Gun control for Ja - UN will implement programme as safety measure
With an election approaching and political tension threatening to spill over into violence in some inner-city communities, the United Nations (UN) is readying a gun-control programme for Jamaica.The programme is not deliberately...

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EDITORS' FORUM - Little growth in agri project
US extends CARICOM duty-free privilege
Tufton has big plans for Black River
Golding promises unbiased divide of resources
Portland's most wanted convicted

'St James is becoming rape capital'
WESTERN BUREAU: Murders are trending down in the St. James Police Division for the first time in three years, but rapes and robberies are on the increase, says Superintendent Steve McGregor, commanding officer for the parish.

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'Get serious about early childhood' Samms-Vaughan says more needs to be done
Across the nation
Veteran journalist drowns
Fugitive extradited

Comparing financial results in different countries
Investors in different countries have, in the past, found it very difficult to compare companies' reported results as accounting standards may have significant variations.The need for accounting standards to converge into one...

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American company plans Las Vegas-style hotel-casino for Panama - To be branded by Wyndham

Hammond upstages Goulbourne
Many-time national 100m champion, Elva Goulbourne was up-staged in the senior women's long jump by American-born Jamaican Chelsea Hammond on the opening day of the Puma/Supreme Ventures National senior and Junior...

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Lewis, Wilson spike second title
Hinds cracks double century
Federer and Henin - bank on it!
Shelton gets World XI pick
Boyz look to rebound against Vietnamese
Drivers ready for Dover showdown
Bucknor and company pay for CWC final blunder
'Irish' set to make amends
'St Bess' set to run away with crown
Nail-biting win earns Tivoli bragging rights
WI keyed-up for one-dayers - Ramdin
Milutinovic moving in the right direction
Simpson, Facey leap to junior titles
Walker returns to alma mater

Torrington Park's pain
The viciousness that characterises the Corporate Area's internecine gang violence was manifested in a particularly heinous crime on Thursday when a mother and daughter were burnt to death after their house was firebombed...

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Fix schools first

LETTER OF THE DAY - Yes to smoke ban, longer school hours
The Editor, Sir: I wish to commend the St. James Parish Council for taking the bold stance against tobacco smoking within the confines of the parish council building.

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Afflicted with PhD syndrome
Names missing from EOJ list
Unbelievable Cockpit study
Reconsider the London route
Confidence tricksters
NEPA's study on Canoe Valley

Ciara A strong bet at BET Awards
It's getting to be no surprise: another year, another chance for Ciara to earn BET Awards. A 2005 nominee for four of the honours and winner of one - best collaboration (for 1, 2 Step, with Missy Elliott) - and a contender for two last year, the young singer is in the running three more times in the BET Awards '07.

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Daytime Emmy Awards stunner: Two shows tie for Outstanding Drama
Soap scene
'Passions' Has Ethan finally chosen his true love?
Shaq's attack on kids' obesity a slam-dunk show for ABC
'Transformers' movie taps into 1980s nostalgia

... life - Renewal of vows
Dear Counsellor: I was married 20 years ago and it feels like a lifetime. Nowadays, I find that there is no romance and our behaviour is ritualistic. I would like to know how to rejuvenate my marriage.

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... relationships - I want to leave him
Video-gameaddictiona disorder? US medics think so

Peace in the candy aisle
Taking a shortcut from the milk cooler to the cashier, I tried hard to ignore the four-year-old girl who whined and cried her way down the grocery store candy aisle. Her mother dragged her along by the hand saying firmly, "No candy right now. We'll be home for dinner soon."

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Art for the irreligious

Judge refuses to recuse himself
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Francis Belle, the Bar-bados-born judge presiding over the re-sentencing hearing for 13 men convicted of killing former prime minister Maurice Bishop, has refused to recuse himself from the case, despite admitting that he came...

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