Gov't still monitoring gaming tax
THE GOVERNMENT is still monitoring the impact of the imposition of taxes on gaming winnings, despite admitting to continuing reduced sales and diminished injections into the culture, health, arts, sport and education (CHASE) fund.

St. Aubyn Bartlett questions Simpson Miller
DR. ST. Aubyn Bartlett, Opposition Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew eastern constituency, has served notice that he intends to pose the following questions to Portia Simpson Miller...

The financing of political parties
COMPETITION BETWEEN political parties for power has become almost a defining condition of Western democracy. The Jamaican party system, like the party system in Britain and the United States, is characterised as a two-party system.

Upgrade on the way for basic schools
WALDERSTON, Manchester: THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica has embarked on a new programme for early childhood development (ECD) with joint funding from the Caribbean Development Bank.

The right approach to adolescent development
I WAS delighted to see the continuation of the discussion on 'Children and risky behaviour' in the editorial in the Monday, October 13, 2003 publication of The Gleaner.

Colourful tales of 'rude boys' and cops
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE THE recent clash between gunmen and police in Canterbury was on a scale not previously seen in Montego Bay by many residents, it evoked memories of the bloody 'tribal war' that raged in the city in the mid-1960s and early 1970s.

Behind MoBay's 'Tribal War'
WESTERN BUREAU: MANY BELIEVE it started as a ganja war, others think politics was the catalyst. But one of the two gang leaders who initiated 'Tribal War' describes it as a grievance between two Rastafarians desperate for power.

Salary proposals for MPs - Pt II
This the conclusion of the report by the Oliver Clarke-chaired Parliamentary Salaries Review Committee that was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, November 11, 2003.