Lead Stories
Ennis resigns

MINISTER OF State in the Ministry of Finance Errol Ennis resigned yesterday following revelations that at least seven cheques he had tendered to settle gambling debts had bounced. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon...

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Health Dept. pulls shutters on food shops
Ballot machines on order
Burke says PNP committed to peace in the west
Davies admits local investors excluded from euro bond issue
Journalists examine problems facing Caribbean media

News
Young Daniel casts his spell

DANIEL THOMAS, Jamaica's representative to the 74th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., correctly spelt berylloid, as the first round of competition got under way yesterday afternoon. The competition will continue over the...

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Family of accident victims claim cover-up plot
UWI protesters file constitutional motions
Knight chides ganja group
Fulbright scholarships for Jamaicans

Business
Grace gets container contract reprieve

THE PORT Authority of Jamaica has extended Kingston Terminal Operators' (KTO) management contract of the Kingston Container Terminal to October 31, this year, according to chairman and chief executive officer of Grace, Kennedy and Company, Senator...

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A saint at heart
Seaga looks to US for tourism investment
Government holds talks with Glencore and Alcan
CIBC cuts interest rates again this year

Sport
Sandals pull out
THE JAMAICA Cricket Board of Control's all-island limited-overs championship will have a new name this season. According to information coming out of the JCBC, Sandals, sponsors since 1994, will no longer be sponsoring the tournament which is...

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Hemmings to meet Batten
U20s, seniors draw
Southern Dancer the one to beat
All Ja team on target

Commentary
Ennis pays the price
IN MOST Western democracies, which practice the Westminster form of government, Mr. Errol Ennis, the Junior Minister in the Ministry of Finance would have been fired for his admitted indiscretion in issuing two bad cheques in a slot machine game. The...

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A visit with Miss Lou
Why reporters are getting fat and lazy!
Disappearing businesses

Letters
Letter of the Day - Arbitrary arrest and incarceration
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE POLICE continue to breach citizens' rights to freedom, seemingly at will. We are all at risk when policemen can arrest first and investigate after; our democracy is at risk when arbitrary arrest becomes normal policing practice.

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JPSCo's web site and power outages
Bureaucratic bungling impeded investigation for missing journalist
Haggart's funeral and Ministers
'Misleading' headline
Thanks MPM

Entertainment
A stirring in the 'soul'

CONTRARY TO popular belief, soul music - and not dancehall music - is responsible for sexual feelings in teenagers. Well, at least that is what researchers at the University of the West Indies say. A study, which was conducted on 100 participants...

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Brilliant Baugh, humorous Thompson, musing Morris

Profiles in Medicine
Focus on fad dieting - Do fad diets really work?

High-protein diets are "very dangerous" and can have long-term effects especially in people who are at risk for diabetes and heart disease, warned Dr. Pauline Samuda, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute's (CFNI's) nutrition educator.

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Those weight-loss products
A crash dieter's experience

Star Page
Vibesing up

BEFORE starting some persons smoke a spliff others read a chapter from Psalms while there are those that drink water. Entertainers have different methods of preparing to go on stage. That final hour or minutes before facing the huge crowds - what do...

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The burning game