav left 24 "severely disabled" children grappling with desperate, unsafe living conditions...

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Single mom gets help with back-to-school plans
Derrick Mahfood gets song-filled goodbye
What is the one thing every Jamaican can do to improve literacy?
Gag order placed on PNP members
Chuck defends tardy MPs
K D Knight is a 'dead-on' shooter
Tufton aids Trelawny farmers

Gorge to be fixed by month end
The Bog Walk gorge, which suffered massive scouring from flood waters during the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav, should be fully restored by the end of this month. Bouygues Travaux Publics Jamaica Limited has offered to rebuild the road free of cost to the Jamaican Government...

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... Bouygues other deadlines safe
Students protest bad roads
Residents want NWA to examine shifting roadway
Create an environment that will support direct flights - Bartlett
UNESCO launches poster, essay competition
CXC sticks to deadlines for coursework

Trade tax bonanza - Inland Revenue, KSAC 'frighten' businesses into compliance
A partnership between the Kingston council and the tax authorities have reaped billions in new revenue for the KSAC in the past four months, but Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie believes its the overt threats and parading tax collectors that made the difference...

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Crucial EPA meeting today
JPS pension fund grabs stake in RJR - Lee Chin still top shareholder
Consumer, business confidence slump as Trini energy weakens
KFC strengthens security for their chicken recipe
A fresher on the job

Reggae Boyz need to pull out all stops
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras: LIKE A cornered tiger, Jamaica's Reggae Boyz must draw upon all their fighting skills in tonight's CONCACAF Group Two semi-final round clash against Honduras to be certain of survival. Today's battle, at the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano...

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Jamaica need freedom and spirit
The Smoker for Cecil Charlton Trophy
It's all about Reno and Village United
Alpart sweep St Ann Bauxite
Armstrong set for comeback?
Grand Prix penalty appealed
Walsh, Campbell step up campaigns

EDITORIAL - That's not good enough, Colonel MacMillan
Colonel Trevor MacMillan, the national security minister, must know that his explanation for Jamaica's cock-up in ordering ammunition for the police force is, at best, flaccid.Nor do we accept as glorious, the minister's declared inability to speak immediately...

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NOTE-WORTHY: Strengthen ties with America

LETTER OF THE DAY - Illogical plans for Up Park Camp
The Editor, Sir: I read in The Sunday Gleaner of September 7 a report on the Government's intention to 'relocate the Kingston-based headquarters of the Jamaica Defence to Vernamfield in Clarendon.' Even before more details are provided...

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Creating complex problems
Why not overhead bridges?
Injustice in the justice system
Thumbs down, 'Butch'
Embryo of corruption
Whatever happened to due process?
The American Airline deal
A matter of honesty
Kudos to St James' custos

Shattered Dreams - Carlton Grant Jr's mom reflects on lost possibilities
Like any mother who has lost a child, Sharon Gapoor prefers to remember the essence of her son. Carlton Grant Jr, son of Gapoor and performing artiste Spragga Benz, was controversially shot on August 23, along Church Street in Kingston...

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Dancehall Channel strikes right chord with local viewers
Coco Tea Athletes honoured at Irie Jam
Horns help Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore home
Something extra

Let's talk about my penis size
Any men have anxieties about the size of their penises. Indeed, the issue of penis size has occupied artisans of ancient cultures as evidenced by the size of the penis in the art of Greeks and Romans. Our local artisans in the Fern Gully are famous for their statuettes...

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Study measures milk's benefits to growing bones
The 'smell test' for food
Jogging is a great workout
A stillbirth is a painful experience
Letters - Walking is easy and safe

CUBA: Ike kills four, takes aim at Mexico, US Gulf
HAVANA (AP):Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, west of the densely populated capital's ageing buildings yesterday, after tearing down the length of the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four...

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