Lead Stories
Crime report accepted - Gov't gives nod to all but three PERF crime reduction proposals

THE GOVERNMENT has accepted all but three of the 83 recommendations made to it by the US-based Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to reduce crime and violence in the Corporate Area of Kingston and St. Andrew, where most of the island's crimes are...

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OUR wants power cuts probed
Lawyer named Commercial Court Judge
'Worker' still undefined
J'can wins IAPA contest
Salary talks continue between Gov't, civil servants

News
Lead levels down in Kintyre kids

BLOOD LEAD levels in most of the new generation of children attending the Kintyre Basic School, rural St. Andrew, are now within acceptable levels, following an extended intervention programme by the International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear...

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Protest closes Palmers Cross School
Motor vehicle complaints head list - FTC
$1 million to bury a don
Suspected suicide victim found

Business
Air Ja's pension fund drama mounts

SOME 400 beneficiaries of the defunct Air Jamaica pension fund have agreed to suggestions that they mount public protests to register their anger at the Government for failing to pay over more that $1.4 billion due to them as at the end of April, 2001.

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C&WJ reduces internet rates for corporate clients
Standard & Poor's upgrades Jamaica's rating
The high costs of mortgages
Bache Investments looks to debt collection

Sport
Price hike for US match
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Captain Horace Burrell yesterday announced increases in ticket prices for upcoming World Cup games at the National Stadium. The increases were less than what the former army man projected it would...

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Region supports Leewards, Windwards split-up
The price of football glory
Harper calls for more quality show
Boyd, Arnett reunion?

Commentary
Defiance of authority
THE EROSION of discipline in the society has happened in tandem with the decline of respect for authority. Sadly, that decline impinges on the law enforcement function of the Police Force. Over time JDF soldiers have been pressed into joint service...

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Floods: Earth strikes back!
Bottom Lines for teachers
The Prime Minister's Budget Speech

Letters
Letter of the Day Hooligans in the Headley Stand
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON APRIL 28, I witnessed a deplorable scene at Sabina Park, where a party of seven of us went to watch the West Indies vs. South Africa One-Day match. Several weeks ago we had selected and paid for specific seats in the George Headley...

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Computers and modernisation
C&WJ defends pricing
Edna Palmer
NWC conscientious, caring
Blythe offers help for disgruntled customer
Exemplary employee lauded

Entertainment
Vegas' new approach to his musical career

VEGAS IS off to Europe, preparing the way for the release of his album in July. The tour, which began on April 19, is taking him into France, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, England, Italy and Denmark. The album will be his second 'legal' album for...

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Richie Stephens' dream performance
More floats for next Carnival

ShowTime
Plans set for JCDC's road shows

TEN FINALISTS of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's National Popular Song contest are to go on to the finals set for Saturday, July 28. Michael Nicholson, JCDC's national co-ordinator for the contest told The Gleaner that this year's crop...

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As the tide turns - Singers in demand again
Jamaicans at regional theatre conference

Star Page
A dance of a lifetime

WHAT can one dance do? Well, a lot, according to Leopold and Lucilda Myrie from Seaforth, St. Thomas. The couple have been married for more than 50 years and said their relationship began as a result of one dance they had together and from...

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Twins in a different world
Awardees snub JFM
Using the Depo Provera contraceptive
Cheating on her babyfather