Consumers feeling pinch of GCT hike
DEMAND FOR cornmeal dumplings and pickled mackerel may soon hit the roof, as they will be among the few food items for which consumers will not have to pay more after the implementation of a 1.5 per cent increase in the General...

Fear grips Bayshore Park - After triple murder, residents brace for further attacks
SOME RESIDENTS in Bayshore Park fled at the sight of unfamiliar vehicles in that east Kingston community yesterday. With six of their neighbours murdered by gunmen in the past week, fear has set in among inhabitants of this sprawling squatter settlement.

New Portmore lawsuit - Citizens mount challenge to Highway 2000 route
GOVERNMENT HAS been slapped with another lawsuit challenging the Portmore leg of Highway 2000. The application was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Portmore Citizens Advisory Council and the Portmore Joint Citizens' Association.

Hundreds turn out for Kgn leg of CXC seminar
HUNDREDS OF students crammed into the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headquarters on Waterloo Road, St. Andrew, yesterday for the Kingston leg of The Gleaner's fourth annual Youthlink CXC Examination Techniques Seminar.

Golding's ascendancy shrouded in uncertainty
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was uncertain yesterday if its leader, Bruce Golding would be sworn in as Opposition Leader in time to speak Thursday in the Budget debate in the House of Representatives.

Project for 'Generating Genius(es)' in science
GENERATING GENIUS, a new project offering Jamaican schoolboys the chance to become the doctors and scientists of the future, is set to begin later this year.