145 receive Nat'l Heroes Day honours
IT TOOK him more than 70 years but yesterday Juan Errington Thomson received national recognition for his dedication to music. It began in a simple way on March 12, 1928, when a young man first sat and played the organ at the Holy Rosary Church...

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Families accept national awards for slain relatives
Past and present parliamentarians receive honours
Thousands celebrate National Heroes Day
Jamaican tops FBI 'Most Wanted' list
Bertram casualty in ballot recounts

One-on-one with James Lim - Part Two - The war years
WHEN WAR was declared in 1937, Jim Lim's whole world was shattered. Known to us in Jamaica until his retirement in 1993 as Senior Executive Vice President of Desnoes & Geddes Ltd, Part One of this interview explored his Chinese heritage...

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Cleric decries increase in vulgarity
Heavy rains result in scarcity of ground provisions
No real surprises in election results, says Burke
Opposition party assesses Westmoreland West loss
PNP supporters arrested
'St Bess' 13 honoured at Heroes Day ceremony
Teacher lauded for faithful service
PNP committed to Local Gov't, says ex-Mayor
JLP convoy attacked
Blythe wins electoral recount
McKenzie, Burke deny gunman confab

Oil slumps as US seeks compromise on Iraq
LONDON, (Reuters): WORLD OIL prices plunged yesterday on signs the United States was ready to compromise over a UN resolution on Iraq, causing speculators to dump positions built up on fears of an imminent strike on Baghdad.

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US stocks climb as two weeks of gains lift mood

A good stroke for cricket
THE Jamaica Double Wicket Championship which ended at Kaiser Sports Club in Discovery Bay on Sunday was a tremendous success and hats off to the Jamaica Cricket Association, the chairman of its marketing committee, Paul Campbell, and all the sponsors.

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Bolt lauded at MoBay function
W. Knibb clip Cedric Titus
Fans keep the faith
McCallum in World Boxing Hall of Fame
'We are not playing cricket at all'

Rooting out gunmanship
IN HIS statesmanlike victory speech on election night last Wednesday, The Most Honourable Percival James Patterson pledged himself to the eradication of gunmanship in his next term as Prime Minister.

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Respect due to Don Anderson
Jamaicanised Separation of Powers
Family planning for national survival

Political tribalism and civility
THE EDITOR, Sir: A STRANGE thing happened to me last night. The elections were over, my party had lost, and Mr. Patterson was beginning to speak.

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Parties must bring national renewal
Noise victimisation
Revising Senate appointments
Curb bureaucracy

Patrons got their money's worth at Star's R' Us
DESPITE A LATE start and intermittent sound problems, the stars of the '70s and '80s performed well at the show dubbed 'Star's R' Us' held at Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston, on Sunday night.

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'One Pot Stew'

CSA Conference opens
THE ANNUAL General Meeting and Conference of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), involving nearly 200 delegates got under way yesterday (October 21) in Fort-de-France, Martinique and is being dubbed one of the largest meetings ever...

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Econocaribe sails weekly from New Jersey to Kingston
West Coast dockers return