Port Royal project on hold...again Crime blamed for investor pullback
THE DEVELOPMENT project for Port Royal, first approved by Cabinet six years ago and on which millions of dollars has been spent in the planning stage, has been put on hold. Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation, Dr. Vin Lawrence, yesterday...

Senators condemn violence against women
J'can wins freedom after three trials
Chairman evicts JLP's youth arm president
Girls sweep Hanover spelldown

Salvation Army launches Christmas Kettle Appeal
WITH A target of $4 million set for this year, the Salvation Army yesterday launched its annual Christmas Kettle Ap-peal at a ceremony in downtown Kingston. The Kettle Appeal, which was launched outside the National Commer-cial Bank, King and Barry...

Seventh J'can on FBI list
Students protest rape attempt

Mullings urges OAS to focus on developing states
JAMAICA'S NEW Perma-nent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Seymour Mullings, has called for greater attention to the socio-economic challenges facing small developing states of the hemisphere. He also encouraged the.

Agri sector losses set at $575 million

Test cricket in turmoil
CENTURION, (Reuters): WORLD CRICKET was braced for an unprecedented civil war yesterday as South Africa and India, in open defiance of the International Cricket Council, went ahead with their unofficial Test at Centurion.

Go with Splinter Lady, Making Waves

Seaga's refusal to testify
MR. SEAGA is upset by alleged bias on the part of the Isaac Commission of Enquiry. He does not wish to endorse or give credibility to the Commission's deliberations, and so he refuses to give evidence before it, despite the issue of a lawful subpoena...

I learned my lesson

Letter of the day: Seaga should address the Dons issue
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE NEXT General Election to decide the Government of Jamaica is imminent. This is the time when the people of Jamaica decide which of the two major parties they want to be the next Government. Currently, the Dons are participating in...

'Terrorists' in New York classrooms
The worth of a J'can educator

Audience makes 'Give Thanks' a long yawn
IT WAS night when all the acts scheduled to perform gave good performances. However, the largely listless crowd proved to be the downturn at the 'Give Thanks Thanksgiving Dinner' and Entertainment at the Terra Nova Hotel on Thursday night. The dinner...

The principles of programme planning

Fifty years of Jamaica Hope
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hope, one of the world's distinguished breed of cattle, will next year celebrate 50 years of golden contribution to the pails of local dairy industry. The breed found favour also in other tropical lands to which ...

Scientists fear invasion of 'superweeds'

Wanted: one National Building Code
JAMAICA IS still without the proper legal structure to regulate construction activity, despite several efforts over the years to have a National Building Code developed. But the local engineering fraternity, dissatisfied that the situation has been...

The entrepreneurial urban environment

Deadly beauty: is Portland doomed?
BEFORE I went to Portland last week, I had read stories and seen pictures chronicling the devastation, particularly in the area around Swift River (in the western part of the parish), but nothing could have prepared me for the sheer...

The ghost of November