Lead Stories
Jamaica to host 2000 World Travel Awards
JAMAICA WILL this weekend dominate the attention of the global travel trade and bask in a cascade of international media exposure when the Ritz-Cartlon and Half-Moon hotels, Montego Bay, combine to host the 2000 World Travel Awards. This, the seventh...

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Florida land developer mystery
Ja's problems stem from inequality, injustice ­ Issa
Upward bound From ordinary boy to ambassador
Judge's blunder causes re-trial
Mentoring programme seeks to address boys' crisis

News
Prisoners going to court with ganja
POLICEMEN AT the Supreme Court Building, King Street, downtown Kingston, have expressed concern at the frequency with which they have to be arresting prisoners who turn up to court with ganja strapped to their bodies. Two prisoners were arrested there...

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Prisoners protest at Central
Colombian cons flee - Prison warder, cop being questioned
Partner refunds to 151; 380 to wait - Angry members demand their money
Importers warned to pay up or else

Business
Broad powers for FSC

FINANCE and Planning Minister Dr. Omar Davies tabled a Bill in Parliament this week to establish the Financial Services Commission (FSC), giving wide powers to the new non-bank supervisory body, including the authority to remove any director or manager..

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Rights issue for LoJ as deal struck
Red Stripe fizzing ahead
Domestic debt jumps again

Sport
Lara, Shiv progress well
HEAD coach of the West Indies cricket team, Roger Harper, is confident left-handers Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul will make the tour to Australia, after yesterday's training session at Sabina Park. With the final results scheduled to be...

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Cornwall College, St. James on target
Big clashes in Portmore
Ingenius looks safe

Commentary
That Intelligence Unit
THE ADMISSION by the Prime Minister that the Intelligence Unit headed by a civilian was set up without the knowledge, consent and approval of the Ministry of National Security or any other arm of the Government is most alarming. This Intelligence Unit,..

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A matter of judicial integrity
Contrasts in efficiency
Alexander Bedward: The Final Solution (Part IV) - Through the 20th century with the Gleaner

Letters
Letter of the Day - A 'real kick' from two brothers
THE EDITOR, Madam: IN THE October issue of the Reader's Digest I read where Brian and Steven Bruckbauer were vacationing in Jamaica in 1997 and saw local kids playing soccer using plastic bottles and cardboard boxes. They returned to Fort Collins,...

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The 'Midas Touch'
Chinese can change flights in transit
Mr Minister, please fix our roads
A job well done

Entertainment
Walsh blends music with cricket

COURTNEY WALSH is a party man. He'll catch a jig wherever possible as long as it does not interfere with his professional attitude to his sport. He's a music man by all measure and when he puts away the ball for good, he's giving thought to a career in..

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Mallory Williams makes comeback

ShowTime
Three stars bow out of Royal Palm
THE CO-INCIDENCE is startling, but the fact is, the three principal cast members of the local television soap Royal Palm Estate who have died, suffered heart attacks. They are Reggie Carter, Cyrene Tomlinson and John Jones, the recent of whom

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Humour on stage
To John, with love

Star Page
A diamond experience

WHEN Nathan Clarke asked Elfreda to marry him many, many years ago, she wasn't sure it would work but nevertheless decided to try anyway. Fifty nine years on, the couple reveal that their little experiment has, is, and from all indications, will...

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A cultural clash
Vegas' humble beginnings