Air Jamaica expanding service to London
AIR JAMAICA is to increase the number of its weekly flights to London from five to nine with the commissioning into service yesterday of a US$125 million Airbus A340, the newest in its fleet. The long-range, four-engine aircraft...

Police kill four Two firearms seized after shootout in canefield
Boy shot downtown dies
Sugar eyes CARICOM partners
Women's Caucus celebrates 10th anniversary
Conference on diabetes, obesity starts today

Ja's HIV/AIDS infection rate highest in region - Junor
JAMAICA HAS the highest increase in the rate of infection of HIV/AIDS in the region, John Junor, Minister of Health told the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Giving an update on the number of Jamaicans with the virus...

JPSCo 'most complained about utility'-OUR
US expert to conduct series of election workshops

Hazard fall short again
HAZARD UNITED had a repeat of poor luck at the end of the second round of the Craven A National Premier League football competition yesterday. In the first round, Hazard fell at the final hurdle and did so again...

Harbour View squeeze through
Griffiths joins the Dallas Burn
Well played, Jamaica

More damage control
THE PERSONS conducting enquiries into two of the latest scandals, NetServ and Operation PRIDE, have not yet presented reports on what happened and why. Yet even as we await these reports the two Ministers who have portfolio responsibility, Minister...

Zimbabwe goes to the polls
Stolen Ethiopian property in British hands
A memo on flexi-work arrangements

In search of a suitable curriculum
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS A parent and a teacher, I am calling on Jamaicans to take a few minutes, go through the Grade 4 Revised Primary Curriculum and demand that the Ministry of Education make some relevant adjustments.

UWI clears the air on parking regulations
Should I seek political asylum?
Villagers say thanks for piped water
Water and telephone woes
Exorbitant phone bills

Multi-talented actress shoots for the stars
IF YOU have seen the movie Starting Over or heard one of the Mother's radio commercials, then you may have got a glimpse of at one of Marsha Hamilton's talents. This 19-year-old student of the Drama...

Delightful jazz in the garden

Sweet deals for hotels JTB initiatives to benefit western region
WESTERN BUREAU: HOTELS IN Western Jamaica stand to benefit big time from a number of initiatives being undertaken by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). These are aimed at strategically positioning the island as a preferred...

The living hampering the dead
Take care of your guts, it takes guts to survive
JLP hunts final candidate

Spilling the beans on coffee
THE FIRST record of coffee drinking is by the Mufti people of Aden. Legend has it that the ubiquitous bean made its way to Yemen from Ethiopia and then on to Europe by the 16th century. In our world coffee has become the subject...

The bean scene - coffee house style

Biological control of the coffee berry borer
THE COFFEE berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari, has been a major pest of coffee since its discovery in Jamaica in 1978 and is currently reported to cause significant losses...

If not sugar and bananas, then what?