Forbes gets tough - Integrity, lie detector tests coming - No place for rogue cops
POLYGRAPH TESTS will soon be introduced to screen applicants hoping to fill key sensitive positions within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in a bid to stem charges of corruption besieging the force.

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Not us! says Police Service Commission
No fear in 'unsafe' building
Three get EduVision Awards
Groups laud Child Care Act, have some concerns
No future agenda, says Samuda
In defence of the police

JLP's old vs new, who will triumph?
CLOSE TO 4,500 delegates from four Area Councils of the Jamaica Labour Party will today decide who they want as deputy leaders in what is being touted by political and media pundits as a contest between the party's old and new guard.

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Flankers families receive cheque for funeral assistance
Phillips seeks overseas help in curbing crime
Flooding in western St Andrew
JLP upbeat for today's poll
UWI backtracks on course fee

Digicel appeals court ruling
MOSSEL (JAMAICA) Ltd., trading as Digicel Jamaica, has taken its case to the Court of Appeal in an effort to get the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to disclose the information it relied on in assessing Access Deficit Charges (ADC) claimed by...

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CARICOM backs T&T for Free Trade headquarters

Royal Run for Superstakes
CHAMPION TRAINER Wayne DaCosta and top jockey Trevor Simpson go for their first ever Red Stripe Superstakes success at Caymanas Park today with hot ante-post favourite ROYAL RUN, who was second to four-time winner MENUDO a year ago.

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West Indies fight back in Test
Fight on for three semi berths
Manning showdown at Prison Oval
Becca's day in 'St Bess' tomorrow
Arnett ready to whip Jong Colombia again
Tivoli score massive win over Seaforth

Reversing Kingston ramshackle
MAYOR DESMOND McKenzie of Kingston, and Town Clerk, Errol Green, deserve commendation for the campaign they are personally leading to remove illegal signs in the Corporate Area. This is an example of how 'zero tolerance' can be effective in enforcing...

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'Position of Justice of the Peace is a Beggar's Office'

Letter of The Day - The selection process of politicians lacks integrity
THE EDITOR, Sir, IT IS so much easier to hire than to fire. Therefore, in an increasingly competitive world, the integrity of the selection process and the validity of the candidate it produces become very critical.

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God bless the police and other security forces in Ja
Our society is rapidly becoming 'ungovernable'
There are still good men in the Police Force
Clarifying the role of the Church
Christians must confront ungodly practices
Principal says thanks, Dr Davies

Shrew shredded on good set
Shakespeare may be turning in his grave in response to the Brian Heap directed version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Actually, The Bard may well be quite comfortable with Heap's take of 'wild Kate', but I am not.

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Second 'Lyrically Speaking' taping on Monday

Andrew Marc Gentles - A champion goat farmer at age 14
IN 1998, at the age of eight, Andrew Marc Gentles from Lowe River, south Trelawny, attended the Denbigh Agri-Industrial Show in Clarendon for the first time.

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Farmers Week Briefs

A slow death from diabetes
THE NIGHT before she died, my grandmother, lying in a suburban Toronto hospital bed, sounded strangely like she was talking to me from under water. Her swollen breasts sat on her chest like giant water-filled balloons. She complained that they...

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A fern affair