MP salary review - PM suspends further pay increases
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has suspended further salary increases to parliamentarians pending the recommendations of a five-member committee set up to review their salaries.

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Lawyers' protest disturbs House
Amnesty to step up pressure against hanging
PAC to clip EAC wings
Three convicted for Sylvia Edwards' murder
NGOs can access funds to fight AIDS

Med techs, Gov't talks fail
THE MINISTRIES of Health, Finance and Planning and public sector medical technologists have failed to resolve their party dispute and will return empty-handed to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) tomorrow.

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Public Defender to investigate juveniles held at G-G's pleasure
Meeting to discuss citrus replanting programme
Bidwell waives rights
Gleaner computer programmer found dead
Technologies conference showcases opportunities for Ja
Farmers urged to make use of technology
EAC to spend $36m on fingerprint pilot programme
Conflicting evidence at start of cocaine trial
JUTC to finalise redundancy payments tomorrow
Edith Matilda Cooke 105 years and still counting

Jamaica Carnival retrenches - ...going back to UWI roots and looks to revival next year
JAMAICA Carnival's organisers have scaled down their participation in this year's festivities.

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Banking on poultry
Must the 'good' always suffer for the 'bad'?
E-commerce no no's
NCB/Jamaica Producers sell their shares in JMMB
Investors revolt at Jamaica Unit Trust
New travel allowances in effect

ICC says 'no' to Samuels
THE INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council (ICC) has denied the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) request to have Jamaican batsman Marlon Samuels rejoin the World Cup squad in South Africa but the board is challenging the ruling...

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Soldiers tackle the Lions
Fit Rajmir forAlty Armond Memorial
'Y' Speedos retain Dalhouse trophy

Liberty versus security
ACTION CAUSES reaction. Already in America, since the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers, we have seen laws, long hallowed in the protection of civil liberties...

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An end to fundamentalism
Lessons from South Africa

Mission accomplished
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS with a heart full of gratitude that I write on behalf of the Holy Childhood family to thank you and the generous members of the public who responded to our plea for assistance for Mr. Kirklyn Williams.

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'Let there be light'
It's time to get emotional
Clarifying the Liberty Hall acquisition
Hanging works
Compensate us on exporting human capital
Stand up against child abuse
I will miss Uncle Hector

Mile High packs 'Jazz and Blues' gaps with music
WESTERN BUREAU: WHEN THE music from the main stage of the 'Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival' stopped on Friday as Stew wrapped up, there was a thumping over the hill and in the valley.

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Gifted - 'Professionals in Cabaret' are talented entertainers

Madness downsized - phasing out Bellevue Hospital
Dip them Bedward, dip them, dip them in the healing stream... B ACK IN April 1921, Bedward, the popular black activist from August Town, St. Andrew, was committed to Bellevue Hospital and he never again saw the light of day.

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WHO's mental health policy
The plan for mental healt h