New crime plan
A NEW community employment youth programme and increased police presence in troubled areas, form the Government's latest response to the recent upsurge in crime and violence that the prime minister has called "unforgivable levels of evil".

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Road network wrecked
Expect more rains today
Unemployed youths filling criminal ranks, says Phillips
Customs chief warns companies against undervaluing imports
Shake-up at Air Ja - New board members announced, Gov't support capped
Mental stimulation could prevent retarded growth
Kennedy Grove homeowners advised to sue Gov't, developer
Ghana wants air link services with Jamaica
Jamaican allegedly held hostage and raped in UK

Jamaica's first 'World Title' boxer gets OD
SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE echoed throughout the ballroom of King's House Monday when boxer George Leslie 'Bunny' Grant was called up to receive the Order of Distinction from Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke.

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Residents trapped as rains pelt 'St Bess'
Unfazed - Bombs don't scare Trinis
Illegally towing vehicles
US$100 laptops - 'One for every child, especially in the developing world'
New programme launched to reduce violence in schools
Spanish Town returning to normal
Justice Paul Harrison new Appeal Court president

European MPs back ACP countries on sugar issue
TWO VISITING European parliamentarians have thrown their weight behind African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in light of the European Unions (EU)'s proposed reform of its sugar policy.

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Gas prices fall again
Central bank bracing against dollar plunge
Coffee board boosts quality standards
Be transparent or be left behind - US expert
Churches credit union funds entrepreneurs

Crunch time in Cup
WITH SO much still left to be decided in the 2005 ISSA/Pepsi/JN Manning Cup first round, Wilma's rains have left many loyal schoolboy football spectators to bite their nails in the anticipation of the restart of play.

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Liverpool, Chelsea march on
Lara's record chase excites sponsor
Seven-time champion takes title
Hot Tiger hunts another record

Deregistration of UWI students
THERE IS still a strong, persistent feeling of entitlement to 'free' education, a hangover from the governmental policies of the 1970s. But the ground has shifted. With budgetary cuts to the University of the West Indies (UWI)...

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Saddam on trial
Wrapping with Wilma
A trainable society

LETTER OF THE DAY - The Church must transform society
THE EDITOR, Sir: I DO WONDER when the Church is going to use its influence, akin to its no-nonsense approach in the 1970s, when its existence was threatened by the 'perceived' emergence of communism under the Michael Manley-led PNP administration.

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Sabbath sex is no sin
Other side of Mona Heights
Get civilised, Jamaica

A poem per square mile
IN HIS 2005 collection 37 Poems, Lasana M. Sekou delivers one poem per square mile of his home country, St. Martin. However, the mostly short poems are not geographically constrained to that country or even the Caribbean...

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MTV puts off Latin Awards in fear of 'Wilma'

A life devoted to farming
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: CALBERT SINCLAIR is now 72 years old. He has been in farming from the age of 18 when he needed money to fund his schooling. He told Farmers Weekly that he usually works in the fields...

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Heavy rains lash St Bess farmers
CARDI calls for protective action plan
FAO seeks to promote classic Ja products

Craving Cranberries - Small fruit, big benefit
The ginger, aloe vera, orange, strawberry, ripe banana and tomato are all known for their health benefits. Add cranberry to the list. This berry, when ripe, is similar in size and shape to our Blue Mountain coffee berry.

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Cranberry fact file
Gassed up and ready to cook
Get the right bite
Barbados - Land of flying fish and coucou

Bishop's mother wants his body for burial
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): TWENTY-TWO YEARS after he was killed in a palace coup, the mother of slain Grenada Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, is still calling on the authorities to release her son's body to her for a proper burial.

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UN Security Council stresses need for Haiti elections this year

Defiant Saddam pleads not guilty
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): DEFIANTLY CHALLENGING the judge and jostling with his guards, Saddam Hussein pleaded not guilty yesterday at his trial for crimes against humanity allegedly committed two decades ago.

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Court strips Pinochet of immunity in tax case
Spanish judge issues arrest warrant for US troops
Instability rises amid constitution row
Publishers throw book at Google, again

End of an Area
'Chubby Dread': The end of an era

Killed
'Chubby Dread' killed

The Victim
You heard what she had to say

The Charged
Now hear what he has to say.