FINSAC bill makes for 'awful Budget'
OPPOSITION LEADER Edward Seaga says the Government will be forced to call the general election promised for this year between March and April, to avoid presenting "an awful Budget."

69 killed in 29 days - St Andrew businessman, couple latest victims
Gleaner/Don Anderson Poll - Parties get poor ratings
Man held attempting to get fake voter's ID
CARICOM to pump cash into media group
Modernisation of Customs Dept by 2005
Patterson chides protesting MP

Eyewitness' credibility called into question
LAWYERS REPRESENTING the police yesterday cross-examined Everton Robinson, uncle of 17-year-old Christopher Grant, about the credibility of his evidence based on the number of statements he gave the police.

Stench chases away shoppers
Commission dismisses talk show tape
MP hands over school bus
Nicholson ends tour of justice buildings

Centennial/JLC invests US$500,000 in virtual phone card system
US. TELECOMS company, Centennial Digital Jamaica (CDJ) and local lottery operator, the Jamaica Lottery Company (JLC) have jointly invested US$500,000 in a new phone card service which is perhaps the next step in the evolution of...

Is C&WJ practising bypass? If so, what's wrong about yapjacks?
Coffee industry to be more enviro-friendly

Ja hold on for draw
ST. GEORGE'S, CMC: MIDDLE-ORDER batsman Mario Ventura hit a painstaking unbeaten half century to help Jamaica secure a draw against the Windward Islands on the fourth and final day of their Busta Cup first round match at Queen's Park yesterday.

Williams slams 113 n.o.
WI selectors pulling from the hat
Windies B in shock victory
Two split big prize

Housing for squatters
CENTRAL KINGSTON MP Ronald Thwaites urged in Parliament last Wednesday the setting up of a special fund by the NHT to allow access to housing solutions by squatters and poor inner-city residents who cannot now benefit from the Trust. Mr Thwaites was...

Defending the indefensible
Disintegrated approach to globalisation
On putting prayer first
Happy (?) New Year

Letter of the Day - Sand-mining hurting Rio Minho and environs
THE EDITOR, Sir: LET ME once again focus the nation's attention on the illegal sand-mining in the Danks section of the Rio Minho River. Some time ago the Prime Minister visited the Rio Minho River bed in the Danks region to get firsthand knowledge...

Teachers emigration
A pernicious borrowing cycle
Cameras, privacy, and crime
Caring and pleasant assistance

Professionals in performance
IF YOU thought that Dr. Aggrey Irons, Ian Andrews and Maria Myrie could only survive in their respective professions, think again. Dr. Irons, Andrews, and Myrie were three of the acts that performed at the 'Professionals In Cabaret' show held at the...

Carnival City opens with controversy
'Alozade' drops appeal

CSA General Council meets
THE GENERAL Council of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) recently held its annual planning session at the Le Meridien Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, to formulate strategies that the CSA will pursue for growth and development during this year.

Fall off in cruise passengers arrival in 2001