Lead Stories
'Blame the churches for facilitating spread of HIV/AIDS'
Jamaican churches are being accused of facilitating the spread of HIV/AIDS here by not fully supporting an active sex education campaign to fight the disease.

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Farmers' delinquency hurt PC banks
Sunday Gleaner remains on top
Skills training offered, few takers in Riverton
Gas dealers rally against Shell
Guyana, Suriname to sign memo of understanding

News
$300m for school repairs, upgrade
The Government, through the Ministry of Education and Culture, is to spend $300 million, to repair and upgrade schools for the academic year 2000/2001.

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Pensioners lash Accountant General's Department
Churches reject condom use in AIDS fight
Teens rarely involved in car crashes
Junior doctors' appeal in court tomorrow

Business
Hotel appeals against award to chef
Franklyn D. Resorts Ltd. in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, is asking the Court of Appeal to set aside the Supreme Court award of $2 million in damages to Felix Gonsalves, a Canadian who was dismissed from his employment as executive chef at the resort.

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Berger growth, profits impress
Regional capital market moves forward
Contractors dive for insurance bond cover
Understanding the high-tech culture

Sport
St. Ann overpower Melbourne
A magnificent century by Damion Wilmot powered St. Ann to a superb win over Melbourne in their exciting Sandals All-Island limited overs semi-final yesterday.

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There's no stopping Feanny
England crush West Indies
Campbell makes her mark
Rose Campbell ready for race of her life

Commentary
A strong dose of realism
The AIDS epidemic, which now infects 34 million people around the world, has been described as "the worst infectious disease threat in recorded history."

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A leader lacking the 'fire'
The jasmines of my life
A dissatisfied customer with Cable and Wireless
AIDS epidemic - it's a state of emergency
Why the dons rule

Letters
Giving the benefit of the doubt

THE EDITOR, Madam: In the sport of cricket, the benefit of the doubt goes to the batsman. If the umpire is not sure if the batsman is out, then the rules of the game demand that the batsman benefit from any uncertainty.

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Seaga on an ego trip
Positive vibrations
A sound option for LoJ

Entertainment
Curtain call
Young, fresh cabaret acts wait in the wings.

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Favourite masterworks for NDTC's new Season of Dance
Prince Buster - a huge hit in Europe
Entertainment Update
Welcoming the Jamaican Music Museum
Gospel train rolls into London

Arts & Leisure
A scholarly treatise on human personality

Jason Hill, a Jamaican who is assistant professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University in the United States, has produced an impressive study on how human beings can take on a new personality through greater awareness of the power of the mind.

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A delightful treat in a tasty mix
Artists' guild to launch across-the-island tour
High quality 'Jamaicart 2000'

Outlook/Fi Real
Living by the law
Is celibacy a requirement for the unmarried Christian?

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All about incentives
Should pills and condoms be distributed to teens this summer?
Stall hopping, street shopping
Views on abstinence
Fear of the 'puss in bag'