Extortion 'tax' bites
Shoppers pick up tab.

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Arnold Bertram clarifies office use
Nominations open for Gleaner Honour Awards
Killings not random - police
Hotels close rooms as utility bills soar

Infrastructure woes at MoBay port
THE FAILURE by the authorities to remedy some infrastructural woes at the island's second largest seaport, the Montego Bay Port, is proving to be a vexed issue for port users.

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Air Jamaica extends services to Belize
Educator Hugh Dawes is dead

BoJ beefs up its Internet site
THE BANK of Jamaica has reconstructed its Internet site to make it more interactive and user friendly.

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FirstCaribbean rights issue extended
Downtown Kingston coming back to life?

Charlie snare Walker Cup
AFTER A DISAPPOINTING end to their 2002 Manning Cup campaign, Charlie Smith bounced back to win the Corporate Area schoolboys' consolation title, the Walker Cup, with a 1-0 victory over Kingston College in the final yesterday.

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Unbeaten The Vice impresses again
Old Harbour are Ben Francis KO champs
Harbour View, Arnett ready to roll again
$5m boost for Special Olympics

Editorial - Targeting the gangs
IT IS apparent that the targeting and dismantling of criminal gangs will be a major focus of the soon-to-be announced National Crime Plan.

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Waging 'war' intelligently
The people with future
Can Jamaica realise its true potential?

Letter of the day - Time for law-abiding Jamaicans to wake up
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE LETTER in your November 20 publication entitled "Goodbye Jamaica", literally brought tears to my eyes, because it validated what every hard-working Jamaican both at home and abroad is so fearful of, the negative economic and so

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Continuous lamentations
Speak out against crime and violence
Capture the criminals first
Injustice continues
Too much complacency

Hot hits!
JAMAICA'S REPRESENTATIVE to the 2002 'Miss World' competition, 19-year-old Danielle Ohayon, is fast becoming one of the favourites - well, on the Internet that is.

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Career vs religion
From sound system to studio

Couple calls nation to its knees
ON NOVEMBER 7, some 40 zealous followers of Christ came together under the banner 'O magnify the Lord with me' and shared testimonies of how their special group has been a blessing to them during its first year of meeting for prayer.

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Christians and politics
Nat'l Prayer Vigil set for December 8
Jehovah's Witnesses defend faith

Two artists to get Musgrave awards
TWO ARTISTS are numbered among the 11 individuals and one cultural group to be honoured by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) for achievements in the fields of science, arts, and literature.

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Jonkunnu mask-a-raid

Cover story - Passion for plants
DO PLANTS just get greener when you're around? Do they bloom their best after you get your fingers all covered with dirt while massaging their roots? We have heard it said repeatedly, that plants are like people and respond to love and attention.

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Breaking the silence - Stigma, discrimination and HIV/AIDS
Opinion - Bring the fatted calf...

Criminals must be afraid
THE MORE I hear people debate the crime and violence issues, the more I am convinced that philosophy and the rules of logical argumentation should be part of the core curriculum from primary school to high school. (Boyne)

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Jamaican, American democracy compared
Mustard Seed a 'rainbow in the clouds', says Maya Angelou