Police beating 'not that serious'
WESTERN BUREAU: LUCIUS THOMAS, police commissioner, said yesterday that the circumstances in which a 48-year-old police corporal was injured during an altercation at the Mount Salem Police Station barracks in St. James, may have been overstated.

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Greg Christie appointed new Contractor General
Alumina Partners' (Alpart) back to normal
Patterson pushes global trade deal
Ten laboratory technicians up for leptospirosis training
Gardener murdered
Two cops shot, injured
Four prisoners escape from Lawrence Tavern lock-up
Wanted man killed in Spanish Town

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) students to pay same NCU fees
THE MANDEVILLE-BASED Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has announced its decision to charge all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) students the same level of fees. NCU has also retained Dr. Herbert Thompson as president for a new five-year term...

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Education body seeks new head
Council coming to regulate medical labs
Consensus on trade at Commonwealth meeting
Upper House in Jamaica OKs police oversight body
Changes to United States visa document requirements
Commuters stranded in Spanish Town

THE MONDAY INTERVIEW: DONOVAN PERKINS - Business is his calling
DONOVAN PERKINS could have chosen to be a doctor, lawyer or an engineer, having excelled at the arts and sciences at Calabar High School. But upon being introduced to a course in personal finance at the University of South Florida...

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Opposition wants tax reform for businesses in Jamaica
Envoy: Do not fear Spanish investment

Lara hails record as his greatest achievement
ADELAIDE (Reuters): BRIAN LARA said beating Allan Border's world record for the most Test runs was the highlight of his career. The West Indian batsman scored a brilliant 226 in the third Test against Australia...

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Jamaica and Leewards set for exciting finish
West Indies joy turns to frustration
Late lapse costs Boys' Town again
KFC pumps more money into school basketball
English double sets up big win
Arnett plummet further at Village
Tivoli's scorching start burns Wadadah

Reaching for the prize
THE CURRENT campaign involving four contenders for the presidency of the People's National Party (PNP) is increasing in intensity, so much so that some misgivings have arisen that the contenders may be neglecting...

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Agriculture: potential and neglect
In memoriam
Israel: The resurrection of Rabin

LETTER OF THE DAY - Subversion of our Constitution
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN HIS excellent piece on the word 'gay', Melville Cooke once again read my mind and confirmed why he is currently the best columnist around. As soon as homosexuals truly start to believe what all rational human beings...

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Cry out for the men too
More parental input needed

DIONNE WARWICK AND FRIENDS ... Well worth the wait
TRY TO imagine 210 minutes of non-stop great performances at an entertainment event. Not many of us can. But a few hundred patrons at Saturday night's show with Dionne Warwick and Friends...

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'Harry Potter' has box office spellbound
Bruce Lee's legacy looms large on his 65th birthday
Gang founder's death row drama gains star support

Juliene Lechenne: A MASTER OF time
AND WE don't mean in the astrological sense. This man makes sure that the shiny gadgets on our wrists keep us chronologically co-ordinated. Swiss Stores watchmaker Juliene Lechenne (ironically, he is Swiss) has been in the island for three months.

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Globalisation and Jamaican women
Ocho Rios rewards model citizen
Is it easy being a man?
Paternity: The tale of 'closet dads' and 'designing women'
FINALLY, A CURE FOR ACNE
Royal nuptials

'Sugar deal not enough'
VALLETTA (CMC): CARIBBEAN LEADERS on Saturday appealed for compen-sation for the region's sugar producers, facing heavy losses as a result of amendments to the European Union's (EU) sugar regime.

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New bill forges Cuba trade ties

'As bad as under Saddam'
LONDON, England (AP): HUMAN RIGHTS abuses in Iraq are now as bad as they were under Saddam Hussein and could become even worse, the country's former interim Prime Minister said in an interview published yesterday.

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Suu Kyi's detention extended
Quake kills 10
Isolation breeding enemies

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.