Battered kids - Adult caregivers main perpetrators
An alarm is being raised about the number of children being physically abused. Hospital reports last year show that at least 1,241 children, aged zero to nine, in total were treated for physical injury caused by blunt instruments...

PM moves to heal PNP rift - Extends hand of friendship to Phillips' camp
THE DIVIDE which showed up in the People's National Party (PNP) following the February presidential elections seems to be disappearing. Informed party sources say PNP leader and Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has been extending hand of friendship.

Working towards a new 'Dawn' - British-Jamaican MP seeks to expand relations between the two countries
"I exist!" exclaims Dawn Butler, one of two black female members of the British Parliament, both of whom are proudly Jamaican (the other being Dianne Abbot, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington).

PNP activist proposes sugar bond
Riding on the tide of what he says is a sound track record, consultant Paul Buchanan is confident that he has already secured 60 per cent of the delegates' support in Central Westmoreland.

Withdrawal of drain-cleaning funds irks MoBay chamber
The decision by the Ministry of Tourism to withdraw $5 million of the $6.5 million it had allocated, through the Tourism Enhancement Funds (TEF), to clean up the North Gully in Montego Bay, has left the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry hopping

Cops probe death of Aussie tourist
An Australian tourist was battered and stabbed to death inside his room at The Gloustershire Hotel on the 'Hip Strip' in Montego Bay between late Thursday night into Friday morning.

Back-to-school hassle
An anxious crowd flocks the Sangster's Book Store booth at the Back-to-School Trade Fair held at the Chinese Benevolent Association on Old Hope Road yesterday.