Lead Stories
LPG price rises - Severe US winter affects cooking gas cost
THE EX-REFINERY price of cooking gas distributed by Petrojam, the state-owned oil refinery, has risen by almost 20 per cent over the last three weeks as a direct result of higher benchmark prices because of the high demand arising from the cold...

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Forbes backs ban on knives
JUTC Management, staff to discuss strike issues
36 to go with SIH closure
Jamaican Embassy lobbying against certain deportations
UCJ accredits five degree programmes

News
Cable company's offices burgled

THIEVES EARLY yesterday morning, broke into Jamaica Amalgamated Cable Service offices, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, damaging equipment and stealing cash and appliances amounting to just over $1.5 million. The break-in disrupted cable service...

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Three new judges named
Assaulted bus driver loses eye
Better roads for Eastern Westmoreland
Outstanding educators honoured

Business
Restructuring hits execs
Movements of senior executives in the business sector continued as usual during the year 2000, largely because of promotions and re-organisations within certain industries. Below we highlight some of the major moves as reported throughout the year.

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49 jobs cut at JNBS

Sport
Bank on fit Ingenius

THE curtain comes down on the 2000 racing season at Caymanas Park tomorrow with a well supported Racing Pools game featuring the Paul Newman Memorial Trophy, the fifth race on the Pools programme. Before looking at the chances of the horses engaged...

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John speaks out against Richardson
2000 a good year for racing

Commentary
Mideast peace turmoil
FOR MIDDLE East peace, hope springs eternal. Unfortunately, for two of the key players in the process, eternity is measured in weeks. US President Bill Clinton leaves office next month, and in February Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak faces...

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2000 ­ A non-heroic year
Local politics and disengagement
Time to turn a new leaf
THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY WITH THE GLEANER - The case of the headless corpse ­ part 3

Letters
Letter of the Day Wrong signals from Gov't
THE EDITOR, Madam: I AM a small businessman operating in a country I love but which maintains a harsh, unyielding, cold environment against me, an environment which constantly sends a steady stream of signals which shout out that I am really foolhardy...

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Dr Archer's analysis is weak
Referendum and electronic voting
Tribute from CAFFE
Time for a pensions increase

Entertainment
Women making their mark
IN THE more than 40 years of the local music industry women have played a significant role in the success of male-dominated occupations. However, there is a widespread believe that few women, compared to the number of men, have sought to build a career...

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All's well

ShowTime
Suzanne Couch's gift of song

Music writer Claude Levi-Strauss once said "since music is the only language with the contradictory attributes of being at once intelligible and untranslatable, the musical creators are comparable to the gods and music itself, the supreme mystery...

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Deejays rule at 'Sting 2000'

Star Page
Dream like marriage

HEADLEY and Eunice Henlin have lived a life- like dream. In fact the couple from Oracabessa, St. Mary, who celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary last week, are so fond of their relationship, they would have no reservations about doing it again.

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19-y-o wants to adopt a child
A common bond