GSAT gloom - Ministry disappointed with Jamaica's national averages
Jasper Lawrence, chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, yesterday said he was disappointed with the national averages of the 2008 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), but said measures were being put in place to improve student performance...

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Police witness unit
More constituencies for three parishes
Churches praise investment schemes
Vale Royal talks to resume
Vets want tighter leash on Pit Bulls
Keeping it clean
Roving with Lalah feedback

SOS Children's Village - Providing a family for children without
It has often been said that it takes a village to raise a child, and nestled in the cool, secluded heights of Stony Hill, St Andrew, one can find such a village. The SOS Children's Village is an orphanage, distinct from any other. The children, who are either victims...

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Praises for permit parking
Oil prices still hitting the gas
Ramble puts faith in Prime Minister
Adults are our children's greatest enemy - Pastor
Law enforcers urged to be on the lookout for human trafficking
Marzouca's death a major loss to Montego Bay
Journalist freed of fraud charges

Collusion of the corrupt - Economic forum highlights tax policy differences
Finance Minister Audley Shaw on Thursday hit at Jamaica's corporate bosses, charging publicly that elements within their ranks have contributed to the rank corruption at the ports through collusion with Customs officials gone bad...

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Scotiabank gives C&WJ exclusivity
REIT offer extended
Market gobbles up JSE preference shares
PSOJ ECONOMIC FORUM - Expect growth, but not much, says Davies
Eager for forgiveness, but slow to pay
RBTT Jamaica makes $820m - Trinidad parent reports flat results as tax charges bite
Pinpointing Caribbean growth momentum - The Farrell-Ali spectrum
COMMENTARY - Economic crime and human need to forage
Protection of Jamaica's patrimony
PM wants deeper analysis from

Portmore Missionary out front
PORTMORE MISSIONARY are the early leaders after the opening day of the 2008 Inter-Prep Schools' Track & Field Championships at the National Stadium. After two finals, Portmore Missionary were out front with 18.5 points, ahead of Hydel (14) and Quest (10). Our Lady of the Angels...

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Simoes to continue experiments
Hot Chanderpaul moves up test rankings
Breese to the rescue as Durham reach semis
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Chanderpaul, Sarwan brace the West Indies
Home for Boyz, Girlz upgraded
Justin Vaz sweeps Hi-Pro Grand Prix and EFJ League
Sammy Oh So to rebound
I would play for Real Madrid - Ronaldo
Germany tipped for Euro '08
Mexico go down 4-1 to Argentina
Oh brother, Safina into Open final
Mon Fils the odd man out in semi-final action
Stanley Cup returns to Hockeytown

EDITORIAL - In the wake of Barack Obama
It is hard to overstate the historic significance of the just-concluded Democratic Party primaries in the United States to select the party's standard-bearer in the presidential election, and the ultimate triumph of Senator Barack Obama. Mr Obama is what Americans call an African American...

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To catch a criminal
NOTE-WORTHY: Cavendish banana

LETTER OF THE DAY - Economic reconstruction a substitute for crime plan
The Editor, Sir: As the country reels from the onslaught of those who place little or no value on human life, the nation is witnessing a level of brazenness, never before seen, on our shores. We collectively ask the question: what is the leadership of the country doing to address ...

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Monitoring work permits
Elated about Obama but ...
Postal theft
Florida group concerned about Jamaica
No dignity in 'Passa Passa'
Church's role on violence
Recalling old Jamaica
The crime puzzle
Strange sort of patriotism

Festival Song contest goes back to 'Bam Bam' roots
The slogan for this year's Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival Song Competition, 'What a Festival Bam Bam!', indicates not only a return to the contest's roots, but also its intention. For, speaking at the contest's official launch at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel...

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Something extra

'Sex' premieres in the city
It was a night for 'the girls' to come out, beautifully dressed I might add. A couple of 'Mr Bigs' also tagged along. The event? The official premiere of the movie Sex and the City in Jamaican theatres. Official because somehow it seems like a stretch to officially open...

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Called to the bar!
An evening of sunshine
'I am' with NCB!
One fabulous island weekend

HAITI - Thousands protest kidnappings
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC):Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday protesting an increase in kidnappings in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

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ST LUCIA - Controversial minister to rejoin Cabinet
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - New trade and industry minister backs EPA
GRENADA - OAS official to visit ahead of election

US blasts detention of diplomats
WASHINGTON (AP): The United States yesterday expressed outrage over what it called Zim-babwe's unjust detention of US diplomats and protested the envoys' treatment at the United Nations. Zimbabwean officials eventually released the diplomats, who were...

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Prosecutor to probe possible ETA-FARC link
Israelis getting to know Obama