In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Friday | June 5, 2009
Lead Stories

In for a fight - Lawyer for policemen implicated in 2005 abduction case says evidence will be tough to find
Defence lawyer K. Churchill Neita, QC, has said that it will be difficult for the prosecution to prove a case against the four policemen who have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two men five years ago. The policemen are to face...

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News

Mona Prep student wins JIS Child Month Essay Competition
Alison and Michael Brooks were filled with joy as their daughter, Ashleigh, was named winner of the inaugural Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Child Month Essay Competition, held recently at the JIS Television studio, Arnold Road, Kingston...

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Business

Lee Chin misses $14b bond payment - Begs for more time to clear debt - Columbus share sale delayed
Michael Lee Chin has failed to come up with the US$155 million (J$13.8 billion) that AIC Barbados, the holding company for his Caribbean investments, owes bond holders. About US$108 million of the debt is owed to Jamaican investors, of which US$47 million is due...

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Sport

Windies ready to take on the world
LONDON, England (CMC): West Indies batting ace Ramnaresh Sarwan has shrugged off his team's below-par performances in England on their current trip and declared the Caribbean side as positive ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Wise decision by OAS; Cuba must respond appropriately
We, too, feel that something momentous happened at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Wednesday - this decision by the Organisation of American States (OAS) to rescind the expulsion of Cuba, 47 years ago, from the hemispheric body...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Infringement on privacy rights
The Editor, Sir: Yesterday my cable television viewing was disrupted by diktat of the Broadcasting Commission. Flow supplies me with both internet and cable television service. I take the full complement of cable tv channels available, including the X-rated ones.

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Entertainment

'Island Queen' returns to TVJ
TVJ's exclusive series, 'Island Queen', returns to the air for a third time with a new season and a new host this evening at 6:30. Alisha Morgan, Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2007, makes her television debut and will guide viewers throughout the island ...

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Social

It's a party for Percy
WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Percy Clarke arrived at Godfrey and Odette Dyer's Ironshore home last Friday, prepared to watch the famous movie Scarface, while devouring his favourite gungo peas soup. Little did the New York-based lawyer, who flies home weekly...

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