Policeman murdered at dance
SPANISH TOWN: CORPORAL LINCOLN Parker of the Special Anti-Crime Task Force was murdered by gunmen at a dance in De La Vega City in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, yesterday. He is the seventh member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force killed...

Councillor Neita-Headley tops run-off
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: NATHALIE NEITA-HEADLEY, councillor for the Lauriston division, yesterday won the right to represent the People's National Party (PNP) in the next general election in the St. Catherine East Central constituency...

'Somewhere beyond the sea' - JAMAICA'S ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CRUISE LINE INDUSTRY
"AMERICA CANNOT be long blind to the wonderful advantages offered by this beautiful spot as a winter resort." So wrote the much-travelled author, Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the early 1900s. Today, tourism has become a mainstay of Jamaica's economy.

Eye care patients hail Cuban medics
WHATEVER CONCERNS there may be about the Cuban eye care programme, the latest batch of patients do not share them. Ninety more patients returned to the island on Saturday afternoon after successful surgeries on their affected eyes.

Doctors urged to speak out on public issues
PRESIDENT OF the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr. Alverston Bailey, has urged doctors to give back more to society. He said it was time doctors "change the perception of citizens that as doctors we are only concerned about our own...

Carter Center to examine Jamaica's advances in access to information
SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL experts will meet with local stakeholders this week to discuss Jamaica's progress in the fight for access to information. The Carter Center, which is facilitating the meetings, has invited experts from Trinidad and Tobago...