'No family favours'
Assamba's brother breaks silence on hotel contract
FLORIDA-BASED Jamaican businessman Charles Wood, brother of Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba, said suggestions that he used his family ties to secure a lucrative government hotel contract are both misleading and malicious...

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Food pots bubble for needy residents of downtown Kgn
Port Authority to assist manufacturers
Road fatalities on the decline

'Decriminalise prostitution'
Official calls for greater access to health services for sex workers
MONTEGO BAY, CMC: DR. PETER Figueroa, coordinator of the epidemiology and prevention programme in the Ministry of Health, is recommending that Caribbean authorities decriminalise ...

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Ja to benefit from hosting Marketplace 2005 expo
US gives go-fast boat to JDF
Postal service now offers int'l Express Mail Service

WIHCON eyes overseas market
A PART of the West Indies Home Contractors Limited's thrust to tighten up its resources and operations is to strategically place itself for any regional opportunities that could turn up after...

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Economy puts in a creditable performance for 2004

WI squad still up in air
THE DISPUTE over player endorsements has taken another twist in West Indies cricket, thus causing a delay in the announcement of the regional squad for January's VB triangular one-day series in Australia...

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Taylor finds form in Ja trial match
Langer leads way for Aussies
SPORTS BRIEFS

Gambling on education
DR. RALPH Thompson's suggestion, as reported in yesterday's Gleaner, of using revenue from gambling to fund the reforms recommended by the prime minister's task force on education is interesting, but of dubious merit. He has suggested that for ten years.

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Having a good heart
Surviving Christmas 2004

JPS: Beyond ridiculous
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE HAVE been letters recently in The Gleaner about exorbitant electricity bills. I think that mine is the most ridiculous. It was dated November 11, and is for $26,740.15. I called the customer service section, and was told that...

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A final word on Ms Jamaica
Look where you're driving!
LETTER OF THE DAY
Courting social disaster

Deon Silvera makes life from theatre
WHEN THE Gleaner approaches the landing of the Centerstage theatre, New Kingston, Deon Silvera is comfortably seated on a stool enjoying lunch. She is dressed in a black and red power suit, which would have been comfortable in any...

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Where to go ...theatre, parties, gospel