Jobs under threat - Labour minister says companies planning to send home hundreds - Points to global economic meltdown as cause of problems
An impending wave of job cuts triggered by the slowdown of the global economy has spurred Jamaica's Labour Minister Pearnel Charles to schedule a meeting with trade unions next week to head off the developing crisis. According to Charles, several companies...

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'Try staggering work hours'
Parents, face up
If you lose your job ...Don't cash that cheque
King, queen state visit still on - Silva
Killancholly murder suspect confesses
Jamaica boldly facing challenges
Jamaican parenting in crisis
Three suspects held in Norwood killing
Jamaica may suffer greatly from economic woes - Seaga

Gordon House moved to tears - Foreigner laments role in daughter's abortion
TEARS FLOWED freely in Gordon House yesterday during a gripping presentation by a foreigner, now living in Jamaica, who recounted a tale of how she forced her daughter to carry out an abortion. She has been haunted by the grave decision...

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Amnesty: Death penalty not best for Jamaica
Jamaican heads int'l criminal tribunal
Green clarifies media utterances on alert system
Woman Inc on exhibition
Securing the homeland - The functions and role of the JDF
World AIDS Day still alive after 20 years
It's all in the blood
Disposing of dead animals
Accused helped to move children's bodies, court told
March trial for men on murder rap

$1.5b loss hits JP - But Hall promises better times ahead
Weighed down by another big gush of red ink in the third quarter, Jamaica Producers Group (JP) has reported a $1.5 billion loss for the 10 months to the first week of October, but the company's CEO, Jeffrey Hall, insists that shareholders can look forward...

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US$60m reform loan for Jamaica
It's a loan, says Port Authority - Royal Caribbean to be repaid US$102m investment in Falmouth pier
Fitch aligns NCB credit rating with Jamaica's
Latibeaudiere avoids 'R' word
BOJ moves signal difficult times ahead
JPS back in the black - Reports $566m profit, $57b of revenue
GK sales top $40b, but profit sluggish
World Bank US$100b lifeline overdue, says Patterson
COMMENTARY - Avoiding the 'greatest' depression 2009; escaping the liquidity trap

Don't blame me - Burrell - JFF boss says Boyz' failure to qualify was Simoes' fault
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Captain Horace Burrell, has come out firing back at critics, saying that the failure of the Reggae Boyz to qualify for the final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying was not in the hiring of professor René Simoes ...

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Non-qualification is a big setback for football
Marshall to call it quits
Bolt to train in Ireland
Aris returns as JAAA president
T&T advance to final round
Barnes, Whitmore saga points to bigger problem
Cambridge slips back in Bermuda Open round
Otago clarifies 'racy' cricket slogan
CTL concerned with project delays at track
'Caymanas girls' a big hit

EDITORIAL - Vote no, MPs
THIRTY YEARS ago, with Parliament, and Jamaicans broadly, similarly exercised about the issue of capital punishment, the advice of Dudley Thompson was to put the rope "where it belongs". Which was "under the necks" of convicted criminals.

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NOTE-WORTHY

LETTER OF THE DAY - Until the law is amended the penalty is hanging
THE EDITOR, Sir: JUSTICE IS served when the punishment fits the crime. Indeed, it is a little bit more than that. Our topical crime is murder and the topical penalty is death. Given our existing policy framework, it would appear that the overwhelming majority...

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Reacting to violence
Misplaced deterrent
Critical questions on death penalty
Keep the penalty
Just do whatever is necessary!
Hang them and hang them high!
Soroptimists voice concern

The dragon's eternal flame
The Dragon may have taken his last breath, but the musical flame he ignited more than 50 years ago is eternal. Byron Lee's music transcended guitars, drums and revellers and was an impetus for social unification...

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Tributes
JAI off the plane, into the studio
Something extra

Canadian women enjoy fashion, coffee
On Tuesday, members of the Canadian Women's Club of Jamaica met for a morning of coffee and fashion at the Canadian High Commission, Seymour Avenue in St Andrew.

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French films on show
British Airways, FirstCaribbean International Bank link up
Robert MacMillan hosts fabulous fest