Lead Stories
Western Jamaica schools beef up acceptance rules
WESTERN BUREAU: AT LEAST three schools in western Jamaica have put in place tougher rules governing their acceptance of students being transferred from other institutions.

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Ritz-Carlton Hotel opens today
Is there hope for Jamaica
Private contractors now responsible for upkeep of roads
American Embassy to host College Fair 2000
Lecturer to join Fulbright programme

News
A fowl affair in Manchioneal - Michael Manley Foundation Award Winner

IN THE charming town of Manchioneal, Portland, it is the chickens that hold sway. Home to the Manchioneal Community Club Broiler project, winner of the inaugural Michael Manley Foundation Award for Community Self-reliance...

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583 and rising
J'cans leaving in droves
'Do something, Minister Knight' - a reader's letter
Nicola Pierson: living with renal failure

Business
Courts cuts HP rates to boost sales

POPULAR furniture and electrical store Courts (Jamaica) has cut the rate of interest it charges on its higher purchase plans in a bid to encourage sales in the run up to the crucial Christmas period.

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FINSAC bill nears $130b
Stats can aid policy - UNDP

Sport
Jamaica in charge
GEORGETOWN, CANA: JAMAICA held the upper hand at the close of day one of their semi-final encounter with Guyana at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground yesterday.

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Ottey tackles Jones again
Hall in Reggae Boyz corner
New-look league for St. James

Commentary
Death in the deep
FOR NINE tense days, not only Russia, but the world, held its breath over the fate of the 118 crew members in the sunken nuclear submarine, the Kursk. In the first few days after the accident, taps from the submarine picked up by rescue vessels on the...

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Education on a collision course
The Verizon strike
Tourism beyond the beach

Letters
Dire straits
THE EDITOR, Madam: HERE WE go again. The crime rate escalates to a point where the citizens live in constant fear and Mr. Butch Stewart once again lashes out at the Government to try something new and radical like seeking foreign help to assist with...

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Finding support for police
Call for a public outcry
Solutions at home

Entertainment
Music fuels Reggae Boyz

T HE WORLD has known perhaps no greater inspirational force than music. For Jamaica's footballers, Reggae Boyz, it has great therapeutic value. It is the 12th player on the football team and its psychological emissary.

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Nite Traxx rebuilds

Star Page
Through thick and thin

EVER heard the phrases "money makes the world go 'round" or "no money, no love". They mean that without money nothing is possible - not even love. Whoever fashioned those statements have been proven wrong by Eustace and Daisy Watson who shared 37 years..

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Eyes of the storm
Sounds of wind