Gleaner Editors' Forum: 'We have the tape' - Nurses holding Shaw to salary promise
Members of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) are insisting that they will hold the new Finance Minister, Audley Shaw, to a promise to substantially increase their pay, in short order, saying they have this promise on tape and will be seeking early delivery on the commitment....

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8-y-o saves friend from drowning
'A caan believe' - Family mourns relatives who died in fatal crash
Smith to speak on Woolmer findings
Six more Gov't senators named
No injunction against Crown - PNP
Cement cess to be reduced - Move to stimulate more imports
East Hanover seat in limbo
Holness mute on cost-sharing money
JLP senator stresses quality workforce
Smith speaks out at cop's funeral

Accident Bad Spot - Tales of tragedy stretch along Spanish Town Road
According to statistics from the National Road Safety Council, Spanish Town Road in St. Andrew was the most deadly 'bad spot' for motor vehicular accidents in 2006.

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Accident Bad Spot - Nightmare on Spanish Town bypass
Please, proceed with caution
José Marti High back in business - 'The house was boring and I missed school'
Farmer gets $3m in damages
St Thomas residents threaten lockdown - Water woes crippling business entities
Jamaica celebrates first World Contraception Day
New procedures for Canadian visa application
PAJ meeting and brunch
Solution needed for fertiliser hike - JAS
Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA) holds meeting on divestment

Shaw to cut real estate taxes - Reactions positive
Finance Minister Audley Shaw, in his first public speech since assuming office on Tuesday, announced the abolition of transfer taxes and the reduction of stamp duties, saying the moves should speed up the pace of business in construction and related industries.

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Salada, market analysts caution shareholders on new Mayberry offer
Liquidators of Dyoll Insurance sue Dyoll Group - Claims $117m in 'overcharged' fees
Debra Lopez departing NCB Capital Markets - Williams to oversee wealth division
Joe Taffe replaces Wehby as PSOJ treasurer
Neal and Massy increases stake in BS&T - Takeover rivalry pushes up acquisition price
Telecoms investment tops $84b since liberalisation - New regulatory powers needed
Mullings to promote benefits of new E-transaction law
Largest Playboy store opens in London
Cuba secures US$100mloan from Venezuela - To restore its railways

Bridgeport scrape through
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Bridgeport managed to slip their way past a determined St George's, coming away with a 1-0 victory in a bruising ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup Group D fixture at Waterford High yesterday. In a highly-competitive game, the titleholders were forced...

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Clarendon clip Lennon 1-0
Seba clip Reno for trophy
Tocumen ready to rumble
Football fever is in the air
Harbour View back on top with 2-1 win
India on top of the world
Pakistan tour a massive challenge, says Smith
Girls need to improve says skipper

EDITORIAL - Death stalks the roadways
Human missiles, often disguised as drivers on the Jamaican roads, have inflicted untold grief and harrowing sorrow on many families. The latest example of this took place on Monday when six people were killed along Highway 2000 near the Vineyard Toll Plaza, Clarendon.

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The disaffected majority
Our expectations
NOTE-WORTHY: A plea for political minorities

LETTER OF THE DAY - What does 'front-line duty' mean for policemen?
The Editor, Sir:When communities protested killings by the police, in last week's incidents in St. James and St. Thomas, the police high command informed the public that the police shooters had been taken "off front-line duty". The new Minister of National Security...

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Vacant reasoning
Portia must pick a vibrant team
Clearing air on dual citizenship
Police excesses

Pam Hall organises song for 'Sunshine Girls'
Singer Pam Hall got the idea of actually doing a song for the 'Sunshine Girls', Jamaica's senior netball team, about two years ago, but her sporting interest was there long before. "I used to play netball as a child in school. The three main sporting events I attend are netball...

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'Little Lisa' launches debut album
Mystic Revelations to get Musgrave Medal
Skatalites guitarist remembered
Tony Greene colourful on 'Midnight Blue'
Aubry blown away with Halle's pregnancy

BE WELL: My mother has ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE... with prayers and faith she is still with us
The year 2005 found busy Kingston-based attorney-at-law, Dundeen Ferguson, struggling with issues of life and death. Not her own, but that of her dearly, beloved mother, Ruby; entering a phase of rapid physical and mental decline resulting from Alzheimer's disease... -

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HER HEALTH - The strength of a woman
FITNESS CLUB - Exercises for sciatic nerve njury
DIETITIAN'S DESK - My son will not eat breakfast!
'Reflexology' your stress away
Sexual health and STIs in men

Duvalier apologises for 'wrongs'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP):Exiled dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier has ended years of silence to ask Haitians' forgiveness for 'wrongs' committed by his regime and urge supporters to rally around his small political party.The comments, broadcast...

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Spencer wants collaborative action on climate change
... Keith Mitchell calls for more aid
... Arthur lobbies for smaller states

García can govern despite Fujimori
LIMA (Reuters):Peruvian President Alan García said yesterday his legislative agenda will not be derailed by a dispute with the political party of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori, who is facing trial on human-rights crimes and corruption....

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Letting Iran go nuclear could cause war - Sarkozy
US Supreme Court to decide photo ID voting law
Council of Europe to vote on creationism next week
Outrage turns to laughter at Ahmadinejad NY speech