'No CXC free ride'
A NUMBER of fifth form students in high schools will not be able to take up Government's offer to pay for four of their CXC subjects. Several schools have stuck to their usual stance and have either refused to, or will refuse to allow students with poor..

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Seaga vows to keep 'Gov't on toes'
Water still rising in New Market
Patterson's return good for Caribbean, says Anthony
Education will 'log on' to technology - Henry-Wilson
Jamaica voted top tourist destination again

Cabinet women lauded at swearing-in
THE LOUDEST applause was reserved for the three women in Prime Minister P. J. Patter-son's 17-member Cabinet at yesterday's swearing-in ceremony at Kings House. Resounding applause rang out when the newest Cabinet member, Aloun N'dombet Assamba's name,..

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Malvo's family ha rassed
Honouring wives of past PMs

Don't put off retirement planning
HOW FAR are you from retirement? Is there any special dream that you would like to realise in your retirement years? What level of income are you likely to have then and can you make it better?

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The Supreme Ventures story - Turning possibility into reality
The rights, responsibilities and benefits of listing
Farmer loses appeal in duty-free concession case

Arnett cool Village
PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN Village were reduced to mere spectators at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday when they were outplayed by hosts Arnett Gardens in a rescheduled Wray & Nephew National Premier League game.

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Cuffy claims four in drawn match
Rakkadash grabs hat-trick
Schoolboy football - Rusea's eliminate Cornwall
Barclay heads KSAFA
Commentary - A fitting tribute to McCallum

Editorial - Time for Seaga to step down
WE NOTE that both the Jamaica Labour Party's parliamentary committee and the Standing Committee have voted to retain Edward Seaga as leader of the party. This gives credence to the notion that no challenge to his leadership...

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Parties' youth arms reach out
Mr Patterson's empty promises
Me heart full - till it nearly bus'

'Grim reapers with the guns'
THE EDITOR, SIR: I read with tears in my eyes the letter by Mr. Bert Samuels attorney-at-law. In this letter he speaks of "his friend" who lost her twin girls and eldest daughter and (innocent) unborn child to our "Grim Reapers with the guns".

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'Signing' is not 'singing'

Secular fruits from Christian roots
MANY LOCAL secular acts have left the sacred realms of the church to pursue their secular careers. However, as to whether the glitz, glamour and bright lights associated with secular stardom is a reasonable price to pay for their souls is yet to be determ

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The dream of a Caribbean recording association
Peter Tosh: The still relevant 'Razor'

Baha'is call for unity
THE BAHAÍ community in Jamaica is appealing for unity and peace across political, racial and religious divides and is calling for citizens to adopt more conciliatory attitudes to solve the nation's problems.

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Spanish Adventists - a refuge for visitors
'Something Old; Something New' - Judy Mowatt's 8th album

Bob Marley's statue finally liberated
TWENTY YEARS ago, the Government of Jamaica commissioned a statue to commemorate the life and work of reggae icon, folk hero, Musical Ambassador, the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, O.M. I have been meaning to ask Christopher Gonzalez how this honour...

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Artists guild charged to be more pro-active
Dr. Phyllis McPherson-Russell - A lifetime committed to education
Independence/Emancipation essay winners selected

Cover story - Diagnosis: Cancer
A LUMP. A bloody discharge. A discoloured nipple. Rashes. Orange peel skin. A mammogram which discloses an unwelcome abnormality. For those who have been there, any or all of these signs of cancer of the breast was the start of a radical change...

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Opinion - Apologies of a poor black man
Vassell's harvest - Roses, pak choi and children

PJ's legacy, Seaga's opportunity
BY NOW, the public discussion would have shifted to the new Cabinet, but after that peripheral chatter is over, we will have to come back to the more substantial issues raised by P.J. Patterson in his post-election victory speech...

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Understanding the electoral mandate
Journalists as agents of change in health
Believe and achieve, says Carson