Lead Stories
Public school principals to be employed on contract

AS OF September, principals and vice-principals of public schools will only be employed on a contractual basis, says Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Mr. Patterson said that he is aware that there was some resistance to the idea, but the Government did...

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New passports ready within two to three months
12 more inmates discovered with HIV After screening at St Catherine District Prison
Police honoured for brave rescue
Screw worm inspection under way in parishes

News
Lasco Group launches 'Pharmacist of the Year' award

LASCO GROUP yesterday announced a "Pharmacist of the Year" award to recognise outstanding service by members of this professional group. Lascelles Chin, the company's chairman, who launched the award at Le Meridien Jamaica Pegasus Hotel said that the...

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'Little choice but to use deadly force'
Police kill seven - Pre-dawn shooting in Braeton
Slain principal had a passion for dominoes

Business
Gov't increases Budget by $21b
THE GOVERNMENT has increased its 2000/2001 Budget by approximately $21 billion, more than half of which is for FINSAC-related payments. The First Supplementary Estimates, tabled Tuesday by the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies...

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Alliance Francaise to host trade, cultural expo
Ja's IT potential promoted in UK

Sport
Bull Bay tame Tivoli

MAJOR Leaguers Bull Bay yesterday pulled off a giant-killing act at Bull Pen to tame Premier League team Tivoli Gardens 5-4 on penalties and progressed in the JNBS Federation Cup knock out. They are now in the quarter-final round.

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Jamaica off to superb start in Davis Cup
Henry notches four-timer
Neutral umpires on the way

Commentary
For windscreen wipers
WE WELCOME the announcement by Prime Minister Patterson about the plan to tackle the problem of street children and young adults hustling to eke out a living. Particularly in Kingston, the hordes of young windscreen wipers at street intersections have...

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Morality choices and consequences
As the worm turns
Kosovo: dragging down a region
On politics in the Caribbean

Letters
Letter of the Day A matter of urgency
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am Sri Lankan by birth, Jamaican by citizenship. I came to Jamaica in 1962 on contract to teach at Cornwall College, and taught there for almost 38 years before retirement. I still live in staff quarters at Cornwall. Many of my...

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Pension double standard
Evadney Phillips
Where is the discipline?
Re Seaga's warning
Praise for Drugs

Entertainment
'Young Generation' exhibits well received

THE 'YOUNG Generation' exhibition which opened at the Mutual Life Gallery, Oxford Road, Kingston recently featured 27 talented young artists whose creativity of expression left art lovers in awe. According to Patrick Hylton, managing director of...

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More questions than answers

Cornwall Edition
SOS Children's Villages to get grant
WESTERN BUREAU: THE SOS Children's Villages in Jamaica will soon benefit from a $US140,000 donation which was raised recently by real estate giant CB Richard Ellis, while vacationing in Jamaica.

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Western residents line-up to join newest partner plan
Spring Break 2001 - Def Jam's Simmons arrives next week

What's Cooking
Feast in a pot - Seafood jambalaya

IF THERE'S a trick to making fine seafood jambalaya ­ a Louisiana-style feast-in-a-pot, it's gathering just the combination of spices, seasoning meats, vegetables, fish, shellfish and rice that gives this traditional bayou-country speciality its...

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Clay pot cookery
Veggie heaven comes to town

Star Page
Glenmuir celebrate

THE CORNWALL College versus Glenmuir High School match might well be rated the best match yet in the 2001 TVJ Schools Challenge Quiz competition, but the losers were not pleased. Cornwall College left the TVJ headquarters on South Odeon Avenue in...

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Minister's wifie