KSAC gets tough on vendors
Removal of stalls downtown begins today
KINGSTON AND St. Andrew Corpor-ation (KSAC) authorities served notices on vendors downtown Kingston yesterday to move into designated vending areas as a prelude to today's concerted effort to remove stalls erected in front of the Kingston Parish Church a

Flood victims pick up pieces
Vendors take over Dunn's River Falls
Overseas Examination Council seeks advice for rained-out absentees
Desmond Allen quits JIS

26 escapees still on the run
MORE THAN half of the 36 prisoners who escaped from local jails and prisons over the past five months, some of whom are among the nation's most dangerous and all posing unchecked risks to society, remain on the run. According to police ...

Spelling Bee champion off to Scripps Howard
Appeal Court reserves judgment in lawyer's disbarment

'Clubs must prove financial security'
THE financial troubles experienced last season by Duhaney Park Football Club in the Craven A National Premier League will not be repeated in the coming season if the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) have their way....

Knight to chair council meeting in Guyana

CRICKET: Weather holds key
THE five-match Cable & Wireless one-day international series between the West Indies and India is scheduled to get under way at Sabina Park today weather permitting. Up to yesterday, the match was still in doubt although the groundstaff ...

HORSE RACING: Young Summer upsets at 14-1
NETBALL: Teams well set for Senior League semis

Water, water everywhere?
A USEFUL debate may have been started about the quality and quantity of water in Jamaica by an article from Basil P. Fernandez, managing director of the Water Resources Authority, published on Wednesday. An acknowledged authority on the subject, Mr....

Short-term pain, Long-term gain

LETTER OF THE DAY:-
Plaudits for exemplary policing
THE EDITOR, Sir: HALF-WAY TREE Police Station should be the norm for police service in this country, and perhaps one day it will be. I commend policemen at that station for the manner in which they dealt with a case with which I was associated on Wednesd

Crop diseases and human abuse
Our schools are under siege
Curbing youth deviancy with a spiritual input and

Down memory lane at the Pegasus
ARTISTS AND aficionado, diplomats and businessmen, partners and board members, as well as members of the touring Indian cricket team, joined executives and employees at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday in reliving memories of 29 years of operation in

OUT & AROUND

Fatty pork a loss factor for MoBay hotel
WESTERN BUREAU: A MONTEGO Bay Hotel is attributing a substantial factor in its loss account to the purchase of what it describes as poor quality pork. The hotel's financial report fixed the loss in excess of $200,000 accrued from the constant trimming ...

RADA gets tax exemption

New Building Code soon
THE NEW National Building Code is to be completed in another four months, according to information out of the Office of the Prime Minister this week. The information was included in the speaking notes of Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at a Jamaica...

The new urbanism

It's a scorcher!
New wood protectant keeps flames from spreading
YOU HAVE put years of savings and time into creating a beautiful home. Then a fire comes along and destroys it all. Can the insurance money replace all you have lost? Apart from the loss to your pocket, a fire takes with it all the sentiments...

BAD WRITING CONTEST:-
And the winner is...
Lazy, hazy days of S u m m e r