War on sex abuse - Gov't creates child crisis hotline to beef up crime unit
Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday instructed the task force on child abuse prevention to move immediately to implement the recommended short-term initiatives to address the crisis of violence. The immediate strategies to be implemented will include moves...

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New testing regime to aid sickle-cell detection
Region signs EPA today
STATIN to add prostitutes, ganja farmers to data
Judges get 50% more pay
Economic confidence climbs - survey
Adventists launch out on humanitarian mission

Council transfers irk mayor
LUCEA, Hanover: Mayor of Lucea and chairman of the Hanover Parish Council Lloyd Hill has expressed disappointment about plans by the Parish Council Services Commission to conduct a mass transfer of secretary/managers throughout the islands parish...

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Parish council loses $-million project
No Christmas for Spaldings market - Vendors to remain in temporary area for holidays
DNA delay angers Ananda Dean's dad - '(The police) are dragging their feet' - Richard Dean
Veteran educator passes
Family's four-day search ends in grisly find
Crime choking Jamaica's GDP, says British official
Jamaica's ethanol mission
Jamaica red tape angers Trini businesswoman
Bitter murder case put off
Getting that Cayman visa

JMMB sells stake in CMMB
Jamaica Money Market Brokers has sold its 45 per cent stake in its Trinidad affiliate Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB) to majority partner CL Financial for US$41.37 million or J$3 billion.JMMB has given up both its stake in CMMB and in its stake...

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US$30m Chinese credit line for sugar - Cane farmers demand access
Modernising multilateralism and markets
Greek firm to acquire 10% of SVL - In 10-year sports betting deal
Downturn no deterrent to Air Jamaica sale - Wehby
Guyana may sign EPA after all - Jagdeo
Bahamas to provide relief to struggling homeowners

Do-or-die match-up for Reggae Boyz
ONE DOWN, now it's two to go. Having put Mexico on the floor Saturday, the Reggae Boyz return to work at 'The Office' today, aiming to pick off Honduras in a do-or-die CONCACAF Group Two World Cup qualifying match, beginning at 7 p.m...

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FROM THE BOUNDARY - Well done, Jamaica ... and good luck
JDF beat Rebels to take first hockey title
KC atop zone
Frome move forward
Victory is crucial, says Burrell
... Onus on Boyz to win
Top sides preparing for year's final qualifiers

EDITORIAL - Opportunity in crisis
In his speech to manufacturers last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding spoke of the potential dangers to Jamaica from the global financial crisis with a sense of realism that had hitherto been lacking from his administration. But while Golding altered the tone...

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NOTE-WORTHY

LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Ananda Alert' unit urged for missing children
The Editor, Sir:Let us not allow little Ananda, and the other children like her who have been abducted and killed, to die in vain. I appeal to Mary Clarke, the current children's advocate, and to the media to promote and help to implement...

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Teen in state of paranoia
'Faith without works is dead'
The business of sports administration
In defence of Minister Grange
Comment on Shaw 'insensitive'
A 'life of pain' can be prevented

'Strangers in Paradise' - Japanese, German artists portray Jamaica
'Strangers In Paradise' is an apt title for the exhibition which opens this Friday at Gallery Pegasus. The show features the work of two visual artists who have made Jamaica their adopted home for the last 15 years or so...

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Peter Tosh's tribute off
Something extra

This enabling society - 'Things will not change until we change'
We were all consumed with the brutal killing of children over the past few weeks. I think most well-thinking people in this country were traumatised. As a society, we have failed to ensure the safety of innocent children. But what is the big fuss about? This is not the first time...

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Poverty, status and health
Glaucoma and vision 2020
Your wellness scorecard
Get a check-up before exercising

Rolling Stone ends large format after four decades
NEW YORK (AP): Rolling Stone magazine is shrinking with the times. After more than four decades of standing out with a larger format than other magazines, it will step back and look like everyone else starting with the October 30 issue, due out this week....

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Vote unlikely to change policy on int'l court
McCain offers a new economic plan
Video games feature ads for Obama's campaign