Power cuts, rain delay visas
EXTENSIVE POWER cuts which have been dogging the island since Monday, have crashed computers at the American Consulate, halting the processing of visas there for almost two days. Donald Wells, Consul-General, US Embassy, Oxford Road, Kingston, speaking...

More taxes at Customs, lotteries
Security firms seek Davies' intervention
Under-reporting of deaths concern STATIN
JAS to close after 10 years

Ocho Rios craft vendors restive
TOURISM INTERESTS and other business leaders in Ocho Rios have been in discussions with craft traders over several days this week as they attempt to defuse growing discontent over what the traders call the Government's several broken promises...

Bernal raps region's xenophobia
Patrick Genius' case for Appeal Court
Edwards appointed Minister of State

Nestle to further cut dairy farmers' quota
UNIMAGINABLE IN a small country is how one prominent dairy farmer described Nestles -JMP Jamaica limited announcement this week of a further cut in the dairy farmers' quota to the Bybrook condensery. On Wednesday Nestles -JMP notified diary...

Crop research programme gets $2.4m

Super Sachin takes charge
THE SECOND Test of the Cable & Wireless series between the West Indies and India at Queen's Park Oval is the one of the five most likely to end in a positive result, because of that, both teams want to win it, the consensus at the start was...

St. Jago on track for title
Kingston College on target for crown
DaCosta holds the key

Editorial: And now, what next?
THE RESIGNATION of Karl Blythe has been accepted by the Prime Minister. Mr. Thorant Hardware, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing, is going on pre-retirement leave at the end of the month. The Board of the National Development Corporation..

Churches and the Mideast conflict
Employers and qualifications

LETTER OF THE DAY: Accepting responsibility for the nation's children
THE EDITOR, Sir: TAKING ACTION first begins with taking responsibility. We must step up and take responsibility for the children - for all children. By living in a neighbourhood with children, we share the responsibility for the community parenting of...

'I will invest in Jamaica'
Merge the Coast Guard and the Marine Police
A Robin Hood approach to public life
Highway 2000 and Heritage Tourism
Infrastructure and rebuilding

'Philly Sax' jazzes up Red Bones
TO BE dubbed 'Philly Sax' is to be linked with the best in jazz history. While many believe that jazz began in New Orleans, some scholars argue that it started in Philadelphia. Either way, sufficient jazz greats have come out of that state...

Out & Around

Screwworm eradication programme intensifies
CLARENDON: THE VETERINARY Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture has stepped up its screwworm-eradication programme in Clarendon to combat the high levels of screwworm infestation in the parish. According to Dr. Ofbil Watson, regional veterinary

Hanover JAS to conduct coconut field training
CASE sets new matriculation standard for Associate Degree holders

A new improved fire extinguisher for your kitchen
CARBON DIOXIDE fire extinguishers are out ­ out of the kitchen, that is. There is a new kid on the block known as Class K Fire. Fires in today's appliances are far more difficult to contain and extinguish than in the past because kitchen fires...

New planning association executive elected

KILLER ROADS
THE RUSHING night wind was the siren's song beckoning Peter Barrett, until the road became his enemy. Barrett, making his way home on the Castleton main road in St. Mary on his GSXR Suzuki 600 motorcycle was enjoying the ride he had made so frequently in

Coral Cliff - A weekend with a difference
From GREEN to CLEAN - Crystal clear water requires consistent care