Gov't chops fleet - Strict new policy for state-owned vehicles
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS from Cabinet, the Ministry of Finance and Planning has begun implementing a strict new motor vehicle policy designed to provide greater control of the use of Government-owned vehicles. This forms part of the Government's...

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'Renude' controversy
'Emancipate yourselves...' - J'cans encouraged to honour the sacrifices made for freedom
'When you talk, talk Jamaican'
UWI professor renews appeal for reparations

Maroon Town takes Manley Award
THE MAROON Town community in St. James is this year's winner of the Michael Manley Award for Community Self-Reliance. Speaking at the fourth annual event at the Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Drive, St. Andrew, yesterday, Robert Chambers, head of the...

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Alleged sex offender remains unidentified
Taxi driver killed in dispute
Lobby group stages protest
Body found in MoBay

US prepares for WTO agri negotiations
AGRICULTURAL ISSUES are sure to be a significant part of the agenda when World Trade Organisation (WTO) members meet September 10-14, 2003 in Cancun, Mexico for the Fifth Ministerial Conference. In preparation for that meeting various nations, groups...

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Local Gov't to allocate millions for road work
Beaches Boscobel celebrates first birthday

Let the Games begin
THE XIV PAN AMERICAN Games in the Dominican Republic got off to a colourful start with last night's opening ceremony in the capital, Santo Domingo. As the nations paraded through the stadium, Jamaican veteran quarter-miler Davian Clarke was the...

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Kingston, Kensington clash in feature
JDF's Vaz steals spotlight
The 'Hero' captures feature

Dangers of deferred financing
DEFERRED FINANCING is a method used by cash-strapped governments to fund capital projects by issuing guarantees to contractors who are then able to get bank loans to carry out the work. The contingent liabilities thus incurred by the Government do not...

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Iraq war - A question of racial supremacy

Letter Of The Day - The worst of crops
THE EDITOR, Sir: WELL, THE sugar crop has ended and it has been the disaster that I foresaw at the beginning of crop. This has been the worst crop in modern Jamaican history, but guess what? Next year will be worse.

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Africans and 'wee-droppers'
Treat us right
Education, not sterilisation
GCT bad for gaming
For better or for worse?
Teachers insulted
Having a say on the CCJ
The debate on removal
Bravo Horace Williams

Blockbuster parties descend on Negril
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ABSOLUTE adventure - great fun, beautiful people, unlimited food and drink, even a free shuttle as service as 'brawta'. Negril was definitely the place to be Thursday night.

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Out & Around

New JAS policies for Denbigh launch
A NUMBER of policies will be introduced by the new administration of the Jamaica Agricultural Society(JAS) at the society's annual agricultural show at Denbigh, Clarendon, this weekend. Speaking to the Farmer's Weekly earlier this week, newly elected...

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Least developed countries seek bigger market share

Sylvester Ayre the Bush Doctor of Sligoville
AT FIRST glance Sylvester Ayre is just a conservatively dressed, older man with a quiet air of dignity. He doesn't have a big red flag planted in the front of his yard. He doesn't chant and he doesn't wear a turban or a wrap although he does describe...

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Rejuvenation in two hours or less