Witnesses exposed - Protection being breached as case files change hands
The protection of witnesses is being breached by the practice of accused criminals who gain access to sensitive witness information, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington. Speaking yesterday at a forum on crime and violence in the workplace...

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Disaster committee set up for farmers
'Outside work cuts down inmate violence'
Grenada police detain prime minister's office employee
Feud between Sandals, NEPA over alleged building breaches
Former JNBS general manager passes away
Silver Pen awardee says Church should be part of solution
EDITORS' FORUM - Bucknor blasts use of Brazilian football model
Roving with Lalah - Feedback
Preserving the Great Houses

Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) spending billions to cut electricity theft
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is intensifying its drive to clamp down on companies and individuals stealing large volumes of electricity.According to the head of corporate communications at the JPS, Winsome Callum, the light and power company...

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Robertson bats for more public/private sector partnerships
Government to again subsidise fertiliser
Portia urges debate on sex offences bill
New beneficiaries for PATH
Scholarship to be set up in memory of nursing pioneer
Japanese delegates 'meet for coffee'
Shelters for abused women soon a reality
Jamaica getting $3b grant to fight AIDS
Broderick calls for bauxite MoU review
Redundancy payouts for sugar workers by September 30

Petrojam asset sealed sugar deal - Ethanol plant 60% of sale price - Energy parent had no say
Petrojam Ethanol Limited, which is controversially among the assets being acquired by Brazil's Infinity BioEnergy in its takeover of the Government's sugar interest, will account for 60 per cent of the value of the one quarter stake Jamaica will have in the new entity...

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TASD expanding collectorates - New revenue centre in Portmore by year end
Jamaican dollar gathers downhill momentum
American company going after 1,000-acre south coast property
Sagicor earmarks US$100m to build up US business
Ritz-Carlton to open four new Caribbean properties in three years
Food service company Prestige Holdings writes off Puerto Rico - Takes TT$13m hit
Radio profits 'Kool' down, but parent Aerotel's income soars
Commentary - Is this the best time to sell Air Jamaica?

Hunt on for more medals
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland: World Youth triple medallist Nickel Ashmeade and Nikita Tracey will try to improve on Jamaica's medal tally on today's fourth day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships. After three days, Jamaica's only medal is the 100 metres gold won by Dexter Lee...

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Powell heads Jamaican stars at Rome meet
JFF hikes ticket prices
Pick-9 could reach a whopping $30m
RJR Classic returns after two-year absence
Insport camp attracts more than 300
'Kenny', W'moreland clash in play-off
Leewards, Jamaica set for close finish
Italy's Ricco takes Tour's sixth stage
Pietersen destroys SA attack

EDITORIAL - Wanted: A properly managed landfill
Not for the first time, people this week, in large swathes of the Corporate Area, have had to endure a heavy overhang of acrid smoke in the atmosphere because of a raging fire at the Riverton City landfill advisedly. The immediate discomfort from the smoke is bad enough.

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Golding should not flatter to deceive
Police soft on gangs, while the people cower
NOTE-WORTHY

LETTER OF THE DAY - Family as source of peace and justice
The Editor, Sir: As criminal offences continue on an upward trend, especially murder, Jamaicans should pause and take a hard look at family life.In a healthy family life, we experience some of the fundamental elements of peace - justice and love between brothers and sisters...

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Senator flunks history
Queries about GSAT scoring
Light on a hill
School flogging
Jamaica can learn from Rwanda
More on Patois Bible debate
'Weh no kill, cure'

Beenie's biographer places book in class context
When radio personality Empress, host of Tuesday night's launch of the book, Who Am? The Untold Story of Beenie Man, started the official proceedings, she emphasised that "it is a Jamaican story, written by a Jamaican and published by a Jamaican company". And when the book's author...

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Something extra

Fiesta for Venezuela
There's something about persons celebrating their country's independence that brings out the smiles. The Venezuelan community in Jamaica had that feeling when they celebrated 197 years of independence with a reception on Monday.

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Celebrating the Age of Cancer
An irie evening
EMC lauds dedicated staff

Defence minister ready to strike Iran's nuclear facilities
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel's defence minister hinted yesterday that Israel was ready to attack Iran's nuclear programme, saying it didn't balk before "when its vital security interests" were at stake. Defence Minister Ehud Barak's allusion to Israel's 1981...

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Stigma against gays could hurt AIDS fight - PAHO official