Holiday inferno
FOUR houses, seven shacks razed.

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Indigent could suffer under new social security scheme
Economy will affect New Year's partying
Angel visits AIDS survivors
Tax jumpers, beware!

Investing in Canada - not easy for some
THE FOLLOWING is a column published in the first issue of the Canada Extra, earlier this month. Canada Extra is a free publication targeting persons of Jamaican and West Indian parentage.

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Excellent CXC performance by Kingston high schools
EU provides grant to repair parochial and farm roads

Region working to safeguard trade benefits with EU
STATE MINISTER in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn, says Jamaica and its African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partners, in negotiations under the Cotonou Agreement, would be working to ensure that benefits...

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Micro-entrepreneurs get loans
JMMB makes additional share offer

Lara in WI 15 for World Cup
BATTING STAR Brian Lara and fast bowler Nixon McLean have been named in a West Indies 15-member squad for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, starting next February.

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Harrison rolling with the punches
Upsetters rule in co-features
Arnett look to rebound
Premier League top two riding west

Editorial - The private sector and patriotism
SOME DAYS ago, economist Dennis Morrison, who heads the Tourist Board and the Airports Authority, raised many eyebrows at a public forum with his assertion that the private sector was not loyal to Jamaica.

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Public affairs - Free education in perspective
Cell phones tip of prison iceberg

Colonisation in reverse
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS A Jamaican teaching English in a British school I was quite worried about my lingua franca. What I have found, however, is that while 70 per cent of British children have no idea of what the Commonwealth is or its history...

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An open letter to the Speaker of the House

A year of comprehensive, trustworthy coverage
IT SEEMS that 2002 was one long peal of the bells that rang out 2001, it went by that quickly. In a year dominated by a general election and violence, maybe not in that order, Jamaicans never seemed too down in the dumps to party or find something...

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A bloody beautiful year
An inglorious year
'Kulcha lick' in 2002

Church suffering from husband shortage
Not enough Adams in Eden.

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God comes to include the excluded
Building strong families

Pantomime makes big comeback with 'Miss Annie'
THE 62ND staging of the national pantomime which opened on Boxing Day was a delightful affair. In front of a packed house at the Little Theatre in Kingston, the Little Theatre Movement Company enthralled the audience with its performance...

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Book review - Is there really a terrorist threat?
UWI Mona launches new entrepreneurial programme

Cover story - The migrant passion for Jamaica
KAYODE SYANBOLA, musician and 'Radio Mona' host, is a citizen of the world. Born a Nigerian, he has lived in many other countries and for the last four years, Jamaican has been his chosen abode. And he loves it.

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Family ties - Still in love after 60 years
Opinion - What is the measure of a man?

How dancehall holds us back
DANCEHALL ARTISTES are more influential than politicians, pastors and private sector leaders. They are especially influential with our at-risk youth and inner-city residents. (Boyne)

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The political settlement of 2002
Policing must be built on mutual understanding - Ellington