Costly consultants More than triple the original figure
GOVERNMENT CONSULTANTS are receiving $326 million per year, more than three times the figure initially revealed in March.

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Cigarette Company faces tax axe
Locals arrested in UK crackdown
Steady tax liability appeals
Classroom management fails some Caribbean teachers in US, UK
J'cans killed in US crash buried
Farewell, Justice Clarke

EMANCIPATION DAY MESSAGES
'We must never forget the sacrifice made' AUGUST 1, 1838 was the dawn of a new Jamaica. It represented victory and liberation for our people and an opportunity for them to carve out an acceptable lifestyle for themselves.

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Samuda blasts Robertson's Sectoral Debate presentation
Stay with Forgotten Hero on holiday card
Traffic changes in Montego Bay
Constable commits suicide
C&W adjusting rates
Cops crack organised crime ring
Denbigh tends to the young farmer

New postal boss targets profitability
WITH THE island's 670 post offices and postal agencies chalking up an annual operating deficit of $300 million, newly-appointed chairman of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Lance Hylton...

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Charges on customers' credit balances
Courts Jamaica's fortune cookie turns up trumps
When will bus fares, water rates go up?
Jamaica is on track - Jarrett
A note of caution in phone price war
Problems with inner cities
Taxes will boost construction cost
Pressure sparks media exodus
Digicel calls into question C&W'S advertising campaign
Multi million dollar expansion for Dolphin Cove - Big financial boost for Ocho Rios

Ja's Wignall smashes record
THE NATIONAL MEN'S sprint hurdles record has been smashed yet again. Yesterday, at the Intersport Gugl-Meeting in Linz, Austria, Maurice Wignall became the second Jamaican this year to rewrite the Jamaican record in that event.

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Jamaica begin medal hunt tomorrow at Pan-Am Games
Take a broad view of tourism
Stewart heads list of scholarships awardees
Lynch right in availing herself, says Williams
Four West Indians inducted into new 'Walk of Fame'

Shifting political sands
WE NOTE that Mr. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister and president of the People's National Party, is urging the party's National Executive Council to give priority attention to its restructuring and renewal.

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Re-positioning Brer Anancy - Pt. II
Laughter as medicine
Impact of crime plan yet to be felt

Prosecute those flame-throwers
THE EDITOR, Sir: ANYONE WHO has ever attended the annual reggae concert Sumfest in Montego Bay, has been subjected to a search upon entry.

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Air J Bahamas fare
Supreme Ventures' tax proposals
Too little too late!
Start with the men
'Welcome home chile'
I love you, Miss Lou!
A house for Miss Lou?
Mt Alvernia's performance

'Cindy-Relisha' hits 200
THE QUESTION of whether or not Jamaicans are interested in theatre has been bandied about almost unceasingly.

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Rugrats go very tame
What about focusing on Jamaica's welfare?
'Mama I Want to Sing' warbles
Bushman, Warrior King light up Sumfest
Kyann Knight returns to Village, better