CANDIDATE PROFILES: ST. JAMES NORTH WESTERN - Chang brimming with confidence
WESTERN BUREAU:

Dr. Horace Chang, the Jamaica Labour Party's candidate for St. James North Western, is brimming with confidence going into the general election. A two-time Member of Parliament for Hanover Western from 1980-1989...

Gordon Brown sets sights on Parliament
WESTERN BUREAU: GORDON BROWN, the People's National Party candidate for St. James North Western, is banking on the past successes of his party in that constituency to win him the crucial seat.

A close call for the JLP
IT WILL be a close contest in St. Catherine North Eastern but the pendulum points to a victory for the JLP. St. Catherine North Eastern was among the 32 constituencies fixed in the new Constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944...

Should be back in JLP hands
THE DATA point to a JLP victory in St. Catherine West Central which should once again be safely in the hands of the JLP after the general election.

Saturday is International Costal Clean-up Day
INTERNATIONAL COASTAL Clean-up Day 2002 will be celebrated this year on Saturday, September 28, 2002. The day, which should have been celebrated on Saturday, September 21, 2002, was rescheduled due to the inclement weather affecting the entire island.

Gleaner honours 29 long-serving employees
TWENTY-NINE employees of the Gleaner Company Ltd. who have served for periods ranging from 10 years to 35 years, were yesterday honoured at the company's long service awards luncheon at the Hilton Hotel, New Kingston.

Doctors, Gov't reach settlement
THE JUNIOR Doctors Association (JDA) reached an agreement with the Government yesterday ending the threat of industrial action by public doctors and dentists.

Union, WINDALCO to meet tomorrow Threat of strike still looms
WITH THE threat of a strike still hanging over bauxite/ alumina operations at the West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) plants, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security has planned another conciliatory meeting for tomorrow.

Authorities crackdown on unregistered pesticides
THE PESTICIDE Control Authority (PCA) will be accelerating its programme to reduce the number of unregistered pesticides available at farm stores. Hyacinth Chin-Sue, registrar at the PCA, in a release, said it has become necessary to organise drives...

'Wear gold on election day' Leave party colours at home - Walker
THE DIRECTOR of Elections, Danville Walker, is asking Jamaicans to put down their party colours on election day and wear the gold of the Reggae Boyz as a sign of national unity. All election day workers will be wearing that colour, he said.