Child dies from cop's bullet
Angry residents block roads
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl, Ren-nay Lyons, died in the Kingston Public Hos-pital (KPH) yesterday after a bullet fired by a policeman at a fleeing ganja smoker smashed into her skull. The shooting triggered demonstrations by hundreds of angry residents ...

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Lawman gunned down in cold blood
Corruption Commissioners
'Pay them properly'
Test for new 'gastro' vaccine

Crash on Mandela Highway claims one
Five others injured, admitted to hospital
ONE PERSON was killed and five others injured, when the driver of a mini-bus loaded with passengers lost control of the vehicle, which hit an enbankment, ran into a metal light pole and overturned on the Mandela Highway, St. Catherine yesterday...

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ID parade for suspected serial rapist
Caribbean can still use Privy Council ­ Sinkinson
Language teachers to work in Japan

Tax review committee gets full complement
FULL MEMBERSHIP of the newly-established Tax Policy Review Committee is now in place. The 12-person team, mandated to undertake a comprehensive review of Jamaica's tax system, completed its first meeting on July 17.

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Management agreement signed for Portland Bight

Samara gets by Pagon
FIFTEEN-YEAR-old Dominic Pagon's dream run at the Cable & Wireless/ITF Junior International Tournament came to end in yesterday's semi-finals of the Boys 18 and under singles at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston. The bespectacled, wild-card ...

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Team is doing well, says Torres
Captain Bligh for RJR Classic

Symbols and the Jamaican flag
WE NOTE that by official Cabinet edict, without any popular consultation, the colour black in Jamaica's flag is no longer to symbolise hardships overcome and hardships to be faced, but rather, strength and creativity. A flag is an important symbol of a..

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Children at high risk

LETTER OF THE DAY:
Throw your weight behind Carl Brown
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS I pen this letter, the Reggae Boyz are just about returning home from their 2003 Gold Cup matches. And... already, the host of "I told-you-sos" are vehemen tly telling us that they did "tell us so".

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WICB needs a Commission
Reality check on the children's homes issue
Waste management

Bumper crowd at Sumfest's 'Dancehall Night'
Beenie thanks Bounty as he accepts award
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE WAS not much room to 'push handcart' or 'gi dem a run' on Thursday at Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest 2003's 'Dancehall Night'...

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OUT and AROUND

St Thomas farm group reaps success
THE ST. Thomas Women's Agricultural Initiative, launched two years ago to generate income for members through involvement in viable crop production, is reaping success from its 12-hectare farm located in the community of Potosi. The group, comprised of..

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'St Bess' farmers doubtful for Denbigh