Lead Stories
PM, unions to meet

PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has agreed to meet representatives of at least 11 major trade unions at Jamaica House on Wednesday morning, to discuss a number of issues affecting the labour sector, including the continuing lay-off of hundreds of civil...

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Security beef-up for prisons
Crowne Plaza Hotel issue heats up
Pickersgill unveils plans for new power complex
Care committee for St Bess Black River
Sav-La-Mar fire dept needs upgrading

News
'Men more suicide-prone'

DR. MAUREEN Irons-Morgan, senior medial officer at Bellevue Hospital, agrees that men are the highest risk group for suicide. According to Dr. Irons-Morgan, while the number of suicides reported this year to date was catching up...

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Call for Ombudsman to intervene in JPSCo issue
No media tour now of island prisons
Domestic violence on the increase - Maxine Henry-Wilson

Business
Hard decision needed for survival of cofee, sugar, dairy
AGRICULTURE MINISTER, Roger Clarke, has said that "hard decisions" will have to be made in order to ensure viability of the sugar, coffee and dairy industries.

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J'can culture can sell tourism - Simpson Miller

Sport
Down to the wire

ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA: THE 2000 Cable & Wireless series between the West Indies and Pakistan enters its final day at the Antigua Recreation Ground today with the prospect of a thrilling finish.

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Walsh bats for Lara
Melbourne demolish Lucas
Peat shines at Junior Champs

Commentary
What victims want
THE PRINCIPLE of providing support, moral or otherwise, to victims of crime is a noble idea; something that should occur naturally in any civilised society. Hence it should not have needed a high-profile intervention by the Prime Minister to signify our.

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Human rights and prisons
Concerns for our environment
Here's good news
Bouquet for Gleaner, brickbat for 'Mutty'

Letters
The future with Lara
THE EDITOR, Madam: AS THE Brian Lara saga continues, allow me some space to say a few words.

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Re: new Canadian High Commission parking problems
'Ten commandments of crime'

Entertainment
Jamaica wins silver gilt at Chelsea Flower Show
THE ST. Andrew Flower Arrangement and Garden Club's entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show, held in London, England was awarded a Silver Gilt Medal, which ranks between a gold and silver medal. The entry, 'Tropical Splendour', was executed by...

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Avis Henriques lauded for outstanding service
Local Community benefits from Cuban expertise

Youth Link
NADINE PALMER - the next Merlene Ottey
ASTHMA did not stop Nadine Palmer from reaching her goal. Though she fell at the finish line many times at inter-house athletics meets, her determination drove her to become one of the top junior athletes in the island and the Caribbean today.

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Should teens be having sex?
Men stop the abuse!

Flair
Dana Powell is Miss Ja USA

Barbara EllingtonTHE reigning Miss Jamaica USA says she is concerned about the negative images of Jamaica being spread abroad.

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MoBay's health needs being met
Fire in public places...don't panic