Strike cripples schools
GOVERNMENT-PAID PRIMARY and secondary school teachers started their two-day strike yesterday, severely crippling the educational system and casting a shadow over related activities, islandwide.

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BoJ tries to save skidding currency
Fantino to tighten crime links
Wharves takeover bid falters
Alpha's Sister Mary Ignatius passes on
Kids use 'holiday' to study and shop

The teachers' strike a practical compromise
I HAVE long advocated that if teachers are properly paid, this will allow for the entry requirements to our teacher colleges to be lifted from four CXCs to five CXCs with a minimum Grade II in English.

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Davies wants closer co-operation between government, communities
JTA may have blundered, say teachers
School teacher to be next PNP candidate
JPSCo gives assurance on bills
Tourism Minister expects good winter season
Support growing for casino gambling - Assamba
Council of Churches opposes growing threat of war
Sugar dominates CARICOM trade ministers' meeting
Mizaph All-Age commended on its progress

Air Ja signs Sabre Direct Connect Availability Three-Year Option
SABRE Holdings Corporation announced yesterday that Air Jamaica has upgraded its participation level in Sabre to Direct Connect Availability (DCA) to a three-year option.

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HIV/AIDS Workplace Programmes make good business sense

Joy for Windwards
A DEFIANT 134-run stand between Jamaican skipper Robert Samuels and man of the match Nehemiah Perry fell agonisingly short of saving the hosts from an outright loss to the Windward Islands in their Carib Beer Series match at Sabina Park yesterday.

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Confident Americans arrive
Thumbs up for new surface
Champs set back

Drug money and politics
HOW MANY of our 60 elected Members of Parliament owe their seats, at least in part, to the financial support of drug dealers? And what will these members of the House be obliged to give back in return as political favours? ...

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Needed - something extraordinary
Justice has been served
Frightening funerals

Education, or more prisons
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica and the JTA has apparently failed us again; something that they have consistently done over the past 25 years.

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A raw deal for teachers
Bad mileage
Darker days of our history
Dredging the Kgn Harbour
From the lips of a child

Show triumphs despite 'Babylon' interruption
THE 'LONG arm of the law' struck again early on Sunday morning when 'Dem A Go Tired Fi Si Mi Face', an event held in honour of reggae legend Bob Marley, was brought to an untimely end before all the artistes that were billed could perform.

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'Teething trouble' pains Poise launch
Hopeville promoters, patrons happy in MoBay
Hot 'n' heavy 'Hypnotiq' a success

SAJ staff supports call for representation on KWL board
STAFF MEMBERS of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) have pledged solidarity with the stance of the Association in relation to its acquisition of shares in Kingston Wharves Limited and its effort to gain representation...

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APM term inals technicians graduate
Collaborative approach for Ja's border security