Lead Stories
Massive transfers in JCF
POLICE COMMISSIONER Francis Forbes has transferred more than 100 police personnel to various divisions throughout the island in a big administrative shake-up. The list includes several senior officers. Among those transferred are 67 detectives, 17 of...

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What's right with Jamaica - Another path to healing
'White flies' threaten City gardens
Millennium Generation - The 'turn-around' Town Clerk
House debates Knife Bill today
AIDS discrimination cases to be documented

News
ROADS OF SHAME - Coastal pothole nightmares

WESTERN BUREAU: POOR ROAD conditions throughout Jamaica's coastal towns are a nightmare for motorists, many of whom have been venting their frustration in recent weeks through protests and roadblocks.

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New measures to combat domestic crime
Secured police post for KPH
New home for Rural Family Support Centre
Rape conviction, sentence overturned

Business
Fair Trading Commission gets new head

ATTORNEY-AT-law Mrs. Barbara Lee, next month becomes the second woman to lead the regulatory body since its first executive director Geraldine Foster stepped down in 1997. On February 1 Mrs. Lee takes up the post recently vacated by Mr. A.B. Stewart...

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Pearnel Charles blasts Gov't on sugar issue

Sport
No problem for de Oliveira

WESTERN BUREAU: THE coaching staff of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is moving to head off possible personel problems ahead of the start of final round play in both the 2002 World Cup qualifying series and the final playoff for CONCACAF Under...

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B'dos hold off Jamaica
Campbell for Jackson Relays
Adams bats for Lara
Time to get up and get involved
JVA names training squad

Commentary
Mandeville Hospital
THE PUBLIC is giving the rehabilitated Mandeville Hospital thumbs up. Since the completion of the project last August people have been coming to the facility from surrounding parishes as far as Westmoreland. The aesthetics of the hospital is only a...

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Man's depravity and capital punishment
When anything goes
CARICOM to parley on T'dad, Guyana crises
A glance into the future of Myopia
In search of self and nation

Letters
Letter of the Day A cow on the runway!
THE EDITOR, Madam: ON FRIDAY January 12, 2001 at one o'clock in the afternoon I was waiting for my sister and her husband who were arriving on Air Jamaica Express from Montego Bay. The plane was approaching and about to land when the pilot pulled it...

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Disgusted with Air J, Sandals
It's not fake, Mr Stewart!
Is humankind intrinsicallly good?
Keeping Dr King's dream alive
Birth certificate needed urgently
For reasons of clarity

Entertainment
Saxophonist shines at Ron Kenoly concert

WESTERN BUREAU: CLAD IN a loose-fitting yellow dress, barefooted and armed with a 'golden' saxophone and an attitude of praise, Angela Christie blew to the glory of God.

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Chaka Khan wows Bajans

Youth Link
Resolutions for the 'resolutionless'
THE FIRST two weeks of the new year have already gone and I'm almost sure that at least one of the five, 10, or 100 resolutions made by the majority of persons has already been broken. In fact, most people have likely forgotten where they put the...

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DEARCOUNSELLOR - Third former may be pregnant

The Shipping Industry
2000 - a landmark year for MAJ

THE MARITIME Au-thority of Jamaica wishes everyone a prosperous and peaceful new year. Last year held a number of landmarks for us, which include being placed on the "International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) White List", meeting the 15 per cent...

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CBAJ anticipates a year of growth
FFAJ aims to facilitate change

Senior Life
Woman of Faith

BORN JULY 4, 1909 in Jackson Town, Trelawny, to Joseph and Maude Linton, Mrs. Dileno Ferguson has faith in God, putting Him first in whatever she does. Her mother died when she was a baby and she was cared for by her father who was an itinerant preacher.

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100 golden years

Star Page
Rebel Salute 2001... - As good as it gets

Western Bureau: REBEL Salute 2001 did not start as scheduled at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. It started 15 minutes early. If Rebel Salute 2001 wasn't the perfectly produced show, it was so close that it didn't matter to the huge throng that stayed...

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Friction between Cham and Bounty?