Big blow to smokers New tobacco policy may boost taxes next year
A SUBSTANTIAL increase in taxes is likely to be imposed on tobacco products when new anti-smoking legislation and accompanying policy measures are introduced next year.

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Gov't considers putting commuter buses on rail
Duty-free mall proposals get mixed reactions
Health officials rap life skills training
Girls continue to dominate parish finals
NCB fulfils commitment to education initiative

Health ministry knee deep in debt
THE MINISTRY of Health says it needs $4.5 billion to pay off debts incurred over recent years, as well as to alleviate a shortfall in funding faced in the current fiscal period.

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JTA wants changes to Education Code
$7 million 'creamed off' at health dept
Facilities hamper students
Top artistes set to rock Poetry Society

Rivoli stun Waterhouse 3-0
IT WAS sheer excitement at Prison Oval in Spanish Town yesterday as home team Rivoli created a major upset to blow away first round champions Waterhouse 3-0 in their Wray and Nephew National Premier League second round encounter.

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Boxhill outlines agenda
Manley, Jago in final
Village bitter at loss

What wind of change?
"YOU DON'T need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," Bob Dylan sang in Subterranean Homesick Blues in 1965.

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Flexibility in working time
The US and the China challenge
Making money from Rasta

Many JPs are at fault
THE EDITOR, Sir: LESLIE N. BENNETT J.P. of St. Andrew writes eloquently and passionately in his letter published in the Sunday Gleaner of November 16.

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Well done, Seaga
Misleading statistics
Uncompetitive air fares
I am so sick of GSAT
I resent being pushed off the road
Charlene Robertson for deputy leader
Congrats, Espeut

Health worries Environmental degradation a big challenge in St. James
WESTERN BUREAU: WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING that health and environmental issues are getting priority treatment from the Parish Council, the St. James Health Department is still quite worried about the state of public health in the parish.

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Barracks Road Primary sparkles in Science Fair
Mayors up against strays

Wines for the holidays Kaili McDonnough
THE FESTIVITIES for the Yuletide season are under way. There is a whisk of cool Christmas breeze in the air and the carols have started floating from the airwaves.

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Great, hot new brew - New Blue Mountain Coffee to hit local supermarkets in two weeks
NOVEMBER IS 'DIABETES MONTH' Eating for diabetes off the shelf
Cheese and wine: Grand finale for festive menus