Too few cops - Police training facilities said to be inadequate
Failure to make good on a multimillion-dollar pact to upgrade the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) training facilities at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, is hampering its capacity to meet the manpower needs of the force.

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JDF changes head
Light bulb saga could blow PNP's election chances
Police look forward to 40-hour work week
Former tourism minister weighs in on Lynch appointment
Jamaicans urged to capitalise on technology
Growing up in St Ann
Climate change spurs dengue early warning system for the Caribbean
Seeking to bring the disabled into mainstream

Creative sector urged to widen its market
As the creative sector seeks to reposition itself for greater viability and benefits, key players are being urged not to ignore critical markets that remain untapped."We are losing millions of dollars because of the weaknesses...

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J'can takes on NASA
Good performance by young entertainment firm
Creative jobs on the rise
Learning to entertain
Inner-city youths exposed to violence more delinquent
Surprise! Jamaican students choose parents as primary role models
'It is not easy to attend so many funerals'
The Rio Cobre Gorge-ous but devious
Gangs still dominant in the community despite JCF efforts

Hike in cable box prices - Move from $1,200 to $2,900
Cable operators island-wide have increased the price charged to subscribers to rent their cable boxes. Sunday Business understands that the increase, which has been incremental over the last few months due to the steady devaluation of the Jamaican dollar, was propped up last month when...

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The secret of motor vehicle valuations
Cocoa Board to introduce dissolvable chocolate bar - To be sold locally, overseas
Partner's Financial launches 'uncollaterised' loan scheme - Capped at $100,000, repayable at 35% add-on
New trading peak for oil
MySpace co-creates scripted web show - Airs on myspacetv.com
Europe drafts contingency plan for failed EPA deals - Caribbean, Central Africa only two likely to complete pact
Saving time with web-based productivity boosters

Ja seek one-day crown
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC): A KEEN contest is expected when reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica square off in the final of the KFC Cup today at the Three Ws Oval.The day/night match starting at 12:45 p.m.

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A job well done, some fine recommendations
Bridgeport, JC advance
Rusea's lead pack into semis
Heavyweight clash at H View
Curlin takes Breeders' Cup
Simpson makes up a little ground
Road races for this afternoon
Man U take lead - for now
NFL strides into the UK

The Church, gambling and tourism
Predictably, with Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett indicating the new government's willingness to re-examine the possibility of allowing full casino gambling here, church representatives have expressed their...

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Corruption and the black bourgeoisie
'Butch's' tentacles are everywhere
Fiah Seshaiah? No Niah!
The economics behind gender imbalance

LETTER OF THE DAY - Reviving the scout movement
THE EDITOR, Sir: We at the Scout Association of Jamaica are encouraged by the statement of Mr. Mark Kerr-Jarrett, chairman of the St. James Parish Committee, calling for the revival of boy scouts, girl guides and cadets.

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God cannot change
Evolution theory disregards the Creator

Reggae Academy - Reggae gains support
It is the first-ever Academy Awards to take place in Jamaica and already hundreds of artistes producers and other reggae music interests have been signing up to participate in next February's first staging.

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Edge Michael: a fortunate chip off Tosh's block
Appreciative audience for two top choirs
Cedar Hill well off beaten track
Michel Bolton returns for 'One Night Only'
Ernie Smith imagines a 'Duppy Gunman'
30-year gospel roots dug up

Crafty affair
A STROLL in the craft markets along the north coast, from Ocho Rios to Negril, clues you in on a moistening bone of contention among vendors and tourist industry players. Evidently, craft as an art expression is being put to the test.

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Kingsley Thomas rallies for artists
'Warm, true and bittersweet'

Zeromeh Campbell realises her dream
Zeromeh Campbell's happiness and joy at realising her dream is infectious and heart-warming. After several years of hard work and sacrifice, the young Jamaican woman graduated as a medical doctor in May 2007 from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Etana, the strong one
SEXUALLY CLOSE AND INFECTED!
Dealing with awkward situations

Whose conflict of interest?
One sniff of our public affairs and we might justifiably echo the remark of Marcellus in Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." And now the Great Danes of the PNP Opposition are barking and growling at...

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China's threat to freedom
Global crisis and lessons from the Caribbean
Does history beat biology?
Poor mothers need an advocate
The male backlash
The PNP and the private sector - Pt III

Alecia Griffith is Miss Tropical Paradise '07
WESTERN BUREAU: Three beauties from different countries in the Caribbean edged out their rivals from the region and the United States to walk away winners in the Eighth Annual Miss Tropical Paradise Pageant, last Saturday...

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Celebrating seventy
Recognising hard work
Choristers get send-off
Partying like there's no tomorrow!

Darfur peace talks begin without key rebels
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters): Sudan's government and some rebel groups began talks in Libya yesterday to end four and a half years of conflict in Darfur, but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.

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Anti-abortion marchers demand change in law
Californian vows to rebuild