Lead Stories
'Fat Cat' scandal deepens - Solicitor-General's Dept denies advice was sought
THE PUBLIC sector wage scandal deepened yesterday with the Solicitor-General's Department denying reports the Finance Ministry sought its advice on the legality of rolling back the salaries of top public sector bosses.

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Belafonte joins fight against AIDS - Children in crisis
Six protesters arrested in St Ann
Income disparity highest in Ja
'Half-registrations' a burning issue
Horrors of teenage pregnancy highlighted

News
Tourism interests lobby for reduction in departure tax
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA'S AIRPORT departure tax, which at US$25 is the highest in the region and the fourth highest in the world, is unfair to visitors, say tourism interests.

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Updated plan sought for children's health care
Charles faces new challenge
New regulatory body for financial sector
Street people still awaiting compensation

Business
Brokers caught 'short'

SEVERAL OF the island's money market players are nursing multi-million dollar losses, due to "short selling" after a week of turmoil in the foreign exchange market. Sources at five brokers admitted to Wednesday Business that they were caught out by the..

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Drop Pan set to go legal

Sport
Confident Ja take on US
THE 2000 Red Stripe Bowl limited-overs cricket competition gets underway today at 9.30 with defending champions Jamaica taking on the United States at Kaiser, Discovery Bay, and confident of retaining the title. The regional tournament will see the 10...

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Champions H. View meet Seba
Whitmore, Goodison eye MLS
D&G honours Ambrose
Galaxy hunt second consecutive victory
Tivoli blank KTHS

Commentary
Presidential debates
IN ONE of the most watched events in American political history, Vice-President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush squared off in a televised debate last week Tuesday.

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Trinidadian miracle?
Ensuring procedural fairness

Letters
Letter of the Day - Traffic misery engineered
THE EDITOR, Madam: HOW DOES one get rid of a Traffic Engineer? If she were a politician I would vote her out. If she were a boil I would get it lanced but right now I am at my wits end.

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Train hard, Peta Gaye
A load of rot!
On blaming the churches

Entertainment
Jamaican writers get mention
TWO JAMAICANS, Michael Reckord and Paulette Burnett, were 'highly commended' for their entries in the 2000 Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) Short Story Competition. However, the first prize went to Dennis Nichols of Guyana. Mr. Reckford,...

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Margueritaville celebrates record tourist visit
Father, daughter, exhibition

Star Page
Richard Browne... The secret of his success

RECORD producer Richard Browne, 24, whose interest in rhythms has moved from "Intercourse" to "Orgasm" is facing sweet success. Four of the 14 songs produced on the Orgasm rhythm have topped the Star's Top 40 Charts. These include Lexus' Full Hundred;..

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Confused with her three lovers

Profiles in Medicine
The great tobacco debate

THE CIGARETTE industry's top scientist, Dr. Chris Proctor says they are not about persuading people to smoke, instead they are about offering quality brands to adults who have made the decision to smoke.

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Is junk food any good?