16-member team to police MoU
A 16-MEMBER Monitoring and Evaluating Committee, including trade unions, Government, university and civil service representatives, has been named to police adherence to the terms of the recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Hike in user-fees backdoor taxation - G2K
DR. CHRISTOPHER Tufton, president of Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the JLP, said yesterday that the announcement by Finance Minister that there would be no new taxes this fiscal year, was a "misleading claim."

Science whiz with J'can links turns heads in US
THERE IS one area in which the University of the West Indies (UWI) and Jamaica could become global leaders in science, industry and academia; a 'West Indian crocodile' to rival the 'East Asian Tigers' of Singapore or South Korea.

Country's worshipping at the 'wrong shrine' - Bishop Reid
ANGLICAN BISHOP of Jamaica, the Rt. Rev. Alfred Reid, describing Jamaica as a "war torn, battered and bleeding nation" has called for an evaluation of the country's vision in order to understand the problems facing it.

Budget comforts Nelson
THE PRONOUNCEMENTS of Finance Minister Dr. Omar Davies, in his opening presentation in the 2004/05 Budget, have given comfort to one influential public figure - Senator Dwight Nelson, Vice President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU).

Under fire!
Firemen on borrowed time
THE NATION'S fire-fighters are facing real threats of being injured or killed not only by fire, but by irate citizens who lose millions when their properties burn.

In Portia's backyard
RUNDOWN HOUSES, tenement yards barricaded by zinc fence and crude grill gates, dirty, deserted streets, and empty shops, are just one side to the fearsome communities which comprise the political division of southwest St. Andrew.