Construction crumbling - Extortion impacting on building industry
WESTERN BUREAU

extortion is having a severe impact on the building industry, as scores of construction companies cower in fear and concede to the demands of hoodlums.

The problem has assumed crisis proportions with reports of contractors ...

Security guards, cops look to alliance
JUTC losing $1m per day
JUTC president ponders future, reflects on past
Cop's attacker beaten to death
Ja seeks outside intervention to combat drug trafficking

Rural cops using own resources
Rural area policemen often have to use their own resources to perform official duties, without compensation. And sometimes that's the only way they are able to ...

Murders don't mean business for funeral homes
Condoms galore!
Teenager escapes clutches of kidnapper

Learning a second language - A 'sound' investment for you and your children
Today, many people know that getting ahead requires continuing education. To many this means earning an MBA or a master's degree in your area of specialty, or even some combination of degrees. But the means to advancement may be as simple ...

Finsac bad debt portfolio decision postponed
Trading on the JSE for the week ending January 18, 2002 -

Jamaica Stock Exchange heads south

H. View, Arnett lock horns
HARBOUR VIEW and Arnett Gardens headline National Premier League action around the Corporate Area and Portmore today where three matches will take place. ...

Hinds slams 75
Bloomfield shines on final day
Hat-trick for Panamanian jockey
Waulgrovians, Jamalco advance

Scope of the drug trade
One of the more interesting comments to emerge from Mini- ster Peter Phillips' crime-fighting plan was his observation that the illegal drug trade was the root cause of much of the crime in Jamaica. The Minister gave an estimate that some 70 to 100...

Still more of the same
'Lighting up a chalice inna Buckingham Palace'
The train is coming (Part 2)

LETTER OF THE DAY:- I am one heartbroken Christian
THE EDITOR, Sir: history has it that when the great Apostle Peter tried to flee Rome during the persecution of Christians who were being thrown to the lions by the evil Roman rulers of the time, the risen Lord Jesus commanded that he return to Rome and..

JAMPRO a facilitating agency
Terrorism on our doorstep!

The female 'X' factor
There are several factors that prevent female artistes from being as competitive in the music business as their male counterparts ­ some of which are described as lewd, disgusting and downright efforts at exploitation...

Inspired by adversity
Legislation not the answer

Reading numbers at 21
At 21, the average young adult is busy seeking success, diving into the thrills of life, probing new dimensions. But not Gillian 'Minka' Francis. She is busy reading numbers...

Good News Bible to replace King James in local schools
Sanguinetti fetes pastor
Catholic assembly in Montego Bay

Pickersgill's taste on show
Selected paintings from the collection of the Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, are currently on show at the Mutual (formerly Mutual Life) Gallery in New Kingston.

It is an exhibition which affords a "glimpse" of the Minister outside

Arts diary
Local chapter of int'l museum body formed
Cousins wins national prize for writing

The remittance story
IN THIS three-bed- room house, every room sports a 21-inch colour television. DSS provides unlimited cable viewing. There is always food on the table, new clothes on the children's backs, and enough funds to pay for school. In the Jamaican landscape,...

Nightshift out West:- Medicine Woman visits
Points for J'cans to ponder

New NCB boss Michael Lee-Chin 'Jamaica made me'
History was created on Friday, January 11, when a Jamaican based in Canada, Michael Lee-Chin, who heads AIC Limited, bought the controlling interests in National Commercial Bank (NCB), held by FINSAC Limited...

Courage needed to fight crime
Language rights, justice and the constitution? (Part II)