Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Monday | June 15, 2009
Lead Stories

Kingston back on the map - New tourism campaign, hotel give Jamaica's capital well-needed push
WESTERN BUREAU: Unveiling a boutique property, while launching the revolutionary 'Kingston 360 degrees' campaign, the country's newest hotelier says Jamaica's capital city has returned to being a formidable tourist destination....

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News

Riding away from trouble - Former national cyclist gives back to inner city
WESTERN BUREAU: While many state agencies would struggle to explain their social intervention programmes for former national cyclist Winston 'Mawga' Virgo, this important function has been a part of his daily reality for many years...

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Business

St Mary Peace Farm and Park - Nature at its best
Professor Anne C. Bailey could take the term, 'best of both worlds', and change it to 'best of all worlds' just to describe her life. And no one could blame her. Bailey studied English and French at Harvard, received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania...

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Sport

Ashmeade fires in U20 200 metres
Nickel Ashmeade was the star performer at the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) National Junior Championships, which ended at G.C. Foster College yesterday. The St Jago schoolboy, from start to finish, put together a well-executed 200m race and even had time...

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Commentary

EDITORIAL - Time to move on with crime bills
We understand Christopher Zacca's frustration at the pace, or, more appropriately, the lack thereof, with which the legislature has pursued the proposed amendments to several law enforcement bills that a year ago everyone agreed were necessary to fight crime...

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Letters

LETTER OF THE DAY - The GG and British trinkets
The Editor, Sir: It is interesting to note that on the same day the governor general was receiving his knighthood, the BBC had a presentation in the morning on the release of a new book, The Dead Yard, by Ian Thompson. The programme which lasted for about three minutes...

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Entertainment

Bunny Wailer's 'Blackheart Man' remastered
Thirty-three years after it was made, Bunny Wailer's classic, Blackheart Man, album, has been given a crisp digital remastering and is being reissued, initially via download, Zojack Worldwide handling the arrangements. Some of the songs are longer than...

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Flair

COVER STORY - Fatherhood the second time around
Trevor Heaven - Businessman Trevor Heaven is enjoying fatherhood with his young children."This time around it's a rebirth," Heaven said, of having two young children, Nathan, 10, and Kai, 8. Heaven is also the father of three adult children, Muna Heaven-Hill...

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