Lead Stories
Tough rules for illegal taxis - Trains will roll - Phillips

AS THE Government moves to complete its programme of improving the transport services, illegal route taxi-drivers will face strict new rules and the railway service will be restarted with or without foreign support, Minister of Transport and Works...

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Wharf rates to be reduced
Business heads call for action on crime
Seaga applauds JDF for booting soldiers - Urges Gov't to consider compensation for riot victims
Things Jamaica workers protest for overdue pay increases

News
PM lauds Sealy

PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson lauded former Gleaner Editor Mr. Theodore Sealy as a man of great intellect and passion who stood like a colossus over his proven profession as a journalist. Mr. Sealy, he said, laid the foundations and set the standards...

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Blown fuse trips out power to 20 families
Former Gleaner Features Editor dies at 67
Appeal Court to resolve squatter relocation dispute
St Thomas PC strapped for cash

Business
KLAS bidder gets $15 million tax waiver

SUCCESSFUL BIDDER for KLAS FM 89, Wilmington Corporation has received a tax waiver of $15 million in principal and penalties from the Ministry of Finance. The waiver, which was a response to the company's application for a waiver of $22 million of tax...

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JP Morgan backs economy
Big jump in JSE index
Do you really enjoy playing the odds?
FINSAC restructuring instantly spurs LoJ profits

Sport
Boyz face hard Costa Rica test

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica: JAMAICA'S FUTURE in the final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying competition could be decided this evening when they take on second-placed Costa Rica in the last game of the first set of matches at...

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Ja going for vital win
Francis slams JAAA selection policy
Stick with fit Scorpion
Injury cloud over Lara

Commentary
Justice and injustice
THE COUNTRY'S judicial system has acquitted the lowly scapegoats in the Montego Bay Street People Scandal and in so doing has preserved its image for dispensing justice. Did anyone in this country ever believe that St James Parish Council employees...

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Finding a solution to crime
A matter of planning

Letters
Letter of the Day - Power of the people
THE EDITOR, Sir: "ARE WE building a nation or are we building a hut, for while we fight each other for the power and the glory Jah kingdom goes to waste--." These words are from a song written by Ernie Smith during the fiery days of the 1970s, and...

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Is it fair or fear competition?
'I agree with you Melville'
Not voting is no badge of honour
'Well done, Gleaner'
Maurice Facey a man sent by God
People get what they deserve
Patrick Allen and/or Norman Grant
Paul David Young
Montego Bay Cycle Club needs help
On 'Why I refuse to vote'
Carib Cement must try to compete

Entertainment
Mento comes of age - Penthouse releases CD

AS PART of its contribution to Jamaican music, Penthouse Records has launched a compact disc (CD) of Mento music which will hit music stores some time this week. The twelve-track CD will feature members of the Rod Dennis Band.

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Stars shine for 'Fathers With Love'

Profiles in Medicine
Playing with your food - Genetically-modified foods Is our health at risk?

MOST JAMAICANS have not yet caught up with the food fuss on the other side of the Atlantic about genetically-modified (GM) food. However, hardly a week goes by in Britain, for instance, without some press coverage on the "Frankenfoods" or "Frankenstein...

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Ugly dark spots!

Star Page
Bounty Killer's upset by lyrics Feels Mr. Vegas dissed him in 'Hard'

BOUNTY Killer, enraged by the attitude of fellow entertainer Mr. Vegas, is hitting back hard and the Warlord does not care if it hurts. The Killer is claiming that Mr. Vegas has done him wrong on several occasions and this includes disrespecting...

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Dancehall Vibes - The night when CeCile 'bust' Tamba
Found another but heart is with former boyfriend