VOTES THAT COUNT
AMID TALKS of a possible merger between People's National Party (PNP) leadership contenders Portia Simpson Miller and Omar Davies ... an analysis of delegate voting patterns has cast a different spin on things to come.

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J'can cattle - critical to national well-being
On your marks - Samuda tells Jamaica Labour Party conference
No crime on Jamaica Gleaner, Sunday Gleaner front pages
Flight risk - Wards leave Jamaica's children home at will
We'll take CXC to court! - Minott
The house that Florette bought
The replacement of oil (Part II)
Popularity, power and polls
Will PM Patterson announce his exit today?

Jamaican children's homes: Too much talk, says Gomes. We are trying! says Anderson
TWO YEARS after a Government-commissioned probe into the operations of state-run children's homes and places of safety found inadequacies, things may still not be well at some institutions.

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Jamaica Labour Party conference - Labourites warm up
Jamaicans want Portia, says Douglas
British grant to Jamaica for social programmes and community safety - Don't be pound foolish
Jamaica Labour Party peaking at the right time - All our candidates will be in place, says Samuda
Caribbean Examinations Council defends associate degree
Agro losses thwart region's poverty reduction efforts
Rivers of blood (Final part) - Teach the criminals or shame them

Don't blow your bonus!
More Money looks at Christmas bonuses and profit shares this week. As we near the end of the year, we all look forward to the cha-ching of the extra bounce on our paycheques. However, before you make a mad dash to shop 'till you drop, just hold on

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Strategise - Christmas windfall tactics
Invest - How to make your bonus work for you
Cuba: Still going strong

Jamaican schoolboy football - Glorious Godfrey!
WESTMORELAND'S GODFREY Stewart High made a mockery of the pundits' predictions yesterday when they stunned and then embarrassed Glenmuir 3-0 in the final of the 2005 ISSA/Pepsi/Jamaica National daCosta Cup final at Jarrett Park to gain their first hold...

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England tumble again
West Indies Cricket Board files complaint
Barbican and Rae Town capture titles at Constant Spring
Jamaica Windwards in keen tussle
Harding cruises ahead of Simpson in Jamaican jockey title race
Marathon champs retain titles in Negril
National Premier League in Jamaica - Battle for second intensifies
Commentary - The day sport went back to the 'drawing' board

Editorial - JLP confab and Jamaica's future
IN THE spirit of the country's political traditions, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wraps up its annual conference today with a public session in Kingston. Perhaps the mood will be indicative of quiet, growing confidence encouraged by some of the recent..

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Organised crime and social disorder
Finally, something to celebrate
'Til debt do us part?
Education of persons with disability

Letter of the day - Highlighting good news
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE GLEANER published a news story recently headlined "Saluting Volunteers" which was most uplifting. Of special note was editor-in-chief Garfield Grandison's comment on how good it was to see good news highlighted for a change.

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'Yes' to visas for Caymanians
Deplorable road conditions in Flankers
The impact of AIDS in the Caribbean

CHRISTMAS SONGS ALL WRAPPED UP
AS THE excitement of Christmas rolls around again, Jamaican artistes have been scurrying to release singles and albums for the festive season.

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The world welcomes Jamrock
MIDEM only for the prepared

Fire in the works
"LIFE CONSISTS of opposing forces and though different they can fuse together to create balance." The words of Wazari Johnson seem to echo softly throughout the roomful of ceramic pieces. Brightly coloured tea sets and plates emblazoned...

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Visa racket in Jamaica
Book review - Two thrilling Jamaican tales in time for Christmas

Cover story - Victimised but victorious
SCARS LIKE thick ropes curl around her neck and snake across her shoulders. The healed lesions on Carlene's (name changed) neck were not there at the start of 2005. She began the year an attractive woman whose jovial personality drew friends to her...

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Earl Chong's life-giving diet
Deliver me from evil ... Handling sexual attraction in the church

ROLL CALL - Bogus voting and the leaders-to-be in Jamaica
POLITICIANS, THE world over, live for votes and too often make critical choices affecting the lives of ordinary citizens with nothing more than winning votes in mind. Today, the spotlight is on bogus voting in the constituencies of all...

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Planning for leadership
Threats to press freedom
The art and spirit of the game

Jamaican wine lover's utopia
IT WAS a wine lover's utopia at the Pegasus on Wednesday November 30 as Lascelles presented its International Wines and Spirits Showcase.

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Cocktails and awards
Christmas parties off with a bang

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.