In the print edition of the Gleaner, published: Sunday | February 22, 2009
Lead Stories

Doctor cries foul: Medic at centre of controversial report wants justice: Demands apology from health minister
AFTER BEING locked out of his office, having over 300 patient files confiscated and being interdicted...

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News

'We are proud of you': Relatives, friends laud governor general-designate
THE TEACHER who taught Patrick Allen in grade four at Fruitful Vale All-Age School in Portland says, although it did not cross her mind then, that he would become governor general.

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Business

$86m for 123 houses
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is moving ahead with the next phase of its Hellshire housing project ongoing for a decade and a half, and has tendered the civil engineering works on a scheme in which the housing agency is...

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Sport

Bucknor's last stand
Western Bureau:Jamaican umpire Steve Bucknor, who has stood in a record 126 Test matches and over 170 one-day internationals (ODIs), is to retire from Test cricket at the conclusion of the upcoming third Test match between South...

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Commentary

The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) needs new leadership
The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), now into middle age, is a worthy and venerable organisation that, up to now, has enjoyed the respect of a wide cross section of the Jamaican people.

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Letters

Letter of the day What is the basis for your education theory?
THE EDITOR, Sir:I would like to ask these questions about the editorial article of February 19.

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Entertainment

Oral historians - Vintage Boss, History Man put facts on record
From The Wailer's Mr Brown, about a coffin that was allegedly being guided by crows around the streets of Kingston to Mavado dismissing cassava as being too hard to fry, there are many Jamaican songs...

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Arts &Leisure

Ceramics on show
'Clay Works' is an exhibition of ceramics and ceramic sculpture with work from lecturers, recent graduates and students of the Edna Manley College (EMC).

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Outlook

Polo anyone?
WESTERN BUREAU: The answer is yes, polo everyone! Clusters of people turned out for the Chukka Caribbean Hanover Charities 2009 polo event, including the man who made the polo horseman a household name, designer Ralph Lauren.

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In Focus

High interest rates - the road to ruin
Back in early 1994, an acquaintance told me of a Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) United States dollar bond paying the incredible annual rate of over five per cent tax-free.

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International

Clinton assures China on investments in US
BEIJING (AP):United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham-Clinton and Chinese officials say they will expand high-level talks on economic issues to include troubling security matters as well.

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Auto

ROAD TRIP: Negril Sportin' in the Montero
MITSUBISHI'S IAN Lyn has got a new toy to play with. It's black, it's big and it's name rhymes with Sombrero.

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