Smith, Charles show hand
Senior officers state interest to lead JLP
THE POOL of candidates who will bid to replace Edward Seaga as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has started to take shape with two senior members declaring their hands last week...

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Hotels booked solid for holidays
CARICOM warned: 'Swim or sink together'
Crowds brave rains to enjoy Harbour Fest
Groups making a difference in inner city

Cocaine's effects on seaside communities for study
THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is to fund a project to look at the impact of the cocaine trade on small seaside villages in Jamaica. The study will be conducted by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) and is aimed at...

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Traffic changes for Independence
Upgraded schools report big improvement
... but fears of reduced funds

Slim pickings
FOR LOCAL FASHION INDUSTRY
LOCAL FASHION designers say private and public sector investment in the fashion industry has never been in vogue. Although fashion is an extremely lucrative industry...

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Marcia Forbes leaves TVJ to pursue PhD
The mechanics of financial planning
Making your money work for you!

'Help me help cricket'
Street-roaming Austin says he still has something to offer
LIKE THE hybrid rose tea bush that is so badly in need of care at his Mona, St. Andrew home, so Richard Austin craves attention and help in possibly blooming again. "I'm not ashamed to say I need help. With my kind of problem ... I need caring for. I need

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Tough hockey challenge for Ja
Banjuhar makes a crucial point
Thomas, Dunkley and Little victorious

Parliamentary hysteria and compromise
THERE IS good news and bad news coming out of the parliamentary session which debated whether Mr. John Junor, the Minister of Health, should take responsibility for the state of child care in Jamaica by resigning. First the good news. Mr. Seaga, leader..

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That back tax axe!
Reggae, violence and cultural decline
You don't have to work in Jamaica - just buy Lotto!
The church's influence on Emancipation

LETTER OF THE DAY:
Speak out against smut
THE EDITOR, Sir: PERMIT ME to express my rising discontent and dismay at the existing moral decay in our society. Jamaica, land we love, has become a hotbed of gambling and promiscuity.

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Discriminating against women, young people
War hurts all
Christianity in need of change

FREE PARK, priceless BENEFITS
EMANCIPATION PARK in New Kingston may have broken some kind of record. With the dawn of another 'Augus Mawnin' (August 1), it is now one year old ­ and it still ...

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Are females 'backing off'?
Hot, racy summer of fashion

Labrish with Miss Lou
SHE RETURNED to a hero's welcome last week Wednesday. It is her first visit home since she emigrated to Canada in 1987. Thoughts of home have never left her heart and in her adopted country, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), is always surrounded by ...

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Tribute to an icon
Bring back the Festival Train
Artie and virginity tests

The one and only Miss Lou
True and still unspoilt icon
JAMAICA NEEDS a second Emancipation. May the presence of our pre-eminent folklorist and First Lady of Culture, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, heighten the process toward that end...-Ian Boyne

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Celebrating political and human freedom
Gender relations in an untidy 'global village'