It's Nomination Day
SOME 500 people representing the ruling People's National Party, the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party, the National Democratic Movement and fringe parties are today expected to be nominated as candidates in the Local Government elections...

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Scripps Howard spelldown - Gutsy Trudy makes it to third place
Jamaican dies in cruise ship blast
Compromise on book tax
Ex-bank bosses get prison terms - Offered $8 million bail pending appeal
CAC probing increased prices of basic goods

Repairs to police stations under way
THE GOVERNMENT'S plan to repair dilapidated police stations across the island has gotten under way with over 40 per cent of some 158 police stations slated for repairs.

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Teens on rape charge get bail
NWA reopens roads
No breakthrough in MoBay robbery
Health programme for schools in the pipeline
George Lee: A man of vision, action
NWC project leaves residents without water
Swallowfield Chapel's World Evangelisation Conference continues
Rastas cry foul, says freedom report

Oceanic to have islandwide network by October
OCEANIC DIGITAL Communications (ODC), the United States telecoms company that last year acquired 100 per cent interest in Centennial Digital Jamaica's (CDJ) operations, is to complete its islandwide cellular network by the end of October.

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BNS records solid results for the second quarter
Pegasus posts profits for first time in 5 yrs
Huge US million-dollar investment made in J'can stock market
Arc Systems turns to Egyptian cement
'Referendum or bust!'
Can regional airlines learn from British Airways?

PM bats for Sabina Park
CRICKET WORLD Cup 2007 is 3 1/2 years away, it will be hosted by the West Indies on behalf of the International Cricket Council.

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Thank you, Port Authority
Hendriks remains president
Dowdie settles for third
Hedge rewarded for golden effort
NPL nominees for personality awards
It's a wonderful initiative

The people's laws
WE ARE pleased to note that in a recent poll more than 60 per cent of Jamaicans supported the holding of a referendum to decide whether or not to abandon the UK Privy Council in favour of a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

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Overcoming disability
The next step in cricket umpiring
Africa's Thirty Years War

Cannot come home to live
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ with sadness the letter "Ordeal of a returning Resident" and her desire to make her encounter public to educate returning Jamaicans.

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Professional misconduct is professional misconduct
Need a tax invoice
Do we really need oaths?
Is Island Village beach for fishing too?
Let's restore Cross Roads!
Let us bring back Jamaica
Child Month

Marley's lyrical peers examine rebel music
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE Of Jamaica's premier songsmiths examined the Marley album of their choice at the 'Calabash International Literary Festival 2003' on Saturday night.

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Revolution through theatre: Jamaica 360º
JCDC launches 2003 celebrations

Agricultural make over (part 1)
FIRST KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRY - AGRICULTURE IS regarded by some thinkers as the first knowledge-based industry, because, in making the transition from "hunting and gathering" to domestication of crops and animals...

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Environmental arsenic poisoning - Dr. Robin Rattray