Bruce takes charge - Golding sworn in as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister
Calling himself the chief servant of the people, 59-year-old Orette Bruce Golding, Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister, declared yesterday in his inaugural address that his government would demonstrate, in its first 100 days, "political will", as it moves...

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Prime Minister Golding well received
Golden moment
Walker hits back at malpractice claim
Sixth forms wary of free tuition plan
'Schools need more funds'
Something Extra...
Demetri Chambers, reaping the fruits of his labour

Kimberley Francis shows hard work does pay off
Kimberley Francis was keeping her fingers crossed that she would have been able to pull off at least a grade three in her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics exam. Needless to say, that when the results came out and she found ...

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Four Jamaicans selected to help combat human trafficking
Top Kiwanian youths hailed
Kraal chronicle continues
Britain pledges US$1m for Dean-hit islands
Adventists reach out to hurricane victims
Don't hike miscellaneous fees - JLP
High scores for Safe Schools Programme
Parents urged to prepare nutritious meals
OAS expresses condolences on John Compton's death
Yallahs Primary reopens

New phone licensing regime - Tighter regulation for service providers
Renters of space on mobile networks of big telecommunications firms must be licensed by the Office of Utilities Regulations in order to provide phone service, the agency said this week. The change affects service providers like Megafone, which piggybacks on the MiPhone network...

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ANSA McAL extends BS&T takeover offer - Gives shareholders two more weeks
Swiss Cash re-emerges - 'Interpol locked us down'
Hoteliers, Spanish investors to meet
$9b agriculture restoration bill - Some international agencies pledge help
US$10 million Jamalco damage - Full resumption by November
New Alcoa mine for Brazil
OPEC agrees to boost crude output by 500,000 barrels
Dollar heads to all time low against euro
T&T wants foreign policy signal from Golding - Concerned about Caricom commitment
Land Rover sets new regional sales record
Communicating for successin the workplace: Listening

Gayle force not enough
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC):SLIPSHOD CRICKET after Chris Gayle hit the first Twenty20 International hundred condemned West Indies to an eight-wicket defeat to hosts South Africa in the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. The West Indies bowled loosely...

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'Sparrow' to swoop on Trophy
ICL to improve the standard in India, says Lara
Argentina edge Australia 1-0
Getting the little things right
Pumas continue to shine
It's win or perish for Ukraine

EDITORIAL - Now, on with the work
Yesterday's swearing-in ceremony of Bruce Golding as Jamaica's eighth Prime Minister at King's House was conducted with the dignity, decorum and simplicity befitting the occasion. The speech by Mr.Golding was as eloquent as it was filled with pathos. ..

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A green government?
9/11 - 150 years ago
The diary of a Jamaican-born US citizen
NOTE-WORTHY - The Portia future

LETTER OF THE DAY - If Jamaican farming is to survive ...
he Editor, Sir: After reading Dr. John Rapley's article on 'Oil and Farming' in The Gleaner, August 23, the following sentence sums it up for me, "It may be that if Jamaican farming is to survive and prosper, it will have to revamp itself in a way that makes ...

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Attack of vampires
Remembering Collie Smith
Terror in Canterbury
Portia's legacy

Jamaica Folk Singers' 40th Anniversary - A trip down memory lane
The Jamaica Folk Singers' 40th Anniversary Concert was an entertaining trip down memory lane in which the group reminisced in the company of a capacity audience at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, St. Andrew, on Sunday evening. The group relived the 'good ole days' in six scenes....

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Hill and Cera - hilariously 'Superbad'
Pavarotti's daughters to battle wife for $35b
Kanye walks away empty-handed - Artiste upset with VMA's decision, after being nominated in five categories and not winning

BE WELL: Ready set go - Special BACK-TO-SCHOOL edition
Dear 'ol Dean has come and gone leaving behind his memories, the election fever is almost out of our system, life is getting back to normal and you know, in the real world children have to go to school.If you have children, it's your job to prepare them for school.

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HIS HEALTH - UPs and downs - Do I have an infection?
HER HEALTH - The downs twins
DIETITIAN'S DESK - Breakfast solutions for schoolchildren
PHARMACY TODAY - No 'nits' inside our schools and homes
Fat or pleasingly plump?

Torturers! - Black woman survives week of abuse
CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP): Authorities said yesterday they are considering hate crime charges in the case of a black woman who was tortured by six whites while being held captive for at least a week. The six people, who included a mother and son and a mother and daughter...

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Compton to be cremated
Spanish to invest millions in Guyana
Skerrit sues newspaper