Lead Stories
Food for Portland - Flood victims complain of slow assistance

AS THE waters began to recede slowly yesterday, residents of flood-ravaged communities in Portland vented their anger and frustration describing the efforts of relief agencies in the parish as either too little, or selective or slow.

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Pickersgill to act as PM
Seaga's lawyers quit enquiry
Ja on alert for West Nile Virus
Attack on student shocks JC's principal
NWC offers assistance loans
Detainee accuses cops of corruption, abuse

News
The 'dons' set the stage - Top ranking area leaders overseeing vendor removals downtown

SOME PEOPLE have been marvelling at the silence and docility of the usually vociferous vendors in Downtown Kingston, whose stalls were smashed, reportedly by MPM workers on Monday night, in preparation for the Government-ordered removal...

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Braeton inquest for January
Tivoli 'under siege'
Man to defend self in Lopez drugging trial
Speedy Cash Partner Plan victims file suit

Business
Gov't seeks to avert crisis
FINANCIAL analysts said yesterday that the Government would mostly likely seek to cut its expenditures as part of the effort to make up for the shortfall in revenues that has resulted from the fall out in tourism and international trade since...

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Consumers continue to flood OUR with complaints
J'can dollar strengthens
$586m leap in operating income for Grace
Int'l Trust raises $350m for NWC

Sport
Security, injuries concern WI

COLOMBO, (Reuters): SECURITY, INJURIES and Muttiah Muralitharan were the main worries for West Indies as they arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday for their first full tour of the troubled island.

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Mathis, Wolff back in US squad
Do or die for JC, Wolmer's
Hats off to Winston Ellis

Commentary
Research and development
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies is apparently waking up to the importance of facilitating research that enhances the society's development. Recently it launched its annual "Research Day" to showcase its research products.

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This business of anthrax
Double zero police or not?

Letters
Letter of the Day - A view from the Gulf
THE EDITOR, Sir: HELLO AND good day to The Gleaner staff and all the good people of Jamaica. I have to say that I really appreciate the time and effort that The Gleaner staff place in getting the news on the Internet so we born Jamaicans who are far...

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Angry at inspector's death
Prime Minister's Cabinet reshuffle shows insensitivity
Boycotting the next General Election
Bad road conditions discourage travellers
Ackee warning
Ganja smoking at Dunn's River
Facing corporal punishment
Fallout's effect not yet over
Invest in people, not in guns

Entertainment
Jamerican Festival shines in rainy MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: DESPITE HEAVY afternoon rains, the third renewal of the International Jamerican Film and Music Festival, dubbed 'Cinema Inna Yard 2001', started without a hitch on Wednesday night. It kicked off against a backdrop of good...

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THE GLEANER'S weekly entertainment guide
Pray for Love
Cake and costumes make Halloween at Hedonism II

Star Page
Love still burns for the Desdunes

THIRTY eight years and still going strong. Call it love, call it destiny, 66-year-old Joseph Desdunes is one man who will tell you that he knew he had met his soulmate the minute he first laid eyes on Delores Hendricks.

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Entertainers leave Seaview
Don't want no more 'bun'!
Anthrax awareness