Patterson, Seaga to
review crime report
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga are expected to meet later this month to sign off on the recommendations of the bi-partisan committee on Crime and Violence.

The committee, aimed at developing a consensus on ways to figh

More Grammy honour for Marleys
Nicholson to refocus on CCJ
KSAC window smashed, rehab workers blamed

Rift over timing clouds Maroons celebrations
THE ANNUAL celebration of the 1739 treaty between Ma-roon leader Kojo and the British Govern-ment starts today in Accompong, under the grey cloud of a dispute over the timing of the event. The Tourism Product Develop-ment Company (TPDCo) said Thursday...

Residents flee Parke, 100 Lanes
Panday forms 'Alternative Gov't'

CMC closes temporarily
A SEVERE cashflow problem is said to be at the heart of a decision yesterday to temporarily close the regional news agency, Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). All wire, radio and television services offered by the CMC have been suspended, pending a...

Davies going for growth

D. Park boot Stewart
BRADLEY Stewart who on Wednesday vented his frustration at the running of the Duhaney Park football club which he said could force him to walk away was on Thursday spared that task.

Garrick, Powell shine at Sabina
Check Me Out for feature

Traffic ticket fiasco
ACCORDING TO figures we have obtained from the Police Traffic Department there has been no dramatic impact on the level of road fatalities since the ticket system was introduced in April 1993. From 1986, with a toll of 304 fatalities, there was an...

Old & forgotten

Letter of the Day- Subsidising delinquent farmers
THE EDITOR, Sir: HAVING WORKED very closely with the farmers of this country for many years, I am convinced that they deserve every assistance that they can get.

A national resolve needed to curb crime
Please Jamaica, shape up
The hypocritical war on terrorism
Maths deserves greater attention

Canadian Consulate fetes Miss Lou
TORONTO: JAMAICAN CULTURAL treasure, Louise Bennett-Coverley O.J., DLit., MBE, affectionately called Miss Lou, was recently presented with Jamaica's Order of Merit, the country's third highest award.

The announcement of the award was made by Jamaica's .

OUT & AROUND

Agriculture's brightest moments of 2001
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ANALYSIS of the farming sub-sectors indicates that 2001 was not the best year for Jamaica's agriculture. Constant media reports of production decline...

OUR announces irrigation water rate increase

The facts about the NHT guarantor programme
A LOAN applicant to the National Housing Trust whose income is insufficient to qualify for the maximum loan of $800,000 may obtain this loan amount through the guarantor programme. The programme allows a single applicant to combine income with another...

New law frees millions for reef rebuilding

Bingo!- It's not just for old people anymore
YOU CAN forget those jokes about old people and bingo. In Jamaica, the game of bingo has blossomed into a bona fide crowd-puller, attracting hundreds of children, teens and adults to games across the island.

A house that cools down and lighten up