Cable & Wireless in cash battle
THE STOCK of telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless plc skidded 43 per cent in trading Monday after a debt-rating downgrade.

Cpl Alecia Stewart: a born high achiever
BRANDED AS exceptionally bright, she tops that by being articulate, eloquent and highly ambitious.

Police seek anointing from Higher Power
WESTERN BUREAU: SCORES OF members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) laid down arms, abandoned their stern looks and sought help from a Higher Force on Sunday...

Jamaica, Japan working to prevent lifestyle-related diseases
THE JAPANESE Government has been working with the Ministry of Health and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), since 1998...

Hamilton calls for bridging of the social gap
HOWARD HAMILTON has proposed the "twinning" of well-off communities with depressed areas in Kingston and St. Andrew as one way of bridging the gap between "uptown" and "downtown".

Briton fined, sentenced for drug smuggling
WESTERN BUREAU: SAPPHIRE JOHNSON, one of nineteen Britons who were arrested at the Sangster International Airport three weeks ago, was sentenced to nine months at hard labour and ordered to pay $305,000...

German Embassy supports basic school reading initiative
RECENTLY, LOLA Ramocan, Board member of educational NGO, Chichibud Ltd., presented 80 reading corners to basic schools in Kingston and St. Andrew as a result of a $350,000JD grant from the German Embassy.

Gleaner AIDS charity appeal
UP TO June this year, 322 persons had succumbed to the deadly HIV/AIDS. Over the same period, about 511 new cases of HIV were reported to the Ministry of Health...

Marathon runner dies after race
THE ORGANISERS of last Saturday's Reggae Marathon in Negril have expressed their condolences to the family of an American runner, Jim Lindstrom, who died after completing the course.

CARICOM tightens links with Cuba - Makes offer to bridge gap with US
BASKING IN a warm welcome from Cuban President Fidel Castro, Caribbean leaders have suggested that they could bring the communist state together with its long-time adversary, the United States.