Shields: Cops still on the alert
AMID REPORTS of a 20 per cent reduction in crime since the start of the year, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields says the police will be continuing to target 'hot spots'. He was speaking with The Gleaner yesterday while on a tour...

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More EU support - Caribbean nations to get increased budgetary aid
Prime Minister of Jamaica optimistic about new MoU
Nicholson bashes JLP crime report
A mother's pain - Jamaicans in Atlanta mourn teen's death
Senior citizens' body celebrates 30 years
Poverty level declines - report
Hanover Parish Council to meet with residents on cemetery stand-off
Jamaican on death row renews call for Government support... shows evidence of previous requests
New head for surgeons' body

UN officer promises continued support for Jamaica's development
COUNTRY OFFICER for the United Nations Population Fund in Jamaica, Harold Robinson, has sought to assure that the UNFPA will continue to support Jamaica's programme of activities to achieve its development agenda and the Millennium Development Goals...

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St Catherine Parish Council peeved by 'paltry' sum
St Mary Fire Station in state of disrepair
'St Bess' Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor calls for National Water Commission (NWC) probe
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) accused of doing sloppy job
Montague elected to chair Commonwealth local government group
Parish Council rep refuses compensation - Absence raises questions among constituents, mayor
Mom's the word
Beating bad breath blues
Ken Bilby and the 'True-Born Maroons' (Part II)

Turks and Caicos rolls out red carpet for Jamaican companies
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICAN COMPANIES Margaritaville Caribbean and Chukka Caribbean Adventures are the latest addition to the US$2 billion expansion planned for the Turks and Caicos Islands over the next two years.

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Businesses urged to create disaster plans

Gateshead clash in serious doubt
THE 100m world record, registered by American Justin Gatlin at the Qatar IAAF World Super Tour Meeting in Doha last Friday, may have jeopardised next month's impending clash with Jamaica's Asafa Powell at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix...

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I'm capable of running 9.60 - Says Powell after taking Jamaica to relay win in Dominican Republic
Waterhouse basks in premier league glory
Perry seals finals spot for Kingston
Windies complete easy series rout
Stage set for massive showdowns
Campbell finds comfort in a woman's world
Fraser scores
Knights, Link Up grab series lead

May we have a Budget Debate?
WE ARE disappointed that what passes for a debate on the national budget has degenerated into something that is not. What should be a discussion about the management of the country's fiscal affairs has become an occasion for party political...

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The sporting life
Growing agriculture
Beyond the fiscal policies

LETTER OF THE DAY - PM should break ranks with financial advisers
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM disheartened that the Prime Minister has bought into the idea that it is indeed good and proper for the Government to tap into the National Investment Fund and the National Housing Trust funds to finance the budget.

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Less positive about Sister P
Migrant labour
Beware the bill payment user fees

'Most extravagant musical production of the year'
IF MOSES Encore was not already expected to be the most extravagant musical production of the year, the accompaniment now of the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra definitely gives it that title. The Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra of South Florida...

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...Soundtrack has something for all
'M:I3' hangs on to No 1
'The Da Vinci Code' target for US evangelicals

Chic mamas
BEING PREGNANT is a wonderful experience. However, it's not so wonderful on your figure or wardrobe and your entire perception of style. Nothing fits anymore, you probably feel fat in everything and very unattractive with a growing mid-section.

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Trimester travails
Regenta Peck-Miller: Still recovering
Joint ownership of real property
Julie-Ann Ellis crowned KSA Festival Queen 2006
Pregnancy and exercise

Panday case weak, Chief Justice claimed
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Trinidad Express): TWO MONTHS before the trial of former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday even began, Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma reportedly told the lead prosecutor in the case, Sir Timothy Cassel, Q.C., that the case against Panday was...

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Female prisoners get pre-Mother's Day gift
Regional educators urge governments to tackle teacher migration

INDONESIA: Villagers brave volcano alert
MOUNT MERAPI (AP): Indonesia's Mount Merapi belched out plumes of black smoke and red-hot clouds of deadly gases yesterday, 24 hours after scientists ordered the evacuation of villagers from its slopes amid warnings that a major eruption was imminent....

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BRAZIL: 52 KILLED IN WAVE OF ATTACKS - Gangs unleash mayhem on cops