JMA in turmoil - President, deputy quit after stormy meeting
THE PRESIDENT and deputy president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) have both resigned in the face of criticism of their acceptance of Government's two per cent Customs user fee in place of a four per cent cess on imports.

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Companies slash prices as dollar makes big comeback
JLP pushes for 10-year compromise on the CCJ
JSIF gives billion-dollar boost to youth education
JTB closing 3 offices
All set for Labour Day projects

Kraal's suspect arrest concerns JFJ
JAMAICANS FOR Justice (JFJ), the human rights lobby group, said yesterday that it was "deeply disturbed" by the continued detention of Robert 'Mackerel' Miller by the police in connection with the controversial shooting of four people at Kraal...

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Illegal sand mining hampering Rio Grande rafting
Doctors hold obstetrics, gynaecology symposium
Principal blocked out of school
Islington Basic School, centre of Labour Day project
WINDALCO head retires early
Eagle Merchant board member to testify in Chen Young's case
Consumer group issues warning
Labour advisory body debates work permit issue
Davies seeks backing from House for 90m euro loan

Consular Corps of Jamaica launches certificate course
ARNOLD FOOTE, Dean of the Consular Corps, is encouraging Jamaican professionals, Government officials and businessmen, especially those involved in exports, to participate in the Certificate Course in International Relations and Diplomacy...

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Courtney Foster is Choices' Young Achiever 2003

Australia again!
CASTRIES, St Lucia, (Reuters): AUSTRALIA COASTED to a 25-run win over West Indies in the third one-day international yesterday to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

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Foster to lead media team
Injuries plague Ja ahead of clash
National Trials tee off today

Coffee and technology
THE COFFEE Industry Board has launched a project for the conversion of waste coffee pulp into organic fertiliser.

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A road map to nowhere?
Dollars, divisions and devaluations
Trust and the economy

Push-starters of Early Childhood Education
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS so heart-warming and encouraging to see that so much emphasis has now been placed on Early Childhood Education.

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Speculation blamed
Tax foreign exchange purchases
Can the Privy Council refuse to hear our cases?
More education, not legislation
Fiscal mismanagement
A deeper perspective
Free Winnie Mandela

CHIC for sale - Jamaica offered up to the fashion world
FASHION COULD become Jamaica's newest foreign exchange earner, but not in the most traditional sense of exporting the island's clothes and talent.

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'Calabashment' at Treasure Beach
Sonia Collymore, Ja's unknown nightingale

New plan for MoBay City Council to revise $multimillion expansion project
WESTERN BUREAU: THE J$9 million development plan for the city of Montego Bay has been reverted to the drawing board in favour of a broader plan, which incorporates the entire parish of St. James.

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Frome eyes sugar target
Road safety programme targets children
New market for Black River still a burning issue
Lucea drains remain in unhealthy state

Ten PENNY-PINCHING ideas
Every mickle makes a muckle, so the saying goes. But being frugal seems to have fallen from grace in modern day Jamaica - that is until the recent budget and the dive of the dollar.

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An adventure at Uncle Sam
25 tightwad techniques to stretch your food budget