Abortions soar
High rate alarms medics
ABORTIONS ARE very common in Jamaica and according to Dr. Errol Daley, obstetrician and gynaecologist, a large percentage of women have had at least one termination of pregnancy.

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Meeting the challenges of UN millennium goals
Cash crunch hits St Ann Parish Council
Don't blame us for case backlog, say defence lawyer
Entrepreneurs needed
Teach skill in high schools, says Bill Clarke
JTA president praises CSME

The legal aspects of abortion
ABORTION HAS long been a sensitive issue in Jamaica with pro-life and pro-choice advocates basing their arguments on moral grounds or the woman's right to choose.

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Community mourns missing fisherman
'Delinquents will be repossessed'
Repair work yet to begin on downtown park

Football academy for Munro College
JAMAICA'S MUCH-TALKED about football academy has finally found a home. Munro College, The Gleaner was reliably informed, was chosen ahead of G.C. Foster Sports College at a meeting of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) executive on Saturday.

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Jamaica on top
Guyana stay afloat in rain-hit match
Windies collapse to defeat
'No letting up' for French Guiana
Seba United win first round final
NPL: 'Spring' exhale
Cricketers bat for tsunami victims

Editorial - CSME wake-up call
AS THE official signing of commitment to the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) approaches, the New Year has witnessed stepped-up discussion of Jamaica's preparedness to exploit any of the presumed advantages associated with this new arrangement.

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Quiz questions... again
Understanding the tsunami

Letter of the day: No, sir - disaster is no blessing!
THE EDITOR, Sir: MY LORD! What horror! In all my life I've never read anything more totally out of touch with reality than what I saw in a featured letter to The Gleaner this past Friday morning, January 7!

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Paradoxical views, Mr. Thomas
Falmouth says thanks
Who will follow Miss Lou's footsteps?
A campaign of deception

Foundation Music rocks Mas Camp
THE FOUNDATION Music Showcase was billed as the first major stage show for 2005 and the large crowd that turned out at the Mas Camp Village, New Kingston, on Saturday night confirmed the projected size, if not the claimed position.

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Plenty of pan at 'JAVAA Jammin'
Hollywood off to good start in 2005

On my mind: Your place in life is reserved
RECENTLY I had a liberating, but frightening experience. I fell in love with myself for the first time in my 38+ years.

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Six ways to make your New Year's resolutions stick
Keep it simple
Flair Couoles - Two proposals and a wedding