Lead Stories
Public against flexi-week
THERE IS a lack of strong support for the Government's flexible work week proposal. This was one of the findings of a recent poll conducted on behalf of the Gleaner Company by Don Anderson and his team from Market Research Services Limited.

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OUR gets tough with C&WJ
KSAC to overhaul its record management system

News
Millions owed to KPH, UHWI
THE ISLAND'S two largest hospitals are facing a pile-up of unpaid medical bills, which officials say they hope to clear by implementing tighter collection programmes. Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Karl...

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Chaos reigns at start of Children's Expo
JLP's G2K defends Shaw
Mandeville streets free from illegal vending

Business
US trade deficit widens
WASHINGTON (AP): THE US trade deficit widened by a record amount in March as exports of US aircraft and other manufactured goods fell while American purchases of foreign consumer goods from toys to clothing soared.

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LDCs sign investment treaties

Sport
Boyz under pressure

THE Reggae Boyz will today play their third and final preliminary game in the 2001 Copa Caribe football competition needing to beat their opponents by a convincing margin and hope that Martinique lose to Trinidad and Tobago. After beating Martinique 1-0.

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Three the hard way for titles
Jamaica register first win

Commentary
Food vending alert
THE THREAT of closure facing more than a thousand food outlets in St. Thomas raises serious questions that may be pertinent beyond the parish. For the St. Thomas Health Department was responding to a Ministry of Health directive covering food...

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Cousin Clover remembered

Letters
Letter of the Day - We are angry because we love Ja
THE EDITOR, Sir: SOME TIME ago a visiting Dutch tourist commented on the fact that Jamaicans blow their car horns almost constantly. "In Holland", he said, "we only blow our horns when we are angry." My reply was "So do we".

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Clean up the May Pen Cemetery
Thoughts on the WI Cricket Team
Justice and extra-judicial killings
C&WJ rates and Digicel
Adventists, Anglicans and culture

Entertainment
Defying time - Veterans who remain frisky and fabulous

WHETHER IT is stunning diva appeal, boyish good looks or a youthful maturity, several entertainers have denied time its ravaging revenge. In an era where image is everything, they seem to have been hand-picked by nature...

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Here's my message to you!
Singers are leading the way

Farmer's Weekly
Middlemen grab most profits - JAS
WESTERN BUREAU: THE MIDDLEMEN who trade in farm produce are still believed to be making the most profit out of the pursuit of domestic crop production, and the Jamaica Agricultural Society has began lobbying for a reversal of the trend.

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Jamaica gets thumbs up at US coffee exhibit

Religion
The boy Jesus - A brief look at the teenage years of Jesus, son of God
THE BIBLE record of Jesus' early life is very brief. Matthew gospel devoted a single chapter, Mark didn't touch the subject, and Luke referred to the birth and early life of Jesus in less than two full chapters...

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'Sweethearts' launch new CD
19 off to represent Jamaica in Israel

Real Estate
Highway plans under guard?
THERE ARE concerns locally about what appears to be a careful doling out of information on the Highway 2000 project. The Jamaican Institute of Architects (JIA) has called for the suspension of the road plans until there is full disclosure of all...

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Cheaper financing for NHT houses

Lifestyle
Torn between two loves
In the classroom operates a delicate contract of the heart. Teachers do their work for more than the pay. Most come back year after year for the satisfaction they gain from students who do well and who move on to make a name for themselves...

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Design for the whole soul
Blue lagoon - quiet and enticing