Portia seals deal - Natural gas agreement between Jamaica, Trinidad
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC: TRINIDADIAN PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday announced his administration had reached an agreement with Jamaica to provide its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbour "with a long-term supply of natural gas."

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Four killed, three injured in betting shop
Ruel Reid tipped to be new Jamaica College (JC) principal
Houses donated to sugar workers
Governemt ready for wage talks outside Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU)
'Murder trials botched' - Privy Council overturns convictions
'No increase to University of the West Indies (UWI) subsidy'
St Lucia seeks UK crime fighters
'Fight AIDS prejudice'

National Works Agency (NWA) says May start for Treasure Beach canal... Militant residents demand quick action
AFTER MONTHS of delays, the National Works Agency (NWA) is promising that work should commence in another month on the construction of a canal to correct what has become an annual problem of flooding in Treasure Beach...

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No parking! Mayor McKenzie cleans up parking in downtown
Registrar General's Department (RGD) launches application tracking system
Montego Bay baited for rats
Issa Trust, Iowa hospital host fundraiser for children's clinic
Expanded network of delegates for second Jamaican Diaspora Conference
Tuition fees go up at University of the West Indies (UWI)
Ken Bilby and the 'True-Born Maroons'

Island Hoppers Helicopter Tours ... North-coast air bridge
THE NEXT time you hear the chatter of a helicopter over your head, you may very well be hearing Jamaica's only helicopter tour company conducting its business. The year-old Island Hoppers Helicopter Tours is presently providing helicopter tours...

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PM, pastors, principles and politics
Avoid fiscal backsliding - IMF
Insurers and JPS face similar problems
Air Jamaica's finances to improve this year
Tax rules may hamper pension reform

Blackwood to the rescue
MANDEVILLE: THE HEADLEY Cup final appeared delicately poised heading into day two with St. Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) ending on 53 for three in reply to 171 posted in 77 overs by defending champions Holmwood Technical.

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Cup ticket prices announced
Walsh wants end to impasse
Magical stuff from 'Tappa'
Tivoli, Boys' Town hold edge over opponents
Life bans and fines out west
Arsenal in final
Take Cordite in feature
Knights douse Flames

The politics of corruption
AFTER A long and complicated legal process, Basdeo Panday, former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has been found guilty of breaching the twin-island's integrity legislation by failing for three years to disclose a bank account in England...

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Better delivery of justice
Preparing for the new world
Beating a dead horse

LETTER OF THE DAY - Church mission must go beyond the pulpit
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ROLE of the church in our national life has been receiving prominence in our media. In many instances, the Church has been portrayed as wanting in its relevance, media presence and social action.

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When will they learn?
Cleansing of the Jamaica Labour Party
The missing passport
Impressed by the Opposition

Tradition, technology meet on 'Island of Adventure'
TARIK AND the Island of Adventure is a children's adventure book which blends the tradition of the terrible 'socouyant',' douen and 'La Diablesse' (duppies all, for Jamaican children), among others, with the technology of the computer...

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Horrifically Bad Scary Movie 4

It's the life of a NURSE - Low pay, long hours, poor work condition
NURSES ARE UNHAPPY...again. Maybe soon there will be protest action and journalists will be interviewing hospital heads...again, to find out how patient services are affected. Then the Ministry of Health will make some overtures...

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GLOBAL SHORTAGE - Challenges based on an International Council of Nurses study
Exercise to reduce your aches and pains
Should I or shouldn't I...take supplements?
THE COW'S MILK DEBATE CONTINUES - In defence of milk
Research reveals fat-burning secret of dairy

TRINIDAD: High Court adjourns Panday's bail application
PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD (CMC): Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday will stay locked up at the Maximum Security Prison until tomorrow when his application for bail will be heard at the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain.

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GUYANA: Mourners pay tribute to slain agriculture minister

LONDON: Britain admits to major deportation debacle
LONDON (REUTERS): Britain said yesterday it had freed over 1,000 foreign prisoners, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles, who should have been considered for deportation at the time of their release.

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ISRAEL: Israel launches 'eye in the sky' over Iran