Highway 2000 shifts gear
THE GOVERNMENT revealed yesterday that it has finalised adjustments to the planned route for the next leg of Highway 2000. Information Minister Burchell Whiteman disclosed that Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has signed off on proposals for the next leg...

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Business blues - Jamaica Chamber of Commerce lashes Government over tax proposal
Delegates' list ready
Traffic changes for PNP conference
'Jamaica has a family problem' - Advocate proposes plan to save dropouts
Leadership aspirants missing in action
Ruling irks traffic cops
Eight years for raping granny
Pastry price hike looms, bakers warn

Government of Jamaica moves to renovate Devon House
GOVERNMENT HAS approved the compulsory acquisition of the Devon House property by the Commissioner of Lands. In making the announcement yesterday at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing, Information Minister Burchell Whiteman said...

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Gross misuse of agriculture resources - students
National Works Agency (NWA) has plans for St Mary roads
Farmers in Portland to benefit from agriculture project
Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) president calls for farm development bond
Religious leaders in Jamaica rebuke release of 'Brokeback Mountain'

Global investors grab new government bond
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL markets yesterday snapped up the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ's) 30-year US$250 million ($16.2 billion) global bond. This comes after the news that ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) maintained its "B" rating for Jamaica...

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Montego Bay airport sets sights on Europe
Goverment of Jamaica should sell surplus land - Hill
LOJ nets $2.2 billion in 2005
Condos (strata property) must have insurance
Poor infrastructure delays Dragon Bay Hotel

Campbell, Powell to lead charge
ATHENS OLYMPICS 200 metres gold medallist Veronica Campbell, world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and 2005 World Championships triple jump gold medallist Trecia Smith head the 102-member Jamaican contingent named last night for the 18th...

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Tocumen fancied for midweek feature
Waterhouse look to leap in front
US, Jamaica to play friendly on April 11
Henry's goal stuns Real Madrid
Change of format for Super Cup league
Endurance pays rich dividends
Reggae Girlz lauded at special reception
Glenmuir, Vere take early leads
St Catherine halt Jago's winning streak

More Charter heat than light
THE DEBATE over the proposed Charter of Rights, and in particular the response of some church groups to the document, has typically generated more heat than light. It would also seem that, at the very least, some of the persons objecting to the Charter...

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Black History Month
Our roads are disgraceful
Rebuilding consensus and social capital

LETTER OF THE DAY - The Church courting danger
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS THE gay saga continues, I'm getting Dark Ages shivers. I fear that the Church in Jamaica is treading on dangerous grounds, and as such I have a simple suggestion to make. Let me start out with a question to the Church.

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Jamaica, there is hope for us
Caribbean option for airline industry
Is Jamaica really free of TB?

Culture galore at 'Fi Wi Sinting'
ONCE AGAIN, Fi Wi Sinting provided a bubbling stew of African-Jamaican folk culture. The day-long festival took place in Nature's Way, Buff Bay, Portland, on Sunday. It featured a variety of performances taking place simultaneously...

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Foggo presents film, short story
Vibrant 'NRG' flowed all night

CPR AND THEN WHAT? THE SEQUEL (PART 2) - 'The chain of survival'
WELL, I didn't expect such vigorous feedback to my last article (CPR and then what? The sequel, February 15) and not only from local readers but from overseas-based health professionals and others who read Your Health on-line (www.jamaica-gleaner.com).

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Letters - In response to last week's article entitled 'CPR and then what?'
Help our children to GRIEVE
Stress cannot be avoided, but it can be managed
Choosing a path to wellness
How 'the people who came' influenced our food choices
Stoking your appetite after chemotherapy

ST VINCENT: Literacy advocate wants more time for adult programme
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): ABOUT 20 per cent of all Vincentians 15 years and older, some 17,000 indi-viduals, have difficulty with literacy and numeracy". And with only 1706 of these taking classes with the National Literacy Crusade...

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HAITI: EU congrats Preval

BELGIUM: SCIENTISTS FEAR IT MIGHT KILL MORE HUMANS - Bird flu spreads
BRUSSELS (Reuters): THE H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in Hungary and Croatia yesterday as the deadly virus spreads around the globe, while EU officials considered measures to vaccinate millions of birds in France and the Netherlands.

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UNITED KINGDOM: Charles goes to court over private diaries
MIDEAST: Abbas formally asks Hamas to form new government