Gov't to drop 'Lift-Up Jamaica' - Community-based jobs project a casualty of budget cuts
IN AN effort to keep its budget tight, the Government has decided to abandon "Lift-Up Jamaica", its community-based employment programme.

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Lay off Highway 2000 project, PM warns extortionists
JTA to decide on wage proposal Saturday
Councillors blast Atkins - Mayor under fire for transferring Poor Relief Dept to Social Security Ministry
Internal Affairs probing cops accused of corruption
The summing-up begins Judge advises jury to decide on the facts

Vendor relocation a success, says KSAC
ORGANISERS OF the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC)-led campaign to get vendors off the streets of downtown Kingston are claiming success, listing "persistence and determination" as the key to the accomplishment.

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Wellness handbook launched
New navigation system still in disuse
Tivoli Gardens environs slated for clean-up drive
Police to crackdown on illicit recordings
Lime Cays stakeholders to meet today
Residents irate over post office closure
Bails extended for cops on pyramid scheme rap
KSAC to promote National Health Fund
Conference to advance enviro cause
Warning signs, depth-markers for 'deadly' Kingston gullies

Mixed fortunes for the Gleaner Company
A HEALTHY INCREASE in advertising sales and the benefits of lower newsprint prices, have combined to give The Gleaner Group of Companies a moderate 12 per cent increase in profit for the year ended December 2002.

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The myth of finding guaranteed success online
Don't worry - complain to the FSC
Small business solutions
Dyoll cranks up new coffee wet mill

Nothing new, nothing strange about Hooper's action
THE DECISION of Carl Hooper to pull out of the West Indies squad for the first Test against Australia has left a number of people unhappy - and none more so than the chairman of the West Indies selection committee, Sir Vivian Richards.

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Courts to honour nurses on Oaks Day
Lara, Waugh in limelight
Classic efforts in old rivalry
King says no to West Indies
Gayle states his case
Fight on for semi berths

Commendable philanthropy
TORONTO HAS a large Chinese population, about 400,000 according to the Canadian High Commission.

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Religious intolerance and war
Incredible budget
Portmore municipality: Dream or nightmare?

Liberation at gunpoint
THE EDITOR, Sir: FIRST OF all, let me say that I deplore Saddam Hussein's repressive and murderous regime. But it would be remiss if I did not express my utter disapproval of the American and British invasion of Iraq.

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Side-tracked by the war
Supporting the US, opposing the War
Terror attack in Baghdad
Gullies as roads
Side-tracked by the war
A diverse Australia
Honouring Clyde Hoyte
T annton Pouyat

San casts his net once more
'I AM A fisher of men and music is my bait' is Papa San's motto.

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A romantic comedy with a twist

Spare the rod
Don't beat your children. Parents' response to anger affects their children's outlook on violence - Dr. Elizabeth Ward, Director, Disease Prevention and Control.

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Healthy environments for children
Challenges of