Under curfew - Cops clamp down on Spanish Town communities
SECTIONS OF Spanish Town, St. Catherine, were shut down tight last night, as heavily armed police descended on the Old Capital to prevent another round of gang-related violence.

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CSME still on track despite Guyana floods
Braeton trial - 'Injuries not caused by assault'
Plans to raise tax threshold shelved
Golding and his political mentors
Burke could forego PNP presidency bid

US scouts targeting Jamaican teachers
MICHAEL CLARKE, president of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA), said his organisation could not prevent teachers from taking up overseas offers. But he advised them to be cautious about the terms being offered by their new employers.

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'Missing men' cop out on bail
Talks with gov't fruitful, says Nelson
Wolfe calls for JDF influence on schools
Derek Jones - Leading the 'Power' team

Caribbean Marketplace 2005 success - CHA
THERE WERE a record number of business appointments made between tourism buyers and sellers at Caribbean Marketplace 2005 and the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) is projecting that the results of business deals struck during the three-day event...

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ICAJ launches partnership with UWI
O'Meally Nelson to address PSOJ job creation awards

Windies gunning for repeat performance
WITH AUSTRALIA'S qualification for the VB Series finals leaving the West Indies and Pakistan in a straight fight to join the hosts in the Best-of-Three deciding contest, the Caribbean side will be seeking a repetition of their excellent bowling...

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'Too slow off the mark'
Exotic bets prove elusive
Distinctly Irish favoured
Altobar face tough schedule
Vere, Calabar dominate Relays

Editorial - A flawed and inaccurate report
IN A rare show of solidarity, the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security have joined ranks in rejecting aspects of a report by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)...

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A police success story
PJ's cards on the table
WICB's 'curried goat' cricket

Letter of the day - Icilda's tears: the tragedy of gun violence
THE EDITOR, Sir: EVERYDAY AS I read the news I see more of the same: Jamaicans killed by gunmen. The past week has seen gun violence in Spanish Town, the death of a popular entertainer and the picture on the front page of Monday's Gleaner...

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Leopards don't change their spots
Well done, Mr Seaga
Paying Air Jamaica's debt

Movie review - Informative, enjoyable 'Road to Memphis'
THE ROAD to Memphis, the third film in the seven film series The Blues: A Musical Journey, could more aptly be called 'The Road Through Memphis'.

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Good food, music at Grog Shoppe

The working poor ...
LAST TUESDAY was a low point for Sandra Brown - the cooking gas ran out, she got word that her father was ill, and she had to borrow (again) $1,000 for the taxi fare from May Pen to Frankfield, Clarendon, and to buy food and vegetables for him.

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Surviving on the little they earn
Experts say...