Strike threat on Windalco
A 72-HOUR strike notice was issued yesterday on Windalco (formerly Alcan Jamaica) by the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP). The notice could lead to a closure of the plant, triggered by a strike of the...

140 posts to go at CWJ
PSOJ phone-in still reaping success
Blair sworn in as Political Ombudsman
MoBay dredging has little effect on fishermen

JCF gets Firearms Training Systems
THE ACCURACY, judgement and shooting skill of the nation's policemen should now be sharpened with training using two Firearms Training Systems (FATS) equipment from the United States Government. "These machines are designed specifically to improve your...

US gives multimillion dollar boost to anti-narcotics fight
Peace covenant signed in N-E St Andrew
Residents protest against irrigation water lock-off
Possible change to Canadian immigration

High volumes for C&W and Ja Broilers
THE MARKET has been trading relatively high volumes with marginal effect on the main index, over the last few weeks. The shares of Cable & Wireless and Jamaica Broilers traded approximately 4 million units each and Life of Jamaica traded in excess...

PCJ, Agricultural Ministry sign $200-m contract

Marshall lifts Jamaica
FORMER West Indies Under-15 batsman Xavier Marshall smashed an attacking hundred to put hosts Jamaica in command of their third and final preliminary round West Indies Under-19 cricket match against Guyana at Kensington Park yesterday...

Kingston, St. Catherine CC showdown
Samuels seeking upset in girls' 18
De Barrell Come for Bowl

Editorial: Zimbabwe's land evictions
RECENT REPORTS from Zimbabwe suggest that President Robert Mugabe is making his final push to expel white farmers and redistribute their land. The ethical and economic cases for land redistribution are both strong. Smallholder farming in Zimbabwe could...

On the cusp of middle age
On Emancipation, Independence and progress

LETTER OF THE DAY: History underrated
JAMAICA HAS turned its back on its history and is paying the price. At no time since Independence has this country's history and heritage been as underrated and marginalised as they have been over the past decade. Historic structures crumble, museums...

Journalistic ethics
Property Act demystified
Responding to 'building a new Ja'
A sad case of law, order and justice
Salute to our junior athletes

THEN & NOW: Junior 'One Blood' Reid
HE WAS christened Delroy Reid Jr., but is better known as Junior Reid. He is a devout Rastafarian who grew up in the volatile inner-city community of Waterhouse. He recorded his first single, Know Myself, at 14 years old, for the late Hugh Mundell,...

Indian reception in honour of President Jagdeo

PM wants more youth in agriculture
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson thinks more of the nation's young people need to get involved in agriculture if the country is to keep pace with global changes taking place through the use of technology in agriculture. "The farmers are now...

Lethe Coconut Festival on this weekend
Flood affects broiler production

Beating metal into gold
METAL SCRAPS rescued from rubbish heaps, piles of dirt, old zinc and power lines, and strips of aluminium and wood, may be garbage to most, but for the brothers Owen and Leroy this swell of waste is gold. For nearly two years the brothers, artisans of...

Down and dirty at Denbigh