Lead Stories
Teachers killed in bus accident
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO TEACHERS from the Spanish Town High School, St. Catherine, were killed yesterday and 14 students injured after a minibus carrying a group on an excursion plunged into a gully in Steer Town, St. Ann.

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Davies denounces criminality
Companies Act still to be debated by the Senate
Dealership barred from constructing car lot
NDM unveils new slate
Seaga outlines plans for the development of St. Mary

News
Gunfire closes cemetery

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation has shut down the May Pen Cemetery indefinitely as the violence and killings in sections of western Kingston intensified. There were no funerals there on Wednesday and at least 12 funerals were postponed...

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Forbes pledges police control of W Kingston trouble spot
Woman off acid charge
Estimate of Portmore Mall fire still not ready
Cops probing two more lawyers

Business
NIBJ sells Govt's stake in Ashtrom without tender

THE National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) said it has sold the Government's minority shareholding in Ashtrom Building Systems to the majority share holder, Ashtrom (Jamaica) Limited, without putting the entity to tender, because the...

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ICAJ to be made sole agent of the Public Accountancy Board
KFC outlet in Santa Cruz doing brisk business
Patterson foresees Bahamas joining CARICOM
JPSCo generating unit gets overhaul

Sport
Jacobs banned

HARARE, (Reuters): WEST INDIAN wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs has been banned for three matches for bringing the game into disrepute after stumping Indian Virinder Sehwag without the ball in his gloves during Wednesday's one-day international.

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Confident Jamaica face Antigua
JCBC invites 38 for youth development camp
JNBS cricket laying good foundation
Atkinson gets bronze medal

Commentary
Dangerous precedent
WHEN A political administration ignores a ruling of the Court in order to score political points it is treading on dangerous ground. The Election Court presided over by Mr. Justice Basil Reid ruled on Friday that Mr. Abe Dabdoub of the Jamaica Labour...

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Whither the Jamaican society?
Why I still refuse to vote
Through the Century with the Gleaner - The Lord Moyne Commission (Part 12)
Aggression and the school system - PART ONE

Letters
Letter of the Day - Scholarship criteria
THE EDITOR, Sir: I MUST extend my congratulations to all the scholarship winners. However, I believe that the scholarships should not only be awarded on the basis of success in the GSAT examination, but also on the basis of financial need.

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Create jobs for yourselves
A fine day at Bodles
Architects have genuine concern for Highway 2000
Contractor urged to give J'cans straight roads
Disgusting and shameful
Sgt G Francis' single-handed bravery

Entertainment
Young violinists show classy skills

THIRTY YOUNG Jamaican violinists delighted family and friends at the Little Theatre recently. Most of the performers were very young, just prep school age and hardly taller than their instruments; but with laudable aplomb they stood on...

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Rural night life thriving
The Gleaner's weekly entertainment guide - Best bets

Star Page
44 years of Leila and Edwin Jackson's undying love

FOR more than 40 years, Leila Jackson took the best care of her husband, Edwin. Now, the table has turned and Edwin Jackson now has to care for his wife who became ill a few years ago. Edwin, however, takes great pleasure in caring for his wife of 44...

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A sisterly bond
Steffens on reggae - Hard for new artistes to live up to standards set by the old
Epilepsy and seizure disorders
C'mon honey, let's get dirty!