Lead Stories
More foreign loans - Davies promises tight fiscal management
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, yesterday indicated a mixture of tight fiscal management and reduced domestic borrowing to control Government debt during 2001/2002.

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RADA launches cassava pancake mix
$1m facelift for Oxford Mall Market
RPD crackdown on illegal cigarettes
Moy Hall coffee factory revitalised
Cruise industry being shipwrecked

News
Gov't boosts AIDS fight

THE GOVERNMENT is to mount a more vigorous public education and mobilisation campaign to be spearheaded by public officials, including Government Ministers, aimed at stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS. Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of Information, said...

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Trio to be extradited
Three to answer larceny charges
Amnesty to report on police brutality
Farmers lash Gov't's beef decision

Business
FINSAC pumps $2.2 billion into LoJ
THE STATE-OWNED Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) has completed its take-over of Life of Jamaica (LoJ) with capital injection of $2.2 billion in accordance with an agreement ratified by investors almost five months ago. LoJ said it received...

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Thou shall not admit liability!
Seniors have a life too!
CIBC Jamaica chalks up creditable performance - ...Michael Mansoor replaces Emil George
Paymaster takes Super Plus to task

Sport
Hunt sets javelin record

BRENDA-GRACE Hunt of Wolmer's threw the javelin record 44.92 metres to highlight yesterday's opening day of the 2001 VMBS Girls Championships at the National Stadium. Hunt, who surged into the lead with a throw of 41.64 on her fourth attempt, finished...

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Anderson sends strong message
Close call in Bridgetown
McGarrell included in Windies squad
STETHS in control

Commentary
Call for crime plan
WERE THE government, the Private Sector and Civil Society to get together and develop a comprehensive plan for reducing the unacceptable high level of crime in the country, "every donor would support it". This is the word from the Director of USAID in...

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Truth, justice & the rule of law
The Braeton funeral
Through the 20th century with The Gleaner - Camp Road murders (Pt. 14)
The police and the people

Letters
Letter of the Day Horror of the Braeton monster
THE EDITOR, Sir: On the 14th of March last, the nation was subjected to the horror of the slaughter of seven young men in a two-bedroom house on 5th Seal Way in Braeton Phase III by a heavily armed contingent of five dozen members of the elite force...

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Are tow-trucks the solution?
A brewing 'brainstorm'
Wesley Gaynor
Back Talk - Goodbye to Anancy

Entertainment
What a 'Te Lay Lay' at Soca, Calypso Tent

Today we feature Peter Lewis and his Carnival 2001 Trinidad Road March hit song. The soca front liner will appear on the line-up for Soca Calypso Tent on Thursday April, 19 at Cinema II, New Kingston.

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Travel Channel TV promotes Ja
JCDC director promises vibrant festivities

Profiles in Medicine
Is vegetarianism healthy?

WITH THE spread of Mad Cow disease and the Foot-and-Mouth plague in England and other parts of Europe, more meat lovers here and overseas are thinking that a vegetarian diet cannot be as unappetising as it seemed. In fact, British newspapers are...

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Wrinkles and fine lines
Weight gain at menopause

Star Page
Doreen getting by

THERE are some higglers who are able to peddle goods worth thousands of dollars. These are the higglers who after a day's sales can boast of having made a profit. However higglers like Doreen Mitchell may only be able to make a few hundred dollars...

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16-year-old headed for trouble
Clarendon College advances to quarter-finals