Admiral jumps ship - Top cop Lewin quits
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has reportedly tendered his resignation as commissioner of police after just 168 days in the job, a senior government official confirmed last night. The official said the resignation was on "general terms". Last night, Lewin would not confirm...

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$1m a week to secure HWT transport hub
Auction out west a grand success
Advertising seminar pays off
More brazen murders - 'You have children here who are really traumatised.

Stricter port security laws by year end
Legislation geared towards tighter port security should be on the nation's books by year end, according to Arthur Williams, minister of state in the Ministry of National Security. "The move is in keeping with the Government's efforts to curtail the illicit trade in drugs...

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Spotlight on Traffic - Police under fire for presence on roads
'No pile-up of garbage in Mona' - Absolutely no wide-scale waste problem, says head of citizens' association
We have short-changed our children - Golding
Hurricane radar out of service
Drug agency head to be axed
Teachers alarmed at allegations of sexual abuse in schools

Wachovia board forces out CEO
Wachovia Corp chief executive officer, Ken Thompson, was pushed out on Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the United States housing market. He joins Stanley...

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Chile announces US$1 billion fuel subsidy
US loses appeal over WTO cotton dispute with Brazil
World Wise suspends operations

Shiv hits ton but poor umpiring decisions leave Windies facing tricky last day ...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Shivnarine Chanderpaul battled to his 19th Test century but Brett Lee's pace and accurate reverse swing, aided by three successive, contentious umpiring decisions, triggered a West Indies collapse...

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Reggae Boyz in final tune-up at the 'Office'
Clarke sure Meadhaven will qualify
West Indies failures contributed to MacGill's decision
Ver happy with form
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Basketball's best to square off again
Knights, Bulls tip off on a high
Steele ready to take tough road to success
Usain Bolt and Glen Mills: Long, winding journey to a world record

EDITORIAL - This is the Prime Minister's call
Finally, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is stirring. He appears to be getting around to the realisation that crime is Jamaica's number one problem and the solution to which ought to be his government's priority. But, as we pointed out in The Sunday Gleaner...

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Beware the panic button
MacMillan best and worse of times
NOTE-WORTHY: Jail them

LETTER OF THE DAY - A sampling of abundance from backyard gardening
The Editor, Sir: Like Stephen Smith (Friday, May 9), I am disturbed and disappointed by the public's response to Dr Tufton's suggestion that we grow/eat more cassava. I recently listened to people from Old Harbour on CVM TV's vox pop, 'What A Gwaan?'

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Dismal comment on our youth
HWT overhead crossings needed
Dancehall madness
Give education priority
How to tackle road carnage
Is the PM out of touch?

Jazz without fanfare - Ocho Rios festival continues to swing
EACH JUNE, for nearly 20 years, Sonny Bradshaw has launched the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival with little fanfare. There are no marquee acts, divas or massive promotion, yet Bradshaw's little show has quietly established itself as one of Jamaica's enduring live events...

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Sipping wine and talking Chile

Maritime sector to see changes when EPA takes effect
With the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) scheduled for July this year between CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic and the European Union (EU), several services within the local maritime sector could see changes taking place when the Agreement takes effect...

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Local company to benefit from US partnership deal

St Ann's centenarians flourish
In February, we featured four centenarians from the parish of Manchester. But Manchester is not the only parish where seniors live for 100 years or more. On a gloomy and rainy day, Lifestyle journeyed to Sturge Town in St Ann to visit three golden agers...

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Ma Beth
Miss Fanny

Grenadians to vote July 8
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell on Sunday night announced Tuesday, July 8, as the date for general election in Grenada.Addressing a rally of his ruling New National Party (NNP) in the west coast fishing town of Gouyave,...

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Three charged in speedboat deaths of Jamaican, Haitians