Divine help - Children's Advocate says church attendance will curb delinquency in Jamaica
A CALL has been made for more parents to get their children involved in Sunday school and other church-related activities, as part of the ongoing effort to cut the nation's rising crime rate and juvenile delinquency. Children's Advocate Mary Clarke said yesterday there was a need...

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Prime Minister of Jamaica calls for Tivoli shooting inquest
Mico to attract more men to college
Review body completes first public libel forum
VP resigns from Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) after blackout
Litany of breaches at Bureau of Standards
New rule splits hair at Labour Ministry
Thursday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT

Beautiful hills of Portland
The air up there was crisp with a slight chill that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. The clouds seemed to be within arm's reach, almost like you could just reach out and touch them and the silence was deafening. Photographer Norman Grindley and I were lost somewhere...

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Caribbean leaders praise new Barbados Prime Minister
'European Union trade agreement no good for Caribbean'
Honarary Consulgets Barbadian award
$250b over two decades to transform education system
University of the West Indies (UWI) west campus accepting applicants
From dancehall don to ...devout man of God - How a guy with 16 girlfriends finally found the Lord's love

Cash Plus gets stay of execution
Alternative investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd.yesterday got a stay of execution of the cease-and-desist orders which the Financial Services Commission (FSC) had issued last month. The investment club, however, is not satisfied with the strict conditions which were imposed with the stay...

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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) offers one-year CD
US economy has lost momentum, says Fed

Campbell, Powell, Smith head nominees
WORLD 100m champion Veronica Campbell, world 100m record holder, Asafa Powell and World Championships silver medallist Maurice Smith head the list of nominees for the 2007 RJR Group Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards....

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Desperate Arnett win
Graham adapts to 'Pirates' and the cold
Is René Simoes the miracle man?
Tennis Jamaica (TJ) launches coaching clinic
Cousins looking to make opportunity count
Sarwan ok with Gayle
Richardson in, Hibbert out
Johnson warns Dawson
Tougher standards for local referees
Everybody makes mistakes - Jones
Sharapova ends hot comeback by Davenport
Inside the BPL: Time for a change

EDITORIAL - Arrogance, power and matters of justice
We are glad that a report ordered by Prime Minister Bruce Golding has concluded what was obvious from the start: That Michael Bennett, the caretaker of Independence Park in St.Elizabeth, was wrongfully dismissed. What was inadequate about the statement issued by Jamaica House...

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Prophets at large
A race full of surprises
NOTE-WORTHY: Thanks to many

LETTER OF THE DAY - Priest raps media defence of gambling
The Editor, Sir: As a young priest, I do not presume to speak on behalf of the Church, but simply as a Jamaican citizen. I read your editorial in The Gleaner of Wednesday, January 9, and am deeply troubled that one of the nation's leading newspapers has published an editorial...

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Better 'greedy' than 'needy'
Brown refutes Air Jamaica threat
Montego Bay needs more focus
Tivoli aftermath
Good sense re Air Jamaica
'Jamaica has lost its way'

JT Taylor jazzed up for Air Jamaica blues festival
A man of soul and flair, singer J.T. Taylor is enthused to be infusing his music on the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues stage this January. Known in his own right as a solo artiste and as lead singer of the group Kool and the Gang, Taylor will be showcasing his vocal talent ...

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Reid gets strong 'One Blood' love
Something extra...

Papaya and your diet
Papaya, reputedly called the 'fruit of the angels' by Christopher Columbus, is great to have in your diet arsenal. It's rich in vitamin C, folate, potassium, dietary fibre as well as vitamins A, E and K. Any fruit for that matter is good to eat when you are trying to lose weight ...

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Dining with Emma - Shrive yourself on Shrove Tuesday
SWEPT OFF MY FEET!
Terra-bly disappointing

DLP scores emphatic victory in elections
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) early yesterday ended 14 years in the political wilderness when it scored a decisive electoral victory over the Owen Arthur-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which was seeking an unprecedented...

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Castro unable to address Cuba's people

One fatally shot in Kenyan protest
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP): Police fired tear gas and bullets to disperse protesters in several Kenyan cities at the start of three days of opposition rallies that edged tensions higher in the East African nation's post-election crisis. At least one person was fatally shot by police...

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Peru takes Chile to World Court
Romney wins Michigan Republican primary

Harnessing the potential of our aloe
Aloe vera is a plant that is native to East and South Africa, but is cultivated in the West Indies and in the southern United States. The plant is unable to withstand cold conditions which make the Caribbean ideal planting ground for this world-recognised plant....

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Some interesting aloe IDEAS