BUDGET BLUES - Sector leaders worry about import cess, rise in telephone & in-bond taxes
WHILE applauding Dr. Omar Davies for not announcing any major tax increase, sector leaders say they did not hear anything in his Budget presentation last Thursday that would inspire investor confidence in the economy.

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When Ja came near to the centre of 'friendly fire'
The Rudejam 'job' interview
Major firearms, drugs, ammo find
In-bond merchants outraged - Say increase could cripple sector
No sugar-coated solution - Davies
So what happened to the Moses Report?

Central Kgn under curfew
A 48-HOUR curfew was mounted in the volatile communities of Central Kingston yesterday following the upsurge of killings and shootings in the area. "We have established a command post and we will be here for sometime," Superintendent Carlton Wilson...

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Hunting for sex workers
Former Police Federation home vandalised
Fire stations still waiting for ambulances
Bullet hidden in the cake?

Wanna be rich? - Get aboard your flight to wealth
SOME OF us want to be financially comfortable, where we can purchase necessities and a few 'wants'; where bills are easily paid, and we can afford to go on occasional trips abroad. Others desire to be wealthy, have the...

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Share offer deadline extended
Impressions of the Budget
Ja takes precautions against SARS
From Celtic tiger to Carib tiger - Part 2

WI bowlers put to the sword
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) DARREN Lehmann scored his maiden Test hundred, while vice-captain Ricky Ponting scored a century for the second match in a row to put Australia in a commanding position against West Indies in the second Test yesterday.

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Atkinson strokes away 200m record
Ja make perfect start
New president wants to stimulate boxing
Jamaica under-15 cricketers lose
Ramnarine's words of wisdom

Revenue budget: mixed signals
LAST THURSDAY, Minister of Finance Dr. Omar Davies, released details of his long-awaited hefty tax package. While the total tax package is onerous, in light of the expectations that preceded the budget, fuelled largely by the concerns of overseas...

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Public Affairs - Too cautious and clever
Jamaica, no problem?
A waste of time
Children of a lesser god?

LETTER OF THE DAY - The Chris Gayle story
THE EDITOR, Sir: BECAUSE OF the confusion swirling around the Chris Gayle issue, I thought I would try and clarify the issues and give the public a better understanding of the processes that should govern the actions of the West Indies...

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'Hans Blix Truth Award'
Insatiable appetite for taxes

Beauty and the Critics
WESTERN BUREAU: IN THE beginning there was Cindy Breakspeare, Joan McDonald and Carol Joan Crawford, three Jamaicans who earned the title of being the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Kevin Lyttle: Soca monarch in waiting
Miss Annie, the wicked witch of Rose Hall - Nadean Rawlins set sights on the big stage
Singers bide their time

Martha Brae exposed
FOR REASONS which are worth thinking about, Jamaica has produced quite a few anthropologists/sociologists. Edith Clarke, M. G. Smith, Fernando Henriques, Orlando Patterson, Barry Chevannes, Charles Carnegie, myself and many others.

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Not necessarily the Caribbean

Father and I - Wanted! Dads who need to spend more quality time with their children.
FATHERS, CAN you imagine having two nights and three days exclusively with your child? What would you do? Go hiking, play badminton, maybe some table tennis too. Of course you may have to play some long overdue netball and volleyball.

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Is today resurrection day?
WATCH THE BUN... and the cheese, too
A vision of unity

Prostitution - No problem!
IN JANE MILLS' 1991 publication Womanwords, the traditional negative attitude towards women was vividly demonstrated in the ongoing debate about the role of prostitutes and/or sex workers in 'decent society'. Mills pointed out that the established...

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It's the national economy, stupid!
Rabbits, buns and eggs: