August mourning - Year's third-highest number of murders recorded
One hundred and twenty three more Jamaicans have been murdered up to the end of August, when compared to the same period last year, according to the latest police statistics provided by the Jamaica Constabulary Force. In what is shaping up to be another murderous year...

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'Election: Good, but not perfect!' - Miller tells Gleaner long-service awardees
Who for the Shadow Cabinet? - Analysts hint at possible PNP placements
Jamaican narcotics efforts go unrewarded
Shots fired at Manning Cup match in Arnett
St Lucians bid a final farewell to former PM Sir John Compton
Post-'Dean' restoration work by the Church
Tufton meets with agriculture heads
Committee to oversee BITU

The new executive
Bruce Golding, Prime Minister, Planning,Development and Defence - Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade - Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance & the Public Service - Dorothy Lightbourne, Attorney-General & Minister of Justice...

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Archbishop of York to visit Jamaica
Dispute foundation head joins Institute of Arbitrators
Wolmer's old boys general meeting today
Trafigura out, Glencore in
Consumers blast price gouging
Mullings ready to tame oil price
'Moving Jamaica to higher heights
Henry to transform Vernamfield
Ho Lung pleads for the poor
St Ann post offices in need of repair

Brazil courting Jamaica as ethanol hub
Brazil's Petrobras is in talks with Petrojam on the possibility of using the refinery's Kingston port as a hub for the distribution of ethanol to other Caribbean and Central American countries. Refinery boss Winston Watson said Petrojam was open to the partnership with Petrobras...

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JCC proposes creation of a board to monitor Customs Department
Carib Cement to explain shortage - Merchants limit sales per customer
Did Omar Davies 'run wid it' again? - Off-budget spending busts deficit target in four months
New Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) director appointed
Big taxes cut into Red Stripe profits - Export segment declines
Industrial expansion pressures electricity supply
PetroCaribe oil for Grenada in October - Replaces Texaco contract
Fed rate cut spurs market rally

St Jago make impressive start
HOSTS ST. Jago High made an impressive start to their Inter-Secondary Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup campaign with an 11-0 thrashing of St. Mary's College yesterday. André Vernal and Marcel Baker each scored a brace to help guide St. Jago...

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Munro, STETHS on target
Level of discipline impresses Bennett
AC Milan down Benfica 2-1
Sunshine Girls keen to rebound
Facelift for race series
Kiwis get by England
Sri Lanka tame the Tigers
Pakistan rock Aussies
Dhoni takes charge
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Afridi's spin leaves Australia dizzy
Is there better to come from Tiger?
Redskins upset Eagles
US, NorthKorea in quarter-finals

EDITORIAL - Addressing court backlog
Chief Justice, Mrs. Zaila McCalla's call for an audit of persons in state custody to determine how best to dispose of their cases is a useful idea that should be implemented as soon as is practical. We appreciate of course, that an audit is one thing and disposing ...

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Pilgrimage to Kendal
It's all about oil
NOTE-WORTHY: Lead with decorum

LETTER OF THE DAY - Problems of 18 years can't be solved overnight
THE EDITOR, Sir: I am rather proud to say that I am not genetically linked or politically affiliated and favour no party over the other.A mentor of mine suggested that my generation was really in no position to have compared what the government was like maybe 20 years ago and now...

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Singing a different tune
Farming crisis needs new thinking ...Singing a different tune
Singing a different tune
Does free education make sense?
Bruce the frequent flyer

Moving 'Memory, Monologue'
The cast of 'A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer' at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI on Sunday. Using only boxes for the readers, with no more than three of them on the stage at any one time, A Memory A Monologue depended on the presenters' quality....

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Jacko's tresses take hours to style

BE WELL: Stressed - Don't sweat the small stuff
I spent my Sunday just de-stressing. And, the strange thing is, I wasn't relaxing at a spa, driving through the mountains or preparing tea, I (along with many other participants) was having a bellyful of laughter at the 22nd annual medical symposium staged by Blue Cross of Jamaica...

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DIETITIAN'S DESK - Breastfeed within the first hour
Create a more beautiful you
FITNESS CLUB - Rest and recover between workouts
US schools take on bullying
Letters - Treating allergies in Jamaica

Schoolchildren pay tribute to Compton
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): Thousands of students from schools across the island Monday paid tribute to the late Prime Minister Sir John Compton in song and dance at an over four-hour cultural rally at the Mindoo Phillip Park in Castries...

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NDC to pay first official visit to North America
ILO workshop to improve region's labour climate
Cuba and Suriname to strengthen cooperation

Bodyguard business booms in Colombia
VALLEDUPAR, Colombia (Reuters):The bodyguard business is booming in this northern Colombian city plastered with posters of rival political candidates, mostly tough-looking men with hard eyes and forced smiles. New crime gangs are emerging in Valledupar...

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Gov't to review security firms after shooting
Political will lacking in confronting global warming - Ban Ki-moon