Lead Stories
Yam ban eased

THE UNITED States has lifted a ban on the use of three fungicides on yams exported from Jamaica following laboratory tests by a local task force chaired by a representative of the US Department of Agriculture. The task force was set up following a...

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Conch poachers a problem
A man for the people
PM says no EAC phase-out plan
Policemen denied bail
Mona Commons occupants relocation upsets KSAC

News
National Leadership Prayer Breakfast 2001 - Jamaica called 'chaos'
THE CLOSING prayer pleaded for help on behalf of a civil society that had been badly beaten and left for dead; the main address spoke of a country which had become a "modern chaos," and a "world without rules."

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Battle looms for WC St James seat
Stone-throwing students identified
David Panton under fire for allegations
New radar to improve air traffic control capabilities

Business
Southern wants 80% of JPSCo
UNITED States giant Southern Energy Inc. could buy as much as 80 per cent of light and power giant Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo), according to sources close to the sale. The Government and Southern had hoped to tie up a deal by the end of...

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Davies raises US$125m overseas
Ex-STATIN boss' future in doubt
Raising the stakes
FINSAC settles Ciboney case

Sport
Boyz whip St Elizabeth XI

MANDEVILLE - A SELECT Reggae Boyz squad easily whipped a St. Elizabeth invitational team 4-1 at Goshen yesterday but technical director Clovis de Oliveira was far from pleased with the makeup of the opposition.

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Leaders Ja tackle Leewards
C. Spring, H.View in Jackie Bell semis
Don't blame the captain
Willet shines for WI B

Commentary
Cause for alarm
THE ARMS cache discovered in Arnett Gardens by the police on Monday night is cause for alarm. Among the weapons were AK-47 assault rifles the likes of which have surfaced here before. But four rifle-propelled grenades represent a new and fearful...

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A genuine community martyr
Underage activists and the Police Citizens' Charter
THE JTA/Whiteman Affair

Letters
Letter of the Day Teachers' retrenchment
THE EDITOR, Madam: I HAVE been consulted by the Jamaica Teachers Association in a professional capacity but I now write purely in my personal capacity as a concerned citizen. My concern results from the apparent confusion of the government which...

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The duty on cars is too high
Churches and moral renewal
I want to meet the Good Samaritan
Enough said on Street People Saga

Entertainment
Ministering through gospel singing

AT 22, GOSPEL artiste, Lynford 'Marisko' McIntosh has made his mark in the music industry, having won a number of gospel music awards. In 1996 he won the prizes for Best Male Vocalist and Best Original Song in the gospel category of the Jamaica...

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Gearing up for bacchanal
Singing for charity

Star Page
Trusting each other for 50 years

TRUST is the one word Ethel Burke, of Mona Road, Kingston uses to explain the success of her 50-year marriage to her husband, Alexander. "Trust, you have to have trust. If you even love each other and you don't have trust, the relationship can't work,".

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Tracey and Stacey like each other's company
Complications after three abortions