'Justice served' - Nicholson defends Kraal verdict
JUSTICE MINISTER A. J. Nicholson yesterday repudiated charges by Delroy Chuck, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Spokesman on Justice, that faulty prosecuting and investigations led to Tuesday's acquittal of three policemen in the Kraal murder...

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Jamaicans unhappy on account of crime - Frankson
St Thomas residents at risk from sand mining
Minimum wage to increase end of January
Meagre road repair money
United States embassy to close for holidays
PATH payments to be increased
Glitz and glitter this Christmas

Team examines sugar proposals
AGRICULTURE MINISTER Roger Clarke said the government has put together an enterprise team to examine proposals of interest for the Bernard Lodge and Long Pond sugar factories that are to be taken out of operations.

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What to do for the holidays
Canada funds project for mentally ill inmates
Cable and Wireless Jamaica donates computers to cops
Backslide in access to information, says Inter-American Press Association
Environment minister urges support for greenhouse projects

Grand Lido Braco ready for winter
SUPERCLUBS' 85-ACRE Grand Lido Braco resort near Rio Bueno in Trelawny is just completing a multimillion-dollar renovation of its 226 rooms, six suites, the popular clothes-less playground west section and most public areas.

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New two-year contract for tanker drivers
Consumer Affairs Commission urges consumer vigilance this season

No-confidence vote unlikely - JFF source says ballots needed to oust Boxhill are unattainable
A SOURCE within the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) says a rumoured no-confidence vote against president Crenston Boxhill at next month's Congress is unlikely to reap success.

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McDonald, Parris-Thymes hang up spikes
Harbour View train steams on
Waterhouse loss puts Rivoli in trouble
Vernal's double stings unlucky Seba
Wadadah stun champs Portmore
Spring net elusive win with last-minute goal
Tivoli rue Arnett draw
Stanford hits back - Does not view WICB as manager of Twenty20 funds
Simister shifts focus to Commonwealth Games

Improving IMF/JA relations
THE CONVERGENCE of policies mooted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and those advocated by local technocrats was thrown into sharp focus last week. At a session aimed at strengthening relationships with the IMF and member countries...

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Travel thoughts
It always comes to gunshots
Christmas 2005

LETTER OF THE DAY - Better format needed to rate talent contests
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been watching several talent competitions on our local television stations and I appreciate the fact that many persons have been given the opportunity to parade their talents and even establish a platform...

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Jamaicans should demand more
Small farmers' success a myth
Castleton's water woes

Awahsuh!
AWAHSUH FASHION Show and Party held at Weekenz last Saturday only fulfilled half of what it promised. While there was a vibrant fashion show, there was no party but simply intermittent music between segments of the show.

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Saint Richards' colourful concert
Young choreographers bear fruit
Elton John ties knot

Poultry stakeholders discuss antibiotics use
STAKEHOLDERS IN the poultry industry met recently to examine and come to a unified position on the use and regulation of antibiotics in chicken rearing. The meeting, which was held at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in St. Catherine...

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4H clubs get monetary boost
Sorrel revival
Agriculture ministry ups cocoa price

A true Caribbean Christmas
MY PARENTS moved to Venezuela in the '40s and we children were all born in that amazing South American country. Parents and grandparents are from Trinidad; there's a smattering of Tobago on my maternal father's side, a touch of Grenada...

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Ah! Christmas breakfast
Never the same ol' breakfast
Samplers guzzle Jinjah Sorrel drink
Cooking with McCormick

Weeping on streets after plane crash
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP): WEEPING ISLANDERS went house to house Tuesday in the tiny islands of Bimini to grieve for 11 of their own who died in the crash of a seaplane near Miami.

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Boy who staged own kidnapping 'grounded'
Jailed Britons to visit UK for Christmas
Mother pleads for return of kidnapped fishermen

Saddam's half-brother 'ate grapes watching torture'
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): SADDAM HUSSEIN'S half-brother ate grapes while a man screamed in agony in a torture chamber, the alleged victim said yesterday, giving evidence at the former Iraqi president's trial in Baghdad.

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Israel to stymie polls if Hamas participates
Wing had unseen cracks in main support beam - Investigators
Diplomatic missions affected by transit strike in New York

MAKING RUM
RUM, AN alcoholic beverage made in various ways from the juice of the sugarcane and its derivatives, such as molasses, have been known for centuries. Rum production is centred in the Caribbean region, but is also produced in other parts...

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Rum and your senses
Joy Spence, OD - master blender

'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.