More students smoking ganja
SEVERAL SCHOOLS across the island have had to call on outside professional counsellors to deal with ganja-smoking and rum-drinking by children and those whose behaviour have been aggressive and disruptive.

I'm no less ambitious, says Shaw
JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, says while he has never been obsessed with the idea of succeeding Edward Seaga as party leader, he is no less ambitious than anybody else with leadership aspirations....

From tuck shops to mini-farms
Schools pinch pennies in creative drive to survive
THE THREAT of hard times ahead has not been discouraging to several reclassified schools as they find very creative and practical ways to fend for themselves.

Pirate cruise attraction launched
IN A MOVE that tourism officials say will boost the nation's tourism product, a new cruise, for visitors to the island and locals alike, was launched in Montego Bay yesterday.

Gleaner Editor's Forum - Sustaining popular support
The Gleaner Editors' Forum last week hosted the Jamaica Labour Party General Secretary Karl Samuda and his deputies - Don Creary, Joel Williams, Devon McDaniel and Aundre Franklyn, as well as newly-appointed Deputy Leader.

Minor epidemic in pedestrian fatalities
THE NATIONAL Road Safety Unit (RSU) is reporting that child pedestrians are killed at a higher rate in Jamaica more than anywhere else in the world.