Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | May 25, 2009
Lead Stories

One woman's war for peace - Summer youth camp to teach conflict resolution
Braced back in a chair with legs folded and a warm smile, Dr Michelle Cromwell is the photogenic face of an ever-expanding movement for peace. Now her sights are on 'setting up shop' in Jamaica to clone her own ambassadors of non-violence...

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News

Hard-working Congo man remembers
I looked at him and I saw it instantaneously. Black Africa stared back at me from Guy Lawrence's face. I felt like I had known him all my life, but we had just met. His countenance squealed déjà vu, and his voice was oh so familiar...

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Business

Development mindset can't be business as usual - Tufton
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Christopher Tufton has called on the international community to put aside its "business as usual mindset" in favour of urgent, concrete action for the benefit of small island states struggling to meet their...

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Sport

West Indies fall meekly
BRISTOL, England (CMC):Dwayne Bravo stroked a polished 50 but West Indies offered very tame resistance and England marched to an emphatic victory in the second one-day international (ODI) at Bristol's County Ground yesterday....

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Don't expect much from FINSAC enquiry
The props are now nearly all in place for the next grand roil, which, like those of the past, we expect to fuel the animus and distractions that will make necessary political consensus on critical economic and social issues exceedingly difficult...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - Students need better information re loans
The Editor, Sir: After reading The Gleaner and realising the high delinquency rate at the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB), I felt the need to offer my input.Students need to realise what they are getting into before signing off on a loan agreement....

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Entertainment

Three Jamaicans write their lives
When Calabash International Literary Festival programming director Kwame Dawes asked the large audience at Jake's, Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, on Saturday morning "Are you ready for a big reading?", there was a resounding 'yes'...

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Flair

Ricardo and Alicia Powell take Basia to TV
Following his departure from the cricketing stage, St Elizabeth native Ricardo Powell migrated to Trinidad, the land of his wife, Alicia John Powell's birth. Basia and Basia Sports Magazine were born; the publications which featured mainly sports stars...

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