Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Saturday | April 4, 2009
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Gladiators ready!Champs final day expected to be the best yet
The final day of the Boys and Girls' Athletic Championships gets under way today with a sold-out crowd expected to watch the stars of tomorrow enjoy glory today.

Fake cop used in lotto scam: Lewin says Grayson planted by corrupt officers
A new and sinister twist was put on the words 'police recruitment' yesterday when Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin...

Hard work helps Pullen to clear obstacles - coach
Clive Pullen, defending Boys' long-jump Class Three champion, not only gave Kingston College an additional nine points as he retained his title after leaping 6.99m yesterday, he is also set to become the meet's Class Three...

4-H celebrates 69 years
MAY PEN, CLARENDON:A number of dignitaries, among them May Pen Mayor Milton Brown; permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Donovan Stanberry; 4-H clubbites gathered to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs at the Mineral Heights Baptist Church last Sunday.

Government to earn big from conch levy
The Senate yesterday passed the Conch Export Levy Act 2009, which will facilitate the imposition of a levy on the exportation of conch.When this measure takes effect, the proceeds from the levy will be used to...

Transport Authority to rev up fight against illegal vehicles
The Transport Authority has vowed to increase its clampdown on operators of public passenger vehicles despite howls of protest from some bus and taxi drivers...

Single-operator buses targeted: Police highlight spike in robberies on eastern Kingston routes
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting an increase in the number of robberies of single-operator buses attached to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), particularly those...

Another mass killing hurts the United States
A gunman barricaded the back door of a community centre in Binghamton outside New York in the United States with his car and then opened fire on a room full of immigrants taking a citizenship class yesterday, killing 13 people before apparently...


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