CXC subsidy to cost $70m
IT WILL take a maximum of $70 million from the budget of the Ministry of Education to finance the Government's commitment to providing some (Caribbean Examinations Council) CXC subjects free of cost to thousands of students...

Howard Cooke Highway project gets going
Teen boys to be disciplined 180 for 'truancy camp' in Trelawny on Saturday
Tighter security for UWI soon
Motor vehicle inspection services to change lanes - The long-awaited divestment nears conclusion
Group launches disease awareness campaign

JLP outlines financing Education Plan
IN ADDITION to its election promise of free education for students up to the secondary level, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is proposing major reform programmes for early childhood education, illiteracy among primary students ...

Enviro community mourns loss of Robert Sutton
Rallies set for St Elizabeth
Police ready for election
HIV/AIDS rate among women raises concerns
PM to present St. Catherine candidates
Cops foil jailbreak at Central lock-up
Pits of death - Human skulls, remains found in two east Kingston communities

Digicel readies for deregulation
CUSTOMERS OF cellular operator Digicel can expect a significant fall in their international rates next year. This is because Digicel is to launch a US$10 million satellite earth station next month...

Coca-Cola to double output
Courts reports revenue upswing
BNS increases market share
Gotel prepares for launch - Fixed line services to be implemented
Sandals Inn and Beaches Sandy Bay to close temporarily
Wasting time in the techno age
Cecil Beharri - steering out of Kingston

Reggae Boyz eagerly await Japan clash
THE REGGAE Boyz didn't make it to Japan/South Korea for World Cup 2002 but will get their fill of the Orient on October 16 when they go up against homesters Japan...

Under 20s leave for Caymans
Guyana, T&T in confident Bowl mood

Guns and politics
MISS HEATHER Robinson has once again quit political work because she refuses to deal with criminal elements. We applaud her stance as an important repudiation of whatever nexus there may still be between crime and politics.

Invest in education
No promise left unspoken

Rape in the inner city
THE EDITOR, Sir: Recently there have been some reports about rape in Grants Pen. We suggest that the analysis of this news item be deepened and extended as it is of critical importance, and not limited to Grants Pen.

Only talk is free
A teacher of noble character
Taking a stand
Honouring achievement
The EAC and the UPP
Pensioners and poverty

Three the easy way!
THE WEEKEND found Karen Smith, Gem Myers and A. J. Brown all singing for charity. Their cause was the Marjorie Simms Kidney Fund. The concert took place on Friday night at Breezes Runaway Bay...

Consul General to Miami lauded at farewell function

CHILDREN AT RISK Television + violence = aggressive children
Violence is a major public health concern. Studies show that media violence plays an important role in continuing the cycle of aggression and violence in children.

Media violence affects children through:

Test little goat house
Alex kills one goat a day and when it's gone, the unfortunate have to wait until the next day for their curry Alex's, on Spur Tree Hill...

Peanut Chicken 'Jamboree'