Clarke wants fingerprints to be kept on file
PRESIDENT OF the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Oliver Clarke has called for the law to be amended to allow fingerprints to be kept on file, to facilitate quicker and easier identification of persons involved in criminal activity...

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PM launches the citizen's charters
Still no consensus on Defence Act amendments
Students give needy Xmas cheer
1,000 murdered

Don Smith gets 'Law and Order' Award
BUSINESSMAN DONNAVAN Smith, who has a long and distinguished working relationship with the St. Elizabeth police, was on Thursday night presented with the Jamaica Constabulary Force Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica "Law and Order"...

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Over 20 detained in MoBay
Clarendon parish manager resigns
McKenzie warns JLP dissenters
Mom of sniper suspect Malvo deported

JAS seeks funding for development fund
THE JAMAICA Agricultural Society (JAS) wants to speak with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson about funding for its Agricultural Development Fund (ADF). At a meeting of the JAS board of directors on December 5, All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association...

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Mexican official rules out calls to re-open NAFTA agreements

Perry stars with ball
VETERAN offspinner Nehemiah Perry produced an outstanding spell to bag a four-wicket haul for Gareth Breese's XI in the Jamaica Cricket Association's (JCA) four-day practice/trial match at Elletson Road Perry, a former West Indies player...

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I'msatisfied for Gold Cup
Wisden: Richards, Sobers, Lara among all-time best
Shield D-Day at the Park

What's needed in Jamaica today?
Here are some of what we need: A Justice System that dispenses justice in a timely manner. One in which justice for you means justice for me. A wholesome respect for self, law and order. A unity of trust amongst institutions i.e. political...

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A society under siege
Save the children - don't kill 'em!
Editorial: Graveyard politics

A full Youth Month
THE MONTH of November is celebrated as Youth Month and this year saw the nation celebrating a full calendar month. Several events were presented and well attended. Such as:- Five Youth Consultations, which saw the presentation of the...

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Pollution from Windalco plant
Still hope for tourism
Sympathy for Daniel Antonio Shirley
LETTER OF THE DAY: The demise of Hampden
The equivalent of Far Eastern sweat shops
Free trade is not fair trade

The Jamaican experience
SOMETIMES WE don't recognise what we have until someone else appreciates it, and those precious memories and experiences we take for granted are so valuable (and memorable) and precious to others. Last month, (November 20-23) over 300 travel agents...

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Red Stripe did it right
Jamaica Music and Theatre Company's concert: An evening of enjoyable songs

Shortage of raw material for processing
RAW MATERIAL requirement and supply to the agro-processing industry is woefully under-supplied and this has led to processors importing basic agricultural produce to satisfy production targets. According to a Ministry of Industry, Commerce and...

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Looking at hydroponic farming, again