Canada clamps down - Tighter regulations for would-be immigrants
HUNDREDS OF Jamaicans applying to emigrate to Canada are likely to be turned down under new immigration rules set to be implemented by next year June. On Tuesday, the Canadian Naturali-sation and Immigration Department released a detailed...

Gleaner Honour Award Nominee - Courtney Foster - working for charity
Old Harbour bypass opens
Christmas carol service brings Highgate commmunity together
Netserv Scandal - Loan policy guide for Intec Fund
Consular Corps honours Deans

JLP calls for freeze of Intec Fund
THE JAMAICA Labour Party yesterday called on Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Finance Minister Omar Davies to freeze the Intec (Information Technology Employment Creation) Fund. It also wants the Government to suspend the work of the loan appraisal...

Multimillion dollar loan write-off for cane farmers
Over 230,000 to get aid next year
2001/2002 the worst tourism season ever - Desmond Henry
Policeman shot in clash with criminals

Jamaican stocks lead the Caribbean
FORTRESS MUTUAL FUND: For the period between December 31, 2001 and November 30, 2001, the Barbados Stock Exchange recorded a decline of 5.9 per cent, Trinidad a decline of 3.7 per cent and Jamaica an increase of 14.9 per cent.

Gov't guarantees $4.17b sugar loan
Hotels hope for Spring Break boost

Sri Lanka beat WI again
COLOMBO, (Reuters): SRI LANKA came up with a superb all-round display to beat West Indies by 34 runs in the one-day triangular final yesterday. The hosts made 253 for eight wickets in 50 overs before West Indies, chasing a revised target of 247...

Confident 'Girls' ready for Bahamas
Ellis rides three-timer
Tournament was too easy for us - Connally

Paulwell's explanations
MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY and responsibility is one of the basic principles of the Westminster form of government. It is clearly a principle that Minister Phillip Paulwell does not grasp based on his statement in Parliament on Tuesday on the NetServ...

The conflicts that religion inspires
Christmas 2001
The nigger's eternal gratitude
Kings House ­ A Jamaican treasure

Letter of the Day - Drivers' rights and street boys
THE EDITOR, Sir: IN WELCOMING you on board Minister Phillips, I would like to be proactive and find out from you Sir, who will be responsible when my car becomes damaged by the street boys on Hagley Park Road outside of St. Andrew Parish Church?

Oh, for more civility
Scotia's new bank charges, a bad idea
'Poaching' not the real issue
Paulwell's ineptitude
Create another electoral constituency
Gays and the Bible
Disappointed in the Speaker

Eyes to the stars, feet on the ground
THE DREAM of one day being famous, of being a star, is often one that comes very early in life. This holds true for Latoya Sinclair, an 11-year-old who says that her lifelong ambition is "to become a good star, to be famous." She says this with a...

MoBay's 'Who's Who' party on the hill
What is Mas Camp's future?

$400,000 light up Sam Sharpe Square
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. JAMES Parish Council spent approximately $400,000 this year to prepare the Christmas Tree at Sam Sharpe Square in downtown Montego Bay ­ $300,000 less than it had cost last year.

Cable subscribers left in the cold
Health issues need urgent attention
Civic Centre remains unfurnished, unused
Cornwall College makes history

Joy to the World of food
Bring a bit of the world to your Christmas dinner table this year. Tantalise the taste buds of family and guests with a divine seafood salad from Italy; a silky rich French bisque; an English dinner spread fit for a queen; then ease it all down with...

Budget Christmas dinner - yard style
Soy to the world

Cutting-edge radiation therapy
A MULTI-MILLION dollar cancer treatment centre, containing state-of-the art radiotherapy equipment, opened in Kingston recently. The Radiation Oncology Centre of Jamaica (ROCJ), located on Ruthven Road, is the brainchild of well-known consultant...

Organic farming