Lead Stories
School cuts begin - Teachers prepare to fight Gov't's lay-off plan

Public sector teachers are planning to fight the Government's redundancy plan, which seems finally to be in full gear.

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Lindsay loses appeal
KSAC targets unlicensed clubs, dances
HEART/NTA graduates urged to become entrepreneurs
PAHO 8th Annual Caribbean Media Awards - Grim tales of victims of heinous crimes revisited
Island's markets to be improved ­ Bertram

News
18-year vet is 'Top Cop'

STEVE McGREGOR, whose efforts helped to slash murders in the volatile area of Rockfort in East Kingston by 75 per cent two years ago, walked away with the top cop award yesterday. An 18-year veteran of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), he won the...

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Independence City residents angry about commercialisation
Brighter days ahead for Harrison Town
Church Teachers' College gets computer lab
Poverty reduction initiatives for St Mary

Business
Banks step up security
SOME BANKS are stepping up security at their ATM machines while the police pledge to keep a closer eye on these locations because of the expected increase in users over the traditionally busy holiday season. Without going into the details, Union Bank,...

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Integrity Commission gets increase in honoraria
Provisional TRNs to be discontinued in December

Sport
Windies fear fallout

BRISBANE, CANA: WEST Indies' cricket officials are worried sponsors will shy away from their side if their woeful losing streak continues.

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Ben Francis KO on hold
Where Lara bats is not the problem
The welcomed return of Trevor Simpson
Call for clubs to fully prepare young cricketers

Commentary
Street people debate
THE PARLIAMENTARY debate on the Montego Bay street people scandal was an anti-climax. In that sense it was no more satisfying than the official Commission of Enquiry Report which was its main subject matter.

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Stop this cat fight!
Needed: moral leadership
The truth is out there!

Letters
Letter of the Day A broken community
THE EDITOR, Madam: AS I strolled down this familiar road, the once majestic houses with their proud fences are now barren and torn down. The happy voices of laughter that once filled these homes are now nothing but a distant echo lost in time.

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Kudos to G-G, political parties
Another view on squatter issue
Mandate of gov't queried
Unscrupulous car rental agencies, have a heart
Focus on 'St Bess', please
Vulnerability of US electoral process exposed

Entertainment
'The A.J. Brown Fashion Follies 2000' A show of elegance and excellence
THE RESUSCITATED A.J. Brown Fashion Follies 2000, which showcased Autumn and Winter haute couture, on Sunday presented masterpieces from Jamaican fashion leaders.

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Good Times series pulls big crowd

Youth Link
Measuring up - Burning to lose weight the dangerous way
Sometime ago, Ms. Beautiful visited with her fair complexion, straight nose 36-inch bust, 24-inch waist and 38-inch hips. She was extremely popular. She used her power and charm and soon women everywhere got to paying huge bills for...

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Phillip Keating - next stop, Busta Cup
Letters in response to last week's Youth Link story -- My boyfriend beats me

The Shipping Industry
Students win international painting competition

JAMAICA FREIGHT and Shipping Company Limited, local agents for Kent Line based in Saint John, Canada, presented prizes won by students of the Holy Childhood Preparatory School in an international painting competition, sponsored by the international...

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KWL wins in New Orleans
The work of the P&I surveyor - Container surveys

Senior Life
Everald Lewinson - Sprucy and positive at 73

CUBAN-BORN Everald Calbert Lewinson, has been rooted in Jamaica since he was five years old. And 68 years later, he is a model of energy and dynamism. In 1932, his parents took him and his four siblings to Jamaica to learn English. There were a total...

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Caring for the caregiver

Star Page
Roy Francis highly recommended

THERE is at least one person who has won deejay Bounty Killer's admiration in recent times. That is Roy Francis, owner of the Mixing Lab studios and its recording label. Bounty has recorded a single named Roy on Francis' new rhythm, 20/20, which is...

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Coco Tea's single stirs up a lot of talk