PRIDE to be costly
The ruling People's National Party (PNP) has a lot to be worried about, even though it booted Dr. Karl Blythe from his Housing and Water Ministry two weeks ago over reports that he medled in the day-to-day affairs of the Ministry. One-third of Jamaicans.

'Permanent Secretaries dare not firm oppose ministers'
Divorces rise, marriages fall
Teenage boys and the sex trade-
A tragedy in waiting?
UWI increases tuition fees

Reading project improving student literacy
A special reading programme in five South St. Andrew primary and all-age schools is recording outstanding improvements in literacy levels following the completion of the first year of a two-year remedial programme dubbed a Ray of Hope. Test results of...

One dead, mob attack on Spaldings Police Station
Tearful farewell for slain cop
Night club operator sentenced to 12 years

Jamaicans see prospects brightening -JCB survey
Businesses and consu-mers are reporting in-creased confidence in the future, according to Jamaica Conference Board (JCB) surveys. The surveys show both groups expecting economic growth to increase and also to earn and spend more. The reports were...

Control your spending and buy yourself a better life
Few options, but some fine-tuning
JPG launches major restructuring

West Indies struggling
PORT OF SPAIN: INDIA IMPROVED their chances of winning the second Test of the Cable & Wireless Series against the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval yesterday with a wonderful performance on another day of riveting action...

KC, Vere rule Champs
Vere queens of the track
Serious business for top four
On the ball with Tony Becca:- Changing tactics in cricket

EDITORIAL: Are politicians ever responsible?
The Angus Commission unearths ministerial meddling, mismanagement and downright skulduggery in the operations of the National Housing Development Corporation and in Operation PRIDE, but nobody will accept any responsibility for his actions. Dr. Karl...

Clean as a whistle
Coup and counter-coup in Venezuela
PUBLIC AFFAIRS:- What's next for the NWC?

LETTER OF THE DAY:- The importance of family
THE EDITOR: Sir, While watching the funeral service of the Queen Mother Elizabeth, I again realised the importance of "family". Was it not good to see the grandchildren walking on foot behind their grandmother's hearse? It showed love. Something that we.

Hire taxis instead...
Congratulations Kingsley Thomas
Take a bow, Grub Cooper

Live on record, dead on-stage
Whilst some entertainers are capable of delivering high-octane performances that leave their fans gasping for O², watching some of their peers is about as exciting as a Sunday afternoon spent watching cement harden.

There have been ...

TV - a thought void?
Reggae Girls lead the way in the UK
Canise Jackson makes 'Divas' cover

On ministering to men
I was once in a prayer meet-ing where I heard a sister pray something like: "Jesus I love you so much, I could just hug you and kiss you." My eyes opened, and they remained open for the rest of that prayer meeting... -Mark Dawes

J'can Jewish synagogues and cemeteries
Paedophilia and the J'can church, does it exist?
Perspective:- Bodily Resurrection
Baptists on the seventh day

Radical poet makes history
Nearly two decades after releasing the critically acclaimed album Making History, internationally renowned poet and recording artiste, Linton Kwesi Johnson, is now making his own history. On May 2, Johnson's collection of poetry, Mi Revalueshanary Fren:.

Breakthrough for Jamaican playwright? -Heron signs with Paul Robeson Theatre Company
UWI lecturers producing more published works
BOOK in REVIEW:- 'Leaf-of-Life' worth sipping
Felsted tribute at Kingston Parish Church

A deacon in politics Planting his feet on controversial ground
IS IT possible to be a good Christian, a card carrying political party member and a journalist? The contradictions are rigid, diametrically opposed in instances and sometimes too much for even the most reasonable of minds to grasp...

Wildlife, not wild nights
Dance with me

Issues behind Middle East crisis
"We in Hamas consider suicide bombing attacks inside the I948 borders to be the card that Palestinians can play to resist the occupation. We do not own Apache helicopters ourselves"... -Ian Boyne

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