'A backward step' - Cop protest could be met with disciplinary action
THE DECISION by members of the Police Federation to protest outside the Ministry of Finance and Planning on Monday, to press their demand for more pay, is not getting the support of the police top brass and sections of the private sector.

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Performance evaluation for teachers - Gov't may introduce recertification system for all tutors
Justice is blind, now mute? - JFJ can get no word on prosecution of sexual abuse cases
Puppy love saves abandoned baby in Kenya
Gloom descends on Camperdown High - Student body, family mourn loss of 17-year-old
Man accused of being illegal alien
In memory of 'Walshie' - Journalist remembers murdered policeman
MoU still intact, BITU sticks to pact
Alleged serial killer slain in shoot-out

JGRA threatens oil distributors - Marketing companies not conforming to new regulations
THE JAMAICA Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) has said it will take legal action against oil marketing companies, if they continue to refuse to conform to the new Weights and Measures Regulations.

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Insurance brokers robbed
'Homestead' now reopened
Corporal Hewitt's other killer identified
Golding urges colleagues to do their best
World remembers victory over Nazis
Parents undermine health ministry - Many still refuse to get their children immunised

ICD Group restructures once more
THE INDUSTRIAL Com-mercial Developments Limited (ICD) is to scale down its organisational structure and out-source its head office management services, as the holding company continues to rationalise its operations.

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Mayberry plans new fund
CCMB rights issue brews controversy
When the 'big one' strikes
Corroding tolerance
Rezworth Burchenson's top stock pick is ...
'Phishing' on the Web

Uphill task for Windies
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC: AMID POOR ticket sales and the likelihood of less than 5,000 spectators, West Indies must turn around a dismal one-day international (ODI) record at Kensington Oval over the past six seasons...

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Harbour View tackle W'house in feature
Andrews: Bringing a fresh perspective to J'can sports
Jamaican students create history abroad
Under-16 match cut short by rain
Visually impaired head to the pitch
Dowdie scores big at US meet
Pakistan set sights on Lara

Poor police example
THEIR FRUSTRATIONS over working conditions and anger over what they see as a snub by the Minister of Finance to their demands for a significant salary increase notwithstanding, the police presented a very bad example to the public...

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Dons, gangs and crime
Above the law

LETTER OF THE DAY - MPs have a duty to report criminal information
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HOPE the information that I read in The Gleaner (May 8, 2005) is incorrect concerning a statement from Member of Parliament Dr. Horace Chang.

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Autonomy for the counties
Wrong approach, Mr Minister
Allow justice to prevail

Overextended Eve of Excellence
THE SIXTH staging of the 'Evening of Excellence' series presented by the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church's Stewardship Department took place at the University Chapel, Mona, on Sunday. Scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m...

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The good, the bad and the lyrically lame
A Little Like Love
Fresh take on contemporary suspense

GANJA - Is it harmful or useful?
CONTROVERSY OR not, local scientists, Dr. Henry Lowe and Professor Errol Morrison note in their book the History of the use of Marijuana that ganja is liberally used by the folk in soups, cakes and cookies.

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The sun and your skin's age
Feeding the pre-school child (Part I)
Protect your child from poisoning
Shopping for running shoes
Words and actions affect your child
THE COUNSELLOR - Studying is a big problem

West Indies vs South Africa 3rd One Day Internationals


May 11, 2005

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