Young and loveless - Teenage prostitute pushing for a fresh start

This is the second in a series of stories for Child Month, focusing on some of Jamaica's most vulnerable adolescents and young people. All names have been changed for confidentiality.

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• Fix receipt system - JC warns that farmers are being penalised
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Hospitality Jamaica

Local farmers disorganised ... and losing

Crump bowing out - Businessman says no to calls for him to continue as chamber president

Davon Crump, the outgoing president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is crediting a team effort for the numerous achievements it achieved during the two terms he served at the helm of the private-sector group.

• Better days for INDECOM, police relations
• 'Livity' beating probe draws to a close
• Portland Infirmary to get Vaz salary cut
• Crackdown on militants

Boyz for Bahamas camp

The Reggae Boyz' preparation for their trio of World Cup Qualifying (WCQ) matches in the month of June will pick up pace with the staging of a 12-day camp in The Bahamas, beginning May 20.

• Late-kicking The Guv rules in Gerry Shelton Memorial
• Shelly, Weir sweep sprints
• Lucky Barbados inch back to the top
• Sunday Talk: NBL star Adrian Lattibeaudiere shoots for his spot

Tighter rules for MoneyGram in western Jamaica

MoneyGram outlets in Montego Bay, St James, have introduced stringent new rules for persons collecting remittances in a bid to reduce risks associated with the multimillion- dollar scamming operations, managing director of Lasco Financial Services, Jacinth Hall-Tracey, has confirmed.

• A letter to the new FSC head
• Indications of good savings practices
• Private sector needs representation at regional level
• Acquisitions boost GHL's premium income

Mighty Mystic looking to crack 'Concrete World' - Andrew Holness' brother pushes 'hard reggae' from US base

Based overseas, Jamaica-born reggae artiste Mighty Mystic is already considered one of the leaders in the United States of America's (USA) East Coast reggae movement. Aiming to inscribe his name among the reggae greats, the brother of former prime minister and now leader of the opposition, Andrew Holness, is already well on his way.

• Monty Morris slips out of musical record
• Belize comes to CFW in force - Delegation to be headed by PM's wife
• Cedric 'Im' Brooks: eclectic and eccentric
• Dollars needed to fund 'Notes' - New Local Space turns to Kickstarter for proposed residency

The methods of war have failed

Reminiscent of his own characterisation of the USA's response to his proposal for a New International Economic Order ("Ronald Reagan killed it with a smile"), Michael Manley met my suggestion that Jamaica disband the Jamaica Defence Force with a devastating smile.

• Every hoe have dem stick a bush
• Declare war on T&T, Barbados
• Kick CARICOM to the kerb (Part 2)
• EDITORIAL -Dealing with gridlock downtown

Save street children with education

Imagine a bright morning, the sun is shining, children of all sizes and background are nicely dressed in ties, shirts and uniforms of their respective schools. They are all looking smart, intellectual and promising members of society.

• Is Jamaica forgetting the deaf community?
• Cops right to seize 'hearse'
• LETTER OF THE DAY -INDECOM needs no more power
• 'Homophobia' a misleading term

Free at last - The Story of Philip Ofodile (Part I)

It's Christmas Eve of 2010 at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre. As I lay on my six-inch concrete bed gazing into the solid concrete roof for the first time in almost one month since my arrival, I'm weighed down with grief and loneliness.

• The Exorcism Series: Part II - A case for mental illness or possession
• BOOK REVIEW - Leading people to Christ
• e-Ljam Enrichment Programme Recognition Function
• Jamaica Yellow Pages launches 'Click the Cover' competition

10 things you didn't know about Ashley Martin

Often described as "young, beautiful and talented", Ashley Martin is that and more. The award-winning in-demand fashion designer is better known in some circles as an awesome performer with the ability to take a well-known contemporary aria and make it her very own.

• The thrills of Mocking Bird Hill
• CFW is on its way!
• Miss Global Jamaica crowned
• A Diamond in the rough

Heed Ronnie's 'call to action'

The leadership of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) must resist the temptation to reflexively resist the "call to action" made this past week by Education Minister Ronnie Thwaites to shake up the messy entitlements system. Anything less would be an unforgivable dereliction of leadership.

• Condoms in schools
• Coming out, murder, and faking orgasms
• Roger keeping abreast ... But more social protection needed
• Saying goodbye and diaspora relations

Jamaican team going all out for CRMC

Five countries will take part in the Caribbean Motor Race Championship (CRMC) meet slated for Sunday, May 26th. Qualifying is on Saturday, May 25th. Drivers from as far away as Suriname, Guyana and Barbados, as well as nearby Cayman, are expected to grace the Dover raceway, St Ann.

• Fifth Road Safety Expo on June 15
• Race drivers not reckless - Summerbell reinforces safety tips
• Jamaica Motor Show on in Mandeville