Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) pushes funding agenda - Denies that it is slow on campaign financing issue
The selected members of the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) have dismissed claims that the advisory body was not moving expeditiously to deal with the issue of campaign financing.

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PM's Trafigura response inadequate
Trafigura will retain contract - for now
Mocho on UN climate change report
Omar Davies orders probe into income tax leak
... Remains confident in banking system
'Welcome to Middle Quarters' - the shrimp capital of Jamaica
Man incarcerated for six years freed
New approach for poverty eradication programme

St Mary champ makes comeback
Patrice Christie of St. Mary High won her second parish title yesterday as theGleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition completed its fifth round. Patrice, now a Grade Eight student, won when she was in Grade Five at Highgate Primary...

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Government, police officers sign new wage contract
US passport campaign to cost Jamaica millions
Road works for Mount Rosser
Further delay for JPS audit
Former teacher gets help to appeal case in UK
District constables to be trained under new modernisation programme
Hospitals to benefit from NHF grant

Dow tops 12,000 mark led by IBM
NEW YORK, United (Reuters): The Dow industrials stormed through the 12,000 level for the first time on Wednesday as strong earnings from technology bell-wether IBM renewed investors' confidence in corporate profit outlook.

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United States considers wallet-size passport card
Sandals Resorts Int'l faces US$multimillion lawsuit

Windies rock Aussies
MUMBAI, India (AP): JAMAICAN PACE bowler Jerome Taylor claimed a hat-trick as defending champions the West Indies clinched a 10-run victory yesterday against world champions Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy.

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Ponting praises Windies spinners Gayle, Samuels
Sunshine Girls get financial boost from Digicel - Quest to retain caribbean championships bolstered
Frome, Clarendon race into quarters
Fenton calls it quits
Hemmings-McCatty receives Courtney Walsh Award
Tribunal chosen for Pakistan steroid case

EDITORIAL - Trafigura probes should still proceed
IT WAS quite predictable that the Opposition's motion of no-confidence in the Government was headed for failure - as was confirmed by its 33 to 23 vote defeat in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night.

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Labour's turn
What a 'puppy' show
Living history

LETTER OF THE DAY - Should an Attorney-General be his party's legal adviser?
The Editor, Sir: It is my opinion that there should be a convention applying to all our political parties or a provision in their rules or constitutions that anyone appointed Attorney-General by a party which forms the Government...

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A proud Jamaican moment
PNP ignores the hard questions
CSME essential

'Lady Chance and the Butterfly Dance' - Fascinating dancehall theatre
Lady Chance and the Butterfly Dance' staged by the Sistren Theatre Collective at the Ward Theatre last weekend was a case of style battling to outdo substance. The play dubs its style as dancehall theatre...

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Poetry makes indoor, outdoor statement
'The Orgy' and 'Bird Bath' - A Double Bill of Disappointment

Farmers could soon have access to BNS loan facility
After months of delay, farmers should be able to gain access to the special $250 million loan facility that has been set aside for the agricultural sector by the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica (BNS), by next month, pending approval of a Government guarantee.

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Cocoa profits rise
'Coffee production is my joy'
Tips on growing cabbage

Remember these?
Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea) - Arrowroot was popularly grown in Jamaica and is native to South America and the Caribbean. It has traditionally been used by most of the Indian tribes in the West Indies and Central America...

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Annatto is back!
Old Harbour Seafood Festival is Oct 29
Rosa's comes to the Hip Strip
Mind your manners

GUYANA: Ban imposed on 'Passa Passa' from Jamaica
Guyana's National Communications Network, the country's broadcaster, has banned the promotion of the Jamaican-born street party known as 'Passa Passa' which has swept across the region....

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CUBA: Student leader sees bright socialist future
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - 'Free her before I die'

BARBADOS: 'Show more compassion!'

JAPAN: Rice counters fear of nuclear arms race
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters): United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reassured Japan yesterday that Washington would stand by a commitment to protect its Asian ally and tried to temper concerns of an Asian nuclear arms race...

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UNITED STATES: UN Council seat still undecided
ARGENTINA: Clashes mar Peron reburial

Importance of the coffee industry to Jamaica
Export of primary agricultural products is an important contributor to foreign exchange earnings in Jamaica and contributed US$104,298,000 to the economy in 2003. In 2003, agriculture contributed 6.3 per...

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Cultivation: a low technology, labour-intensive operation