J'can shines in Canada
AT 24 years old, Kevin King is a motivational speaker, lecturer, founder and chairman of his own foundation in Canada...

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Quake kills thousands
Many feared trapped under rubble in Iran
Help for Iran
Xmas fairly peaceful say cops

Cash crunch affects Christmas charities
SOME NOTABLE charities were this Yuletide season, forced to either scaledown or abandon plans to extend the arm of kindness as a result of the stifling economic conditions prevailing in the ...

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New market for Kgn?

Conch season starts January 5
THE FISHERIES Division of the Ministry of Agriculture is currently inviting interested persons to apply for licences and quotas, for the 2004 conch fishing season, which will commence on January 5 and close on June 30. Application forms may be collected.

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Johnson Hill to get $4.9m upgrade

Lara, Jacobs save face for Windies
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC: REVIVED AFTER an atrocious start by their captain and the team's most renowned fighter, the West Indies go into the second day of the second Test against South Africa seeking to maintain the rearguard that lifted them to 232...

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Thank you Wright and Samuels, good luck Clarke and Breese
Jamaica's Cunningham in US squad
A memorable year for horse racing

Protecting Fern Gully
IT MUST be a matter of national concern that the reported logging of trees from private lands adjacent to Fern Gully is doing environmental damage to this celebrated attraction enjoyed by Jamaicans and visitors alike. Because Fern Gully is part of a...

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Ganja case not strong enough

LETTER OF THE DAY:
Misleading statements on 'morning-after pill'
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WOULD like to use this medium to correct some inaccuracies published over the last two weeks about postinor 2, "the morning after pill". I was amazed to see in your western edition that an accountant at a Montego Bay pharmacy ...

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Start changing that 'one-woman syndrome'
Hardcore policing is not the solution

FLASHBACK:
REFLECTING ON THE YEAR THAT WAS
WE LIVE in a world of abundance. Our ways of structuring life are based on our perception of how life should be. In this sense, our human journey is an invention...

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Escape to Zion country

Farmers learn new pest control techniques
FARMERS IN western Jamaica have been introduced to techniques in integrated pest management (IMP) through a new teaching method called the Farmers Field School project. The project is funded by the Government of Jamaica and the European Commission's...

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Bee farming still a sweet career