Signs of stress - 128 Haitians in one day, authorities struggle to cope
THE PHYSICAL and human resources in Portland have been stretched to the limit, thus creating a stir among local residents, following the arrival yesterday of 128 new Haitian boat people.

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Gov't may reduce tariff on chicken imports
Scotiabank launches production fund
Emergency loan to rescue UWI students
Blood samples cleaned up - authorities
Bloody weekend - 12 slain in separate incidents

Robertson backs Raymoth Notice
JAMES ROBERTSON, deputy leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), said Sunday that he stood firmly behind Spanish Town's Mayor, Dr. Raymoth Notice who has been a subject of controversy in the media since last week.

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Commonwealth Local Gov't Handbook launched
Spanish to be taught at the primary level
Teenage crime on the rise
Teenage crime on the rise
Duty-free merchants optimistic

Scotiabank to boost the productive sector
Scotiabank Jamaica yesterday announced the launch of a $1 Billion fund dubbed the "Scotia Jama-ica Production Fund".

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Britain's High Court upholds equality laws

Lowe grounded!
JAMAICA'S REGGAE Boyz will go into tomorrow's high profile friendly international against Venezuela without Coventry City striker Onandi Lowe.

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Sweetening cricket's pot
Pickersgill, Guntley among 10 women honoured at Caymanas

Time for tax reform
THE MAN with the tax axe of cartoon fame, Minister of Finance, Dr. Omar Davies, has frankly admitted that the tax system is "really now a maze."

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The trouble with religion
Not a private matter, Mr Shaw
Closing the debate

What are your plans, Mr Pantry?
THE EDITOR, Sir: MR. KENT Pantry, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), needs to tell the public how his office intends to address the cry heard from one end of Jamaica to the other: "We want justice".

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Divine vs human intent
Recommend a policy instead
Selfish intentions
Rethink the decision
Commending Michael Lee-Chin
Take a bow
Decline in morality
Robbed at bus stop

A musical explosion
THERE WAS high praise inside the main hall of the Hope United Church on Old Hope Road, St. Andrew when the Providence Methodist Junior Church in association with Love 101 presented 'Youth Explosion 2004'.

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Answered the call
'Springfest 2004' weathered the storm

New CSAV service for Kingston
GRACE, KENNEDY Shipping Company Limited has announced the commencement of a new direct service from the Mediterranean to Kingston, being offered by its principal Compania Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV).

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CSA mid-year meeting on track