Security companies hard hit - 2,000 guards laid off
SECURITY FIRMS say they have had to send home some 2,000 security guards over the last five months because they cannot afford to pay them increases in the minimum wage, which took effect in...

PM to outline flood recovery plan
Illegal signage crackdown begins
JamRock's downtown building plan under review
RPD's hi-tech network dents motor vehicle rackets
HIV pushing youth into crime

Nicholson outlines gov't's reform strategies
On Friday Attorney-General Senator A.J. Nicholson opened the State of the Nation debate in the Senate. Below are exerpts of his...

Health Ministry issues appeal to fast food industry
Disabled receive vocational training in US exchange programme
Emergency authorities were unprepared for heavy rains ­ Seaga

India clinch series
PORT-OF-SPAIN (AP): HALF centuries from Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and star batsman Sachin Tendulkar were backed up by disciplined bowling as a final-match victory yesterday led the visitors to win the one-day international series against the West...

Kiwis open WI tour
Bright start for Argentina
Setback for Brazil

The economic impact
THE DEVASTATING flood rains will have severe implications for the economy. In fact, it is an ironic twist of fate that the rains came so soon after BOJ Governor Lattibeaudiere was on record as arguing that the economy should grow by 2-4 per cent this...

They sat the GSAT
A few no-no balls

A parable of united ants
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON THE afternoon of Tuesday May 21 a few of my colleagues and I watched with bated breath and a little bit of glee a great battle between a worm and a host of ants. The battle was so intense and interesting that not even the cricket...

Patrick Roberts and education
Schools and violence
Tribute to a business leader
Teach conflict management in schools
Rally around the WI cricket captain
Disappointed with RGD
Poor NIS service

CéCile, Tanya Stephens show what girls are made of
WHOMEVER THINKS the female of the species is better than the male was proved right at Amnesia Nightclub in Ocho Rios on Saturday night, as the women featured on 'Battle of the Sexes' gave excellent...

'Lunch' goes down well with Sonia Sanchez

MOST WANTED! SILVERA, GRACE - Highly sought after PR executive
GRACE SILVERA is one of Jamaica's most wanted women - she is 'wicked' in her craft, 'dangerous' in her field and 'baad' in her abilities to get things done. And given her recent Peer Award for Public Relations...

Communication - An important aspect of the parenting process