New anti-drug pact - Britain, Jamaica bid to halt drug mules
LONDON: A MEMORANDUM of Understanding was signed between the Jamaican and British Governments in London yesterday, which is aimed at stemming the flow of cocaine trafficking from Jamaica into the United Kingdom...

PM outlines plan to make local businesses globally competitive
Labour Day projects in full flight
J'can seaman wins US$7.6 million settlement
Boys' Day affirms good male values
School violence escalates - Six cases of wounding in past two weeks

Boot camps proposed to stem violence
GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS and at least one lawyer are strongly supporting the establishment of 'boot camps' or 'facilities for behavioural change' as one means of solving the growing crisis of violence in schools. The lawyer, André Earle of the...

More thunderstorms, showers coming
Emerald Award for hotels to be launched
Enviro pollution taking toll on children

Harmons Valley protesters in breach of agreement - Hylton
MINING AND Energy Minister Anthony Hylton, said he is disappointed that residents of Harmons Valley in Manchester have taken protest action to force a settlement in their dispute with Alpart Mining Venture (AMV). Residents of Harmons Valley on Monday...

US$250m needed for natural gas conversion - Hylton
Matalon's resignation from JUTC confirmed

West Indies clinch series
THE WEST Indies won the 2002 Cable & Wireless series against India with a decisive 155-run victory in the fifth and final Test at Sabina Park...

Quiet day on the Mound
Amateur golfers fight for berths to CAGC
We got it right - Hooper

The property tax dilemma
GOVERNMENT'S LATEST imposition of property tax increases, after its aborted attempt at an electricity cess, violates a number of taxation principles. First, the proposed taxes are not certain - property owners are not sure how the new taxes will...

Roads not taken
Back to the brink in Kashmir
The house on my road

School violence and Minister Whiteman
THE EDITOR, Sir: RECENT STATEMENTS by the Minister of Education, the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, at a function at the Spaldings High School, are that there is no need to be frightened at the level of violence in our schools today. His opinion that it is a...

Children and criminal intent
Reggae Boyz technically inept
A tale of neglect
Time to build a better Jamaica
Attacked by Jamaicans
Illegal street vending
A national agenda to confront indiscipline
An unhealthy democracy

The young and gifted Simone Harris
SIMONE HARRIS is the kind of young woman that would make your average mortal, male or female, become possessed by the green-eyed monster. Why?...

Local agency gets foothold on the catwalk

Expanded bus service
WESTERN BUREAU: TRANSPORTATION IN Montego Bay is poised for a multimillion dollar expansion as an additional 19 new buses are to be added to current 20-strong fleet of the Montego Bay Metro Limited, the only entity providing...

Agriculture booming in Westmoreland
'Country Duppy' coming to MoBay
Free health care for Hanover residents