Lead Stories
'Jamaica first', says Patterson
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has told his Eastern Westmoreland constituents that despite their loyalty to him for many years, he would never place them above the interest of the country. Mr. Patterson, who is also president of the governing People's...

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Crime the target - PM announces West Kingston enquiry
Dabdoub for court today
Private sector group to explore Islamic trade links
PM speaks on West Kgn events

News
Police Inspector killed
POLICE INSPECTOR Everett Daley, 59, was shot and killed by gunmen at his Cassia Park, Kingston 10 home early yesterday morning. He is the ninth police officer killed since the start of the year. The Constabulary Communi-cations Network (CCN) reported...

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Cheaper AIDS drugs soon
Five killed at weekend
Two die in motor vehicle accidents
JUSTICE WRITES

Business
Few takers for cable business opportunities - Paulwell
INDUSTRY, COMMERCE and Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell has expressed disappointment with the response from cable operators to the offer of licences to operate telephone and Internet services. But, this may be due to the expensive...

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Bartlett says flare-up's damage to tourism repairable

Sport
Ja bag six medals

Freelance Writer DEBRECEN, Hungary: ON a day when seven championship records were smashed, Jamaica ended their sojourn at the second World Youth Track and Field Championships in Debrecen...

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Campbell, tailenders frustrate WI
Boyz edge Trelawny 1-0
Lowe scores winner for Wizards
Rodriguez bats for Lara, Hall

Commentary
Inner-city degradation
WHATEVER ELSE may come to light in the wake of the West Kingston horror story, the quality of inner-city life must finally come to public notice and demand urgent attention. True enough the toll of dead and the manner of their dying is the major...

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The State is collapsing
The meaning of smart
Reinstatement or compensation

Letters
Letter of the Day - A terrible price to pay
THE EDITOR, Sir: I TOTALLY sympathise with and support an overworked and underpaid police force relentlessly battling a hardened criminal element.

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Creating opportunities for ourselves
Whiteman sets the record straight

Entertainment
The heat was on at Summer Jam!

BLING DAWG'S 'Summer Jam' was this, that and more. It rocked, it blinged and it sizzled. The jam-packed crowd at the Ken Wright Pier in Portland got a balanced diet of musical splendour. The singers thrilled and the deejays and sound systems provided...

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Students seek sponsorship for "pilgrimage to West Africa"

Flair
Diary of a Festival Queen ­

MISS JAMAICA Festival Queen 2000, Taniesha McGhie who gives up her crown this Saturday, has been one of the most outstanding winners of the prestigious title to date. Her warm personality, charming demeanour and intelligence have...

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Ready for a revolution
Cracks in the Jamaican psyche
The heat is on Summer romance: Sex, lies and deception

Star Page
War of words! Pure 'passa passa' at Summer Jam

DEEJAYS Bounty Killer and Beenie Man lyrically bashed each other at Summer Jam held at the Ken Wright Pier in Portland on Saturday night. Bounty, the first of the two performers on stage, came clad in full black. He chastised Beenie Man...

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Honest, caring Christian man wanted