TOLL SOARS - Fees to increase with opening of Highway 2000 second leg
TOLL ROAD fees are set to soar as of tomorrow when the second leg of Highway 2000, connecting Kingston to Sandy Bay, Clarendon, is officially opened. Robert Pickersgill, minister of transport and works, revealed yesterday that the new toll...

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Experts predict strong winter tourist season
Battle of CCJ bills goes to Privy Council
Mona Heights Primary thanks past principal
Distrust reigns among children, study reveals
Hip hop mogul pledges support to Upliftment Ja
Domestic cargo moving faster at Kingston port - Major world ports grappling with congestion

'I am much stronger'
PEARNEL CHARLES, one of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) leadership contenders, believes he is better placed to become the party's next leader based on the recent settlement regarding the composition of the JLP delegates' list.

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Educators support ministry's bid to ban corporal punishment
Portmore body to select lawyers for toll road case
Sts Peter and Paul extends hand of charity
Alpart awards five scholarships
CCJ judge selection under fire
Soldier slapped with wounding charges

Gov't rejects Caymanas bids
THE GOVERNMENT has rejected the two bids submitted for the divestment of the Caymanas Park. This was stated yesterday by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Fitz Jackson, while speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing...

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Jobs among priorities for Delancy

Sponsors turn backs on JFF
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Crenston Boxhill, said the elimination of the Reggae Boyz from the 2006 World Cup Finals campaign has caused his organisation to lose sponsorship.

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Jamaica survive physical battle
Forest boss dismiss rumours about King
More on the divestment issue
Hard work pays off for 'Country'
Well said, King
Campbell awarded Indoor bronze

Open wide the tax portals
MR. PHILLIP Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, has launched a major advance in the efficiency and psychology of tax collection with the opening on-line of an Internet portal through which Jamaican taxpayers can make payments for a...

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Omar Davies - the first to launch
Governmental checks and balances needed
Volunteerism and compulsory education

LETTER OF THE DAY - Vending chaos in Ocho Rios
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM a resident of St. Ann and I travel each Friday into the town of Ocho Rios to purchase my necessary farming supplies and groceries. Access to the shops I visit is gained via the road which runs along the side of the vegetable market.

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Exorbitant JPS bills
Repairs soon for some St Mary roads
The United New Africa Global Network
Wrong water storage methods

NO-MADDZ a dramatic trod in dub
THE LOUISE Bennett Garden Theatre came alive with the sounds of poetry and music on Saturday night, when No-Maddz presented their first concert. It was a night of politics and romance, drama and comedy, celebration and criticism.

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Royal Caribbean fetes 'Ochi' children
Maroons bring mistletoe, music to Redbones Café
Mellow jazz from German trio

It's a joy to give - choose wisely
THE WORST present I ever got is when I was 12, writes a woman on the website www.funnychristmas.com. "I was so excited, but when I opened them, they were bed sheets.

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Thank You - How to write a great note