Kraal cops freed - Three walk; Adams, others still on trial
THREE OF the six policemen charged with murder of four civilians at Kraal, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003, were freed yesterday after Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe ruled there was no case in law against them.

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Ocho Rios clean-up to begin this week, Assamba assures
CARICOM sets up development fund
Food For the Poor expands shelter project
Stalemate casts gloom over WTO meeting
Rhodd wants partner in 'Education For All'
New unit to hunt crime suspects
National Water Commission workers disgruntled over poor union representation
Security strategy for House next month

Thompson: New culture will make good governance
PRESIDENT OF Northern Caribbean University, Dr. Herbert Thompson, has called for the creation of a new culture in the Jamaican society to allow for the achievement of good governance.

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26-y-o arrested in cop's killing
Project for collection of used acid battery extended
Businessman freed of murder
That sour European Union sugar decision
Human rights commission wants greater participation from CARICOM
Jamaican-born attorney to fill post in US court
Double efforts to fight crime, says Press Association of Jamaica president

CARICOM Development Fund talks under way
WITH LESS than a month before the expected January 2006 introduction of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), Ministers of Finance constituting the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP), met yesterday in Kingston to discuss the CARICOM...

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The financial sector leads in Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) awards
Digicel Barbados on hold
New income tax threshold effective January 1, 2006
Consumer body urges wise shopping this Christmas

Sir Viv hits West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) hard - Says administrators should vacate their positions now
LONDON, England (The Voice): WEST INDIES cricket hero Sir Vivian Richards has called on Caribbean governments to get involved in West Indies cricket and try to rebuild the team into world beaters.

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Portmore rule the roost
Stewart's 'miracle strike' brings down the house
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Another poor shot by the West Indies Board
Gold Cup looks a sure starter
Young Girls net big win
Lara the feature of new West Indies Cricket Quarterly

Teaching human rights in schools
THE INDEPENDENT Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) has taken the commendable initiative to launch two human rights education manuals for use in primary schools, come January next year. Significantly, the project has the blessings and support...

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Those worrisome windshield washers
Weird weather patterns
A fool says no God

LETTER OF THE DAY - Quality education for nation building
THE EDITOR, Sir: TRADITIONALLY, THE amalgamation of home, school, and church en-sconced in community, was the stabilising force in a child's life. Sadly, we have witnessed the disintegration of that structure.

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Order in Half-Way Tree
Great opportunity missed
Classical music request

Things heat up at Curphey Place
ALTHEA 'DA CHICK' Hewitt and Dwight Richards utilised the dance floor around which tables were arranged at Curphey Place, Swallowfield, St. Andrew, in different ways on Saturday night.

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Reading of gold medal winner 'Hot Spot'
Black meets white
Lesbian lover says Jolie cannot be tamed

Wow! The family is home for Christmas
IT'S THE happiest time of year; a time when family and friends gather with loved ones to celebrate the birth of Christ and enjoy time-held traditions of going to church, visiting shut-ins and enjoying a lavish spread of food and drink...

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One big noisy bunch
Christmas, relatives...oh please save me
Family - Not again!
I love Christmas

PM to 'flatten' opposition
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): THE RULING People's National Movement (PNM) ended a two-day convention on Sunday promising to "flatten our foes" in the next general election that political observers say may be held in 2006.

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Citizenship enquiry into lawmakers
Crash kills seven

Last-minute lifeline bid turned down
SAN FRANCISCO (AP): A FEDERAL appeals court rejected a stay of execution yesterday for Crips co-founder Stanley 'Tookie' Williams who is scheduled to die after midnight unless California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spares his life.

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'30,000 dead and counting'
Migration at record high

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.