$358B BUDGET - Government of Jamaica goes for targeted growth
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning, Omar Davies, yesterday tabled a $358 billion budget in the House of Representatives, a three per cent increase over the one presented last year. The budget outlines the Government's spending plans...

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STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT - Governor-General outlines new Government programmes
Jubilation at Gordon House
Scrutiny of public funding
'Better loan terms for farmers'
'Zekes' found guilty
Jamaica to be disabled friendly

Cuban deal to save Palisadoes
THE GOVERNMENT is hoping to secure the future of the hurricane-battered Palisadoes Road under a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba. Cuba is offering free technical assistance to examine and develop strategies for coastal...

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Christopher Brown changes mind about St Mary constituency
First female rural dean in Jamaica's Anglican Church
Hewitt makes plans to enter politics
Major changes to occur at passport office
PM orders monitoring of employers' NIS payments
Cement controversy continues
US passport requirement date remains

Jamaica has big potential in services - Matalon
JOSEPH 'JOE' Matalon is so sure Jamaica's future is in the service sector that he has staked his family's fortune on it. Of course, as a member of the prominent Matalon family, he is also responsible for much of that family's remaining business...

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Cable & Wireless Jamaica (C&WJ) to offer prepaid facility for landlines
Carib Cement to slash fuel costs
Property market on a roll
Solving the Budget conundrum
New box-making factory to open
NCB reaches out to Jamaicans in Canada
New pension regulations will ensure best practices
Trinidad - a plum in the pie for Digicel

LOC rejects proposal - Says one-day matches against India are still on
A REQUEST by Ashtrom Building System Ltd - the contruction company contracted to develop Sabina Park - to have the two West Indies One-Day International games against India cancelled, has been rejected by Cricket Jamaica 2007 Ltd.

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Jamaica topple champions T&T
Experts believe Shiv did the right thing
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Well done Chanderpaul
Launch Super-6 on Major Mayer
Waterhouse elated, jubilant, overawed - Says double victories over Harbour View stoked title belief
Prolific Catherine Hall hold slim lead
'The result was quite satisfying'
Nevers-coached teams in showdown
Boys' Town hammer Spring 8-3
Granville, Montpelier draw
Kinghts slow down Blazing Panthers
St Catherine, Calabar hunt the double
Last chance for amateurs

Big plans on a tight budget
THE GOVERNMENT in the Throne Speech marking the start of a new parliamentary year yesterday signalled its intention to lead a significant attack on crime and poverty through social intervention programmes in inner-city communities.

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Environment and jobs
The opposites of manhood
Peru at the polls

LETTER OF THE DAY - Christianity used as a marketing tool
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE FIRESTORM of criticism towards Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller after her recent religious pronouncements is slightly misplaced. Mrs. Simpson Miller is not some ayatollah seeking to turn Jamaica into a fundamentalist religious...

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Let's switch the salary increase proposal
Ban X-rated adult channels
Jamaicans 'soon come' attitude

Business breakfast from Sumfest
FOR THE more than 40,000 persons who attend Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest annually it is the drum, the bass, the lyrics and the melodies that count. For many of the persons gathered for breakfast at the Terra Nova Hotel, Waterloo Road...

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'Mrs Henderson Presents' - quite delightful
VP presents more 'Lasting Love Songs'
Caribbean Model Search on
'Inner City Lights' shine off Maxfield

Sugar woes could affect export commitments
THE DISRUPTION in the island's sugar production could affect commitments to supply just over 19,000 tonnes of sugar to the United States. Agriculture and Land Minister Roger Clarke said everything was being done to meet the quota to the European Union...

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Tomato farmer breaks new ground
Blue Mountain Coffee Co-op gets new equipment
National census of goat, sheep nears completion

KING OF BUNS - A.M.L. BAKERY TAKES THE CROWN
THEY TOOK up the challenge and the judges deliberated. When the raisins had settled, A.M.L. Bakery of 35 Main Street, Port Maria, St. Mary, emerged winner. They were followed closely by Sunlight Bakery in Montego Bay which came second.

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The judges comments on the winning bun
Bun challenge in Montego bay
NEW RESTAURANTS IN TOWN - Dragon Heights soars
THE SCIENCE BEHIND COOKING - FROM BERRY TO BREW

Barbecue heaven at TGIF
BEFORE PARTAKING of the fare, some whet their palates with their choice of the restaurant's potent potables, one favourite being the Ultimate Mudslide. Soon enough, here comes the grub! Upon arrival, the consensus was that the display was more than...

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Party galore this Easter weekend

GUYANA: Guyana passes fair trading law
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (CMC): Guyanese lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in support of the Competition and Fair Trading Bill even though the Opposition expressed concerns about some of the measures.

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DOMINICA: Carib Indian tribal board to be reinstated

PERU: PRESIDENT TOLEDO BLASTED FOR AUTHORISING DEAL - Leader in presidential election rejects signing of US trade pact
LIMA, Peru (AP): OLLANTA HUMALA, the nationalist maverick who finished first in Sunday's presidential election, blasted President Alejandro Toledo yesterday for authorising the signing of a U.S.-Peruvian free-trade deal.

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IRAQ: LEADERS TO DISCUSS NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT ON MONDAY - Car bomb kills 20 outside Shi'ite mosque
MIDEAST: ATOMIC PROGRAMME ADVANCED - World powers condemn Iran's nuclear move
ITALY: BERLUSCONI STILL REFUSES TO CONCEDE DEFEAT - Seven senators may prove crucial in Prodi Gov't
COLOMBIA: Feared militia disbands
PERU: Garcia leads Flores for run-off spot

Profile: Professor Evan Duggan
DR. EVAN 'Bunny' Duggan is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems in the Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration at the University of Alabama. He is currently spending his sabbatical leave at UWI's Mona campus.

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLYING FORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Computing education and the English-speaking Caribbean
UWI International Info Systems Research Conference June 1-4