SE St Ann fallout - PNP supporters bitterly divided
The failure of the People's National Party (PNP) to find a candidate to replace Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba in South East St. Ann, has created yet another political storm for the governing party with reports now surfacing that one of its prominent sitting councillors...

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Prime Minister babysits in Tavares Gardens
Focus on emotional health of students
Wrong men abducted by gunmen and beaten
Blair to address political breaches
Constable freed of extortion charge
Heavy rains this weekend
Alleged 63-y-o con woman in court
New vehicles to transport prisoners

'I'll catch all Montego Bay thugs before election' - Crime chief throws down the gauntlet
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police, Steve McGreggor, appears to have a quick-fix solution for St. James' escalating crime problem, as he is predicting that he will be putting the parish's criminals out of circulation before the next election.

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South Africa needs 35,000 skilled foreign workers
'New school will not beat discipline problem'
NWC vows to fix St Thomas water woes
Advocates Association of Jamaica responds to public debate - Sentencing, a tough call for judges
JPS system improvement project launched
The sound of music?
PACE Canada to plant trees at their adopted basic schools
The power of persistence

Scotia Investments, DB&G to merge
Scotiabank's wealth creation arm, Scotia Jamaica Investment Management (SJIM), is being be acquired by Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G) as precursor to a merger of the sister operations. Both Scotiabank and DB&G are subsidiaries of the newly created Scotia Group Limited....

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FCIB investors want court to set share price
Montego Bay port project climbs to US$67m
JRF rejects Highgate suitors - Bids too low
New benefits to erase $900m NHT income
Pegasus profits climb 136% - Despite disappointing CWC
GSB expanding service network to urban centres
Carlos Hill to join Hilton board
€100m EU grant aid for Jamaica
Commodities prices

New beginning for WI?
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): DESCRIBING IT as a 'new beginning' manager Mike Findlay has compiled a vision and mission for the West Indies team for the tour of England, which he shared with the players at a vital meeting yesterday before they flew off to London...

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CWC volunteers honoured
Fire these failed administrators
Granville, Montpelier ready to battle
Arnett set sights on semis
Bucknor: New techniques necessary for change
Cozier tells it as it was and as it is
Squash ball not sinister - coach
Pistons crush struggling Bulls
Manchester United to rest key players today

EDITORIAL - Special 'hardship' pay for teachers
WE ARE sympathetic to Edward Seaga's suggestion that teachers who work in "hardship areas," by which we suppose he means tough inner-city communities, should get special pay. Indeed, the concept of hardship allowances is not unknown in other professions...

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Europe, Africa, Jamaica (Part 2)
The poor can suffer more
The rise of the Empress Zahra

LETTER OF THE DAY - Health fee plan will dig hole in the budget
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE ELIMINATION of fees in public hospitals has been met with mixed reactions. The poor are elated, while the economists are asking how it will be paid for. Portia is about 'balancing the book, while balancing peoples' lives.

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Morals gone
Staying the course not the answer
Call for Kingston master plan

Spreading the Queen's English - Language teacher is Miss Kingston and St Andrew
The 2007 Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen is an English language teacher from Papine High School, Khalia Tyrell, Miss Dark and Lovely. Tyrell was crowned at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre from among nine beauties on Sunday. Along with the opportunity to represent...

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'28 Days' - Life in the fast lane

BE WELL - FIRST AID to the rescue - Protect your children
AS A caregiver in the home, school or nursery, would you know what to do if the child in your care had an accident? Today, Winston Henry, first aid and CPR educator and supervisor, based at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica in Kingston, takes us through four possible scenarios.

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PHARMACY TODAY - Come on! Take your medicine
HIS HEALTH - Help, I'm passing blood inmy urine!
HER HEALTH - The sex lives of women (Part 2)

NORTHERN IRELAND - New power-sharing era for North
BELFAST (Reuters):Northern Ireland's Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, arch-foes during decades of bloodshed, launched a new power-sharing government in the British province yesterday aiming to put a final end to violence. Hardline Protestant cleric...

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ISRAEL - Archaeologist claims King Herod's tomb found