'Air Bruce' flies high - PM racks up almost $13m first eight months in office
DESPITE A senior citizen's discount, complimentary flights, free food and complimentary accommodations granted to Prime Minister Bruce Golding, he and his delegation spent approximately $12.7 million on official travel overseas in his first eight months as head of government.

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Phillips ready to rock PNP boat
JUTC spending $150,000 per day to secure staff
Chambers' murder revives memories of 'Ted' O'Gilvie
'It come like mi dead' - Garbage truck driver recounts deadly hit-and-run accident
St Thomas disaster funds inadequate
Bruce yet to fulfil some promises
Portmore to see more developments

No leadership ambitions - Blythe
WHILE there have been reports that her deputy, Dr Peter Phillips, has decided to challenge her for the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) at its upcoming annual conference, Portia Simpson Miller need not worry about former vice-president, Dr Karl Blythe.

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Portland long way from prepared
St Thomas prepares for disaster
Rio Bueno Port to receive first ship

Brokered financing for MSMEs
Blossom Cover is a pig farmer from Melrose in Manchester, whose product supplies, among other markets, the jerk stalls that are lined up as shacks along the roadside in the community, in easy reach of commuters.

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The art of overtaking
Beauty battles inflation
New firm offers lawsuit financing
E10 to bring down cost of fuel at the pumps

More silver for Jamaica - Team rises to seventh in standings
Members of Jamaica's silver medal winning 4x100m teams pose on yesterday's penultimate day of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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A sister act Jamaican style
Reid quits as coach of Granville
MIND YOUR BUSINESS
Hope renewed in Payne Land
A match, a spectacle to remember
Shoucair champions Jamaica's combined team
Alsafra wins Triple Crown
McInnis stars as Westmoreland retain Super League spot
England have SA on the ropes
Jamaica team aiming for more medals
St Catherine and St Andrew claim the parish titles
Marketing is a vital strategy for success
Time for Confederation to show some unity
It's not all doom and gloom, say football bosses

EDITORIAL - The imperative of protecting witnesses
Assistant Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington may have conceded that he does not have the empirical evidence for his claim. We, however, are not about to reject his assertion of accused persons conning the legal system to get information about witnesses against them so as to have these witnesses bumped off.

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This language business ... Policy perspectives
This language business ... Teaching in J'can creole?
Political parties and crime
'Bandidos' and mavericks
Dividing the country

Letter of the day - Change the mindset of the next generation
Dear Mr Boyne I have been an ardent reader of your Sunday articles and have found them well researched and written. The articles of two Sundays ago, June 15 and 22, have been misleading.

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Manchester's wind-energy potential
'It takes a village to grow a child'
Patois is our mother tongue

Dancer connects Cuba, Jamaica
Telling a story through movement with passion, versatility and powerful actions, Cuban dancer Arsenio Andrade-Calderon has an ever graceful presence on stage. Once a student of the National Dance School of Havana in Cuba, Arsenio was not fond of dance in the beginning, but soon developed a love for his art that would last a lifetime.

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Model search finds the 'Pulse' of Luire
Full chapel enjoys classical 'Friendship' concert
Gregory Isaacs 'cool' with life, music
'Empressive' fund-raising for Bull Bay school

John Campbell shares some 'Core Insights'
Core Insight is a group of artists formed more than a year ago with a view to presenting art in a variety of genres and formats. John Campbell, Audrey Lynch, Khalil Deane, Christopher Claire and Chandis comprise the group, which has had three exhibitions since its inception, with plans for two more afoot.

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UNCOMPROMISING!
BOOK REVIEW - A good read for cricket fans
Literary arts - Another chance at love

George Roper ready to relax
After years spent dusting chalk off his hands and even more spent pursuing the intriguing challenge of designing development programmes for the University of Technology (UTech), George Roper, senior vice-president of academic affairs, is ready to go back to planting roses.

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Blossom O'Meally-Nelson's deep love for animals
Single in the city - The next step ...
Doctor's advice - He wants to watch his wife have sex
Holiday plans for your teens

EPA - Another failure in the making
It is quite amazing how serious conclusions on subjects of great importance can be reached without real analysis by people in Jamaica who are not devoid of learning or understanding. There is a general failure to ask all the critical questions which could answer all the critical problems.

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Mendicancy revisited
Roots of our social crisis
How did life get so cheap in Jamaica?
Victimisation and the power of restorative justice
The irony of the diaspora discussions

Summer sizzle
It was a regular night at Carib 5 in Cross Roads on Wednesday; except, of course, for the SUV parked in the lobby! The Daihatsu Terios was at the centre of attention at Palace Amusement and Toyota's Take the Wheel in a Stylish New SUV summer promotion.

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A hotel for all seasons
Venezuelans celebrate

Sarkozy welcomes Assad in Paris
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has welcomed his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to the Elysée Palace, according to a BBC report. The meeting marks a return to the world stage for the Syrian president, after France accused Damascus of involvement in ex-Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri's death.

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Pope to promote climate-change awareness

Mair gives countrymen lesson in go-kart racing
Weaving his way through the chicane, Matthew Mair gave his countrymen a lesson in go-kart racing at last weekend's international race meet, held at the Palisadoes Raceway in Kingston.

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Sportero - safest Euro pickup
MARIO'S RANT - Consumerism showing signs of life?