Honduran fishermen fined for breaches
MORE THAN $2 million in fines were handed down in a make-shift court at the Marine Police Station yesterday, on 104 Honduran fishermen who were held by local authorities for breaches of Jamaica's fishing and environmental laws last Saturday. Their...

Seaga's IT stance
Navy Island to be transformed
-Port Authority acquires property for over US$2m

Cops detain six after bank robbery
THE ST. Andrew South police yesterday held six men in Cooreville Gardens, St. Andrew, for questioning in relation to last Thursday's $3 million bank robbery at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Oracabessa, St. Mary. Divisional Detective Inspector Donovan...

Thwaites tackles crime, politics, PRIDE
Cariflora is on at Kings House
Attorney: Miss Cleo is 'for real'

Power, Irie get greenlight for new stations
THE MANAGEMENT of Power 106 FM and IRIE FM have been given the greenlight by the Broadcasting Commis-sion to operate additional radio channels. The two radio stations can now move ahead with plans to expand their broadcast services under their existing.

Higher duties on imported chicken
-Will prices remain stable?

Hinds slams big 100
CASTRIES: JAMAICA'S Wavell Hinds and Grenada's Devon Smith christened St. Lucia's new ground in Beausogeau, Grosislet, with impressive performances as the Busta X1 dominated yesterday's opening day of the three-day match against the touring Indian

Holmwood, Jago steal spotlight
Ocho Rios retain titles

A new drug perspective
IN A thinly veiled rebuttal of criticism levelled at Jamaica's war on illicit drugs Police Commissioner Francis Forbes has disclosed some new approaches. It was obvious from what he told this newspaper's Editorial Forum earlier this week that he was...

Clergy accountability and paedophilia

LETTER OF THE DAY
God, suicide and sin
THE EDITOR, Sir: I OFTEN read Devon Dick's columns and enjoy them with all The Gleaner columnists who check the country's pulse and temperature every day. His column on suicide, however, gives rise to some important questions. He states in a ...

The humane work of the Jamaica AIDS Support
Road woes of West Rural St Andrew

2nd Annual Bad Writing Contest
Bigger and better prizes for 2002
SEND US your baddest line and we'll send you on a weekend for two at a SuperClubs resort.

Old and young at Cariflora

Farmers welcome hike in chicken import duties
WESTERN BUREAU: GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT of a 260 per cent hike in duties for imported chicken has met with widespread approval from the local farming community.

The herbal life

Rural water quality a concern of the authorities
MOST OF Jamaica's pure water sources are rated at international standards, but the quality of the rural supply stock is causing the water authorities some concern. Other countries are grappling with the preservation of their water sources, but manager...

Only three concrete blockmakers certified
- Bureau of Standards pushes for compliance

YS Falls...short and sweet
WESTERN BUREAU: SHORT NAME, sweet taste -- that's YS Falls. Located in the district of New Holland, just off the long and winding Bamboo Avenue, YS Falls in St. Elizabeth has the shortest place name in Jamaica. The story goes that the ...

A pushy business