http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/ Everyday Matters tavaresd@jamaicaobserver.com (Deron Tavares) en-us MEMBER of Parliament and deputy leader of the governing Jamaica Labour Party Derrick Smith has defended the introduction of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), stating that it gives MPs flexibility to provide services to their constituents at short notice. http://jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20091106T200000-0500_163280_OBS_CDF_GIVES_MPS_FLEXIBILITY___DERRICK_SMITH.asp MAY PEN, Clarendon - First-round winners Annotto Bay High and Glenmuir High will meet in the second game of a double-header at Jamalco Sports Club in today's feature game of the second round of matches in the Inter-Zone round of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy football competition. http://jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20091106T200000-0500_163277_OBS_GLENMUIR__ANNOTTO_BAY_MEET_AS_DACOSTA_CUP_CONTINUES.asp Pan Caribbean Financial Services (PCFS) under the stewardship of its President and CEO Donovan Perkins put in an admirable performance for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009 against the backdrop of a global economy in recession and a contracting local market where capital is at an all-time premium. http://jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Business/html/20091105T210000-0500_163237_OBS_GOOD_TIMES_FOR_PAN_CARIBBEAN.asp Do you want a dog? There are over 100 loving and rambunctious canines living at The Animal House in Lydford, St Ann, who are in need of a home. http://jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20091106T220000-0500_163297_OBS_WE_NEED_HOMES__PLEASE.asp With an honours degree in Management and Psychology, and also the right combination of beauty and talent, why would this lady be interested in music in Jamaica? http://jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20091102T180000-0500_163005_OBS_FLEXXING_WITH__ALAINE.asp CAMBRIDGE, St James - Holding hands with 14-year-old Shantoy Lawrence is an unnerving experience. They're unnaturally cold and her fingernails are a pale shade of blue, an unmistakable sign that something is terribly wrong with this incredibly beautiful, dark-complexioned girl. http://jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/html/20091104T220000-0500_163183_OBS_SAVE_OUR_SHANTOY_.asp The West Indies have not beaten mighty Australia in a Test series since 1993 and there is absolutely no reason to believe that situation will have changed at the close of the upcoming tour Down Under. http://jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/html/20091106T200000-0500_163285_OBS_A_TOUGH_TASK.asp Picture this: on a chilly November day 92 years ago, a fanatical follower of the German philosopher, Karl Marx, rouses him from his grave in London's Highgate cemetery where he has been buried for 34 years. "Wake up, Karl! http://jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091106T190000-0500_163251_OBS_THE_BUILDING_AND_BREACHING_OF_A_HISTORIC_BARRIER.asp