Lead Stories
Home insurance fall off
THE POOR state of the Jamaican economy is one of the central factors behind the low level of home insurance, according to experts in the field. About 70 per cent of homes are not insured at a time when there are regular reports of fires, robberies and...

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US$1.2m aid to help fight child labour
MoBay sceptical about report - Street people dumping details to be released on Friday
72-year-old farm worker still going strong in Canada
Furniture and overcrowding among back-to-school problems
PM 'revs' election engine

News
JLP to fight 'political militia'
THE GOVERNMENT'S plan to utilise citizen volunteers in its anti-crime measures has been criticised by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) which called it a move to reintroduce the controversial 1970s Home Guard programme. Speaking at a press briefing at the..

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Adams to head new unit
Police need support says Seaga
Blue Cross to embark on islandwide screening

Business
NCB restructures

THE FINANCIAL Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) will own 76 per cent of National Commercial Bank Jamaica within the next six months, if a plan announced yesterday is accepted by shareholders and the court. As part of the plan the bank's parent company..

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Guardian to list on the JSE
Grace, Kennedy sells Seprod stake
Garmex to spearhead training course
New regulator gets power to probe

Sport
Tivoli edge Waterford

WATERFORD COMPREHENSIVE, playing in front of a vociferous home crowd, put up a brave display before going down 2-1 to defending Manning Cup champions Tivoli Gardens Comprehensive in their Manning Cup encounter in Portmore yesterday. Travis Walsh's...

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OK Don looks the choice
Munro beat DeCarteret 12-0
JTTA slaps two-year ban on Bailey

Commentary
T&T and Jamaica at 38
TRINIDAD AND Tobago turned 38 last Thursday, August 31. It was the second British Caribbean colony to gain Independence, Jamaica leading the way only weeks before on August 6, 1962. The two countries have charted substantially different pathways over...

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Investing in the environment
Safe and prosperous communities

Letters
Walsh, Ambrose and young fast bowlers
THE EDITOR, Madam: LIKE ALL West Indians, I have the greatest admiration for Sir Vivian Richards, but I respectfully wish to join issue with him with his expressed desire that Walsh and Ambrose should go to Australia. These two stalwarts have given...

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New political order needed
Improve the legal system
NIS benefits and transparency
A call for more fasting, prayer
Economic growth reduces crime

Entertainment
Cecile has strong music focus

BEING THE granddaughter of former Mandeville Mayor Cecil Charlton, one would expect Cecile to be heading down the road of entrepreneurship, or even to hold a stake in the family business. But her tastes dictate otherwise and she's determined to put her..

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'I Dreamed of Africa': adventures and surprises

Profiles in Medicine
Does oestrogen therapy cause breast cancer?

SOME WOMEN are afraid to take the hormone replacement therapies at menopause because of an ongoing controversy linking the hormone, oestrogen, to the development of breast cancer. However, family doctor, Dr. Venice Bernard-Wright said more than 30...

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Bone health
Post traumatic stress disorder

Star Page
Mixed bag for local theatre

LOCAL theatre productions enjoyed booming success last year with well supported shows and this year appears to be even better for major players. Although figures for the total number of productions were not readily available, THE STAR was told that...

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Why do American prisoners want Jamaican girls?