Sperm goes up in smoke - Pollutants, marijuana linked to low fertility
THE INCREASED use of herbicides and steroids in food and meat production, as well as the smoking of marijuana are being linked to increasing low fertility in Jamaican men, health officials have revealed. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the man is responsible...

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Metal detectors for schools
A special gift for 2008
Celebrities count down out west
Praises for a New Year
Betting on better times in Mandela Park

New Year's Message - 'Seize the moment for a fresh start'
As we enter into a brand new year, I trust that you had a happy and peaceful Christmas and that the New Year finds you renewed, refreshed and hopeful. It is a great blessing to be here, alive and alert to greet 2008 and I give thanks for this privilege.

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Prophetic word for 2008
Taxi man first victim for 2008
Former commish wishes for change

Cheque transactions top $2.3 trillion - Clearing House now testing electronic cheque system
Jamaica's five-year-old Automated Clearing House (ACH) processed cheques with face value totalling $2.3 trillion in the calendar year to November 2007, to surpass the full value of current account transactions in 2006. The ACH, whose members comprise the Bank of Jamaica...

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Late start to minimum wage consultations - January decision uncertain
Business as usual for forex traders - Olint appeals Supreme Court ruling, LewFam considering next move
Oil ends '07 below US$96 per barrel - Traders eye US$100 crude this year
Regional economies need to invest big in infrastructure - IDB - Moreno suggests spend of 4-7 per cent of GDP
Brazil hopes to create more jobs in '08
French company to build Trinidad's offshore pipelines
More Jamaicans hunting regional jobs - 600 Trinidadians seek jobs here
Job weakness likely to dictate interest rate cuts
Cuba reports strong growth for fourth year

Windies face an acid Test
THE WEST Indies take on South Africa in the second Test of their three-match series in Cape Town starting today and, for the first time in a long time, they are bubbling with confidence and walking with a swagger. After failing to win a Test match against...

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Four-year ban for Gatlin
Focus is the key as St Georges meet tough Seba
Ellis stars with triple
Are the signs of West Indies resurgence real?
Arsenal stay ahead
Utah too hot for Blazers
Aussies look to equal Test record

EDITORIALS - Post-election upheaval in Kenya
Our worst fears, sadly, are being realised in Kenya. More than 200 people have been killed in post-election violence, and the country seems in danger of the kind of ethnic upheaval that has elsewhere led to civil war and long-term instability.

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Adrian Strachan
A year of hope
NOTE-WORTHY: New Year wishes

LETTER OF THE DAY - Time to allow guns for law-abiding citizens
The Editor, Sir: With the Jamaican society witnessing an average of 1,500 murders over the last several years, I think that the time has come for the gun laws to be changed very urgently for law-abiding citizens to be able to own guns very easily....

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On the verge of anarchy
A matter of prophecy
Helping the needy
Investment schemes pose many questions
A journey of discovery
Is safety a thing of the past?
Make being an 'informer' a business

Genesis heralds New Year praise
WESTERN BUREAU: The 2007 Tastee Talent Trail winner, Marvin Fishley was in top form at Genesis 2008, as the singing cop held the thousands of gospel loving patrons at the Montego Bay Community College under a musical curfew. While Fishley's breathtaking performance ...

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Sweeney sweetened by his killing
Fame made me lonely and unhappy - Rihanna
Something extra
A little something extra

I AM WHAT I THINK - A time for Reflection & Thanksgiving
Happy holidays to all. Amid the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I encourage everyone to pause, reflect and give thanks. It is the time to reflect on a year that was, to reflect on our personal achievements, successes, setbacks and failures, and to remind ourselves...

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HER HEALTH - Is she cheating?

More mayhem in Kenya - Mob torches church, kills 30
NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters): A mob torched a Kenyan church yesterday, killing villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election soared to nearly 200.The opposition said around 250 people...

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Jamaican jailed in Guyana for cocaine