PNP promises - Growth of two to six per cent - Increased funding for education - More job opportunities - Assault on illegal drug trade
THE GOVERNING People's National Party (PNP) yesterday launched its 2002 election manifesto with five main planks running the gamut from economic growth and job creation to providing quality education and health care...

Court battle intensifies over Yap Jack bypass
PM accuses Seaga of 'dissing' electorate
Veteran broadcaster Dwight Whylie passes on
It's a girl for Carla
Witnesses urged to reduce case backlog

(Final) Crime - Taking a new turn, presenting new challenges?
THE EXTRAORDINArily high level of violence is linked to the participation in violent conflicts as collectives and in individuals being treated as representatives of these collectives...

Honey bottling plant for Linstead
14 held for breaches of Firearms Act
Need for banana disease control stressed
'JLP territory, built by Shaw'
The youth and education
Intimidation rap levied against JLP - Walker calls for action - Peralto to probe allegation
Drive-by war rages on - Death toll at two, 14 injured - Police detain thirteen

Davies unwilling to discuss Seaga's debts with supporters
WALDERSTON: MINISTER OF Finance, Dr. Omar Davies, told a group of over 200 People's National Party (PNP) workers of the North West Clarendon constituency in the Spaldings Primary School last Saturday that he does not discuss publicly the details of...

JTB NEW YORK AUDIT SAGA - Shaw, Tourism Minister in war of words MANDEVILLE, Manchester:

Young Boyz win despite sending off
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC: JAMAICA, IN spite of playing close to an hour with 10 men, defeated Antigua and Barbuda 2-1 in the first of their two friendly Under-17 internationals at the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) on Sunday.

Greener Grass This is the fifth and final extract from the autobiography of legendary West Indian allrounder Sir Garfield Sobers
Victory puts Jamaica Grande in front
Leg before wicket and the third umpire

Utilities charters
IN THE early days of Prime Minister Patterson's administration, he proclaimed citizens' charters as tools for improving public and monopoly services. As he works towards his planned exit from the political stage, he should fast-track the development...

It is still anybody's race
Stoning to protect the drug trade

People live in Downtown Kingston!
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM happy to see Downtown Kingston back on the agenda. I have always wondered how it is that the plight of the nation's capital could never stay long enough on the national agenda for the trend of continuing decline...

Nedrick White
Laurie Williams: quintessential sportsman
EOJ firmly against malpractices
Shameful conduct in Manchioneal
Sept 11 and other atrocities
Learning from a horror
A refreshing edition
Independence and the Oath
It's time we wake-up
A black country, burger and fries

Poetry in your face
STACEY ANN Chin describes the United States-based Slam competition as the 'contact sport' of poetry. On Sunday night, Jamaicans got an up close view of this type of poetry at the Livity Restaurant on Old Hope Road.

More money for culture

Port Antonio Marina opens
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson last Wednesday officially opened the US$15 million Port Antonio Marina Project in Portland, during a ceremony involving a wide cross-section of persons.

JIC honours members
CMA CGM begins new service