Heart surgery refused because of defective lungs
TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Camille Pinnock, a victim of Pulmonary Atresia, was told she would be "free as a bird" and given a long life if a $US60,000 (approximately $3.6 million) heart surgery was successful.

The death penalty
MANY RESOLUTIONS, plans and wishes made last year did not materialise for various reasons. Several persons, when asked what were their resolutions for 2004, said they did not think it worthwhile to make any.

The factors contributing to weight gain
Dear Readers: L.G. IS A 38-year-old woman from St. Catherine. She claims to have been very slim until reaching her mid-20s when she started putting on weight.

PROFILE - The Star Poster Girl
SHE IS SEVENTEEN years old and a model. But Kameika Morrison has so much more on her mind than modeling. Her dream careers are to become either a Forensic Scientist "to work on the dead" or a Doctor, "to work on people's hearts".

Tourist wrecks hotel room
WESTERN BUREAU: AN AMERICAN MAN, who the court heard reimbursed a Montego Bay hotel for the damage he did to a bathroom, was lucky as he escaped both a prison sentence and fine when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

The Quote of the Week comes from Ninja Man.
"I want to leave it up to my fans to help me decide what to do.... a man of my temperament, what mi fi do? ...