Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | May 25, 2009
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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...

'Now I've got hope' - Group transforming lives of at-risk youths
Twenty-five-year-old Anthony Smith was on a path to destruction. Born and raised in the volatile inner-city community of central Kingston, he dropped out of school after only reaching the ninth grade. Smith admits that daily he would be bombarded...

Busta Museum treasures at risk
The recently opened Bustamante Museum, which houses a multimillion-dollar collection of memorabilia of National Hero and former Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante, is not insured, The Gleaner has learnt. Nora Strudwick, project manager at the Bustamante Museum...

Seaga admires Manley's mind but praises more Busta's heart
Sir Alexander Bustamante has been hailed as a more strident champion of the rights of poor Jamaicans than the intellectually superior Norman Manley, his cousin and fellow national hero.Edward Seaga, a former prime minister, read on Saturday...

Another cop slain - Overall homicides dip but rural killings rise
A 27-year-old cop who was gunned down on the weekend as he tried to foil a robbery was on Sunday hailed for his sacrificial gallantry. Dead is Constable Marlon Samms, who was attached to the Linstead Police Station...

THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS - Don't sideline the Sectoral Debate
THE SINCERITY of our Parliamentarians in their treatment of the nation's business should again come in for scrutiny over the next few weeks, at least until after the June 16 by-election in north east St Catherine....


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