US envoy urges AIDS support
WESTERN BUREAU: THE WHITE House Special Envoy to the Americas, Governor Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay, says he will encourage more funding from his country so that Jamaica can continue its work fighting the spreads of AIDS, the deadly disease.

'Butch' hits socialism
GORDON "BUTCH" Stewart, chairman of the Sandals Group of hotels, yesterday lashed out at the "verandah talk" and "socialism-in-governance" tactics and policies of the present political administration. "Socialism as a manner of governance does not work...

Women win Silver Pen Awards

ELINOR FORBES-MARTIN and Faith Linton were yesterday presented with The Gleaner's Silver Pen Award for June and July, respectively. Mrs Forbes-Martin was rewarded for encouraging Jamaicans to rely more on self-help rather than on government or others...

ODPEM for 'Net
WITHIN THE next few months, people facing the hazards of a possible mass evacuation in the midst of a major disaster will be able to access information from the Internet outlining the best possible plans of action for their particular area. This news...