In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Friday | December 26, 2008
Lead Stories

Our first Christmas - The Hirds' bubbly bundle of joy
I arrive at the home of Reginald and Keshia Hird, in Portmore, last Saturday morning and I am greeted by their adorable, bright-eyed quadruplets. Well, sort of. The girls all stare in amazement at this stranger entering their home...

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News

Sadness in the season - 10 per cent of Jamaican children depressed
With most Jamaican children overcome with excitement surrounding the season's festivities, two members of the local medical community have issued a warning to watch out for depression among the youth."It's Christmas time and for many persons...

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Business

Where did all of Bernard Madoff's money go?
NEW YORK (AP): It has become the biggest mystery to emerge from the $50 billion Bernard Madoff scandal: Where did the money go? Federal investigators are likely to take months trying to answer that question as they dig through the disgraced investor's records...

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Sport

Weller raps cycling inertia
JAMAICA'S MOST famous cyclist, David Weller, has called for the resignation of Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) president Vaughn Pang due to a "lack of commitment to the greater good" of the sport. In a hard-hitting letter written to Phang...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Advice for tough times, PM
Prime Minister Bruce Golding is unlikely to be having much of a Christmas holiday, which we expect to be the case for prime ministers even in the best of times.And these are hardly good times. And these are hardly good times...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Pitfalls of buying foreign property
The Editor, Sir:A via Collinder's article in The Sunday Gleaner of December 21 was very informative about real estate opportunities in the United States at present.There are opportunities but pitfalls as well...

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Entertainment

Sean Paul joins Bustamante project
Dancehall artiste Sean Paul will be lending a helping hand to Shaggy's Make A Difference campaign. Sean Paul said he was in discussion with the management of the Bustamante Hospital for Children recently to determine the type of equipment that is needed...

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Social

Aloha to the season
December, even in Jamaica, can be a little chilly; so big up to National Commercial Bank Insurance Company for heating things up. The company hosted its staff party last Saturday at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston and the Hawaiian theme was just what the 'cold...

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International

Pirates, poverty mark failure of American policy
WASHINGTON, DC (AP): The Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one. The explosion of piracy off Somalia's coast is an attention-grabbing product of internal chaos ...

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