Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Tuesday | October 13, 2009
Lead Stories

Snag for Charter - PNP unlikely to debate unless amendment is made
IT APPEARS that another blockade could stand in the way of the Charter of Rights. Prime Minister Bruce Golding is slated to open the debate on the bill, which has occupied parliamentary discourse for nearly 17 years, but A.J Nicholson has said he is overlooking...

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News

'Thank you, docs' - Parents grateful for free spine surgery - Overseas doctors welcomed to children's hospital
Several children with complex spinal conditions will be able to rest easier because of the philanthropy of a group of doctors who are in the island to perform operations this week. For Claudette Richards, this is a relief. Her 12-year-old daughter...

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Business

First woman wins Nobel in economics - Shares prize with fellow American
ShElinor Ostrom became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, and was honoured along with fellow American Oliver Williamson on Monday for analysing economic governance - the rules by which people exercise...

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Sport

'We're no longer the bronze queens'
Jamaica's Sunshine Girls got prime-time attention upon their return to the island yesterday afternoon, following their historic silver-medal finish at the World Netball Series Fast Net championships in Manchester, England. The girls, along with members of the management...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - The Mike Henry-Bindley Sangster muddle
Mike Henry's efficacy at parsing words may not have reached the heights of Bill Clinton's classic offering of the various connotation of "is" during the Lewinsky affair. But Mr Henry is certainly in the top tier of parsers, as is exemplified in the definition...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Erroneous assertions about PIOJ'
The Editor, Sir: I have long taken the decision to ignore most of the uninform comments made by columnists who have used the opportunity presented to them to advance their own viewpoints on issues, with seemingly no concern for the facts...

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Entertainment

A sweet 16th season for Stella Maris dancers
The Stella Maris Dance Ensemble (SMDE) mounted a brief but pleasure-filled season of dance last Saturday and Sunday at the Little Theatre. Though the two new dances were disappointing, the three older ones were exciting enough to more than compensate...

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The Shipping Industry

Former presidents laud SAJ for training initiatives
Two former presidents of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), L. Paul Scott and Captain Michael Belcher, have sent congratulations to the SAJ on the successful implementation of a National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute ...

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Lifestyle

An airport adventure
Leonard Sheffield and his wife, Estel, from Cotton Piece district in the hills of rural St Catherine, have been standing at the same spot at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport for the last two hours. It's a sunny day and the the beads of sweat...

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