Labour Day politics? - PM agrees with PNP's concerns about choice of projects - 'Babsy' defends her decisions, says MPs responded to call
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has agreed with the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) that questions need to be asked about the decision to stage three national Labour Day projects in constituencies where government members of Parliament...

A reluctant bride - Gov't repeats unwillingness to return to the arms of the IMF
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has again made it clear that Jamaica would be an unwilling bride in any resumption of its marriage with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."I'm not anxious to go to the IMF, not anxious ...We are approaching it reluctantly and we hope...

Changing the lives of the elderly
Winifred Atkinson, a 72-year-old widow of Catadupa, St James, was sitting at home idly when her daughter saw an advertise-ment in the newspaper for the Water Lane Senior Citizens' Club, run by Merah Salmon. The senior citizen swiftly enrolled for membership...

Still finding it funny after 105
ROLLING BACK the years, Arthur Reginald Saunders recounted the good old days. Born on January 12, 1904, in St Andrew, he is the seventh of the eight offspring of William and Letteria Saunders. At 105 years old, his voice is still powerful and his memory good...

St Anne's benefits from a full plate
When guidance counsellor Angella Thompson joined the staff of St Anne's Infant School on North Street, downtown Kingston, she found that absenteeism and a lack of proper nutrition were two of the main problems affecting the students...

Thursdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ONTHE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
Prized raid. 1. When the police swooped down on the upper St Andrew neighbourhood the other day, some folks were a little put out to see such a show of force in their prized neighbourhood.