MOUNTAIN VIEW RAID
As the police attempt to put a lid on the simmering political feud in the war-torn Mountain View community in the South East St. Andrew constituency, at least 95 persons have been taken into police custody since Wednesday.

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Prime Minister orders probe into Jubilee
Be your own electricity company
Doctors sign new wage agreement
Two die in Hanover four-vehicle collision
Responsible sex campaign launched
Opposition now has full complement of senators

St Ann residents sue firms over bauxite mining damage
After many years of seeking compensation for damage to their homes, allegedly caused by bauxite-mining operations, over 400 residents of South West St. Ann have now decided to seek redress through the courts.

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Across the Nation
Book cart to hospital
US Embassy makes donation to PAJ
Canadian police inspector for six-month stint here

Medium-size companies set to improve standards
Ten small and medium-sized (SMEs) companies, mainly from the food-processing sector, recently received grants of up to $250,000 each, through the Quality Jamaica Project's (QJP) Match Grant Funding programme.

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More Sony-made laptop batteries recalled
Creative thinkers

Rampant Haiti take aim at Reggae Boyz
Red-hot Haiti will now set their eyes on toppling the defending champions Reggae Boyz in their final fixture of the Digicel Caribbean Cup Group D, after a second straight impressive result, a 7-1 thrashing of winless St. Lucia yesterday.

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Performer of the week - It was Lamey at the double
Jamaica, US in Trelawny showdown
Ticket warning issued
SA boss gives preparations high vote of confidence
Wheels starting to turn Cycling getting back on track
Calabar, St George's in top clash
West Indies focusing on batting
'Country Boy' to dance away with Reggae Trophy
Prime Minister pleased with new multi-purpose stadium
Top schoolboy teams seeking to consolidate
Commentary - Swing By suspicions
Rugby title on the line
In your neighbourhood

EDITORIAL - Jury service and civic duty
Civic organisations and human rights activists have long complained of a flawed process in the country's justice system that has resulted in the rise of a cadre of 'professional jurors'...

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Still waiting for election trumpet to sound
Issue: Contractor General and the PAC
Slingshots and guns

LETTER OF THE DAY - Apology? Not in the days of sterner stuff!
The Editor, Sir: Andrew Holness' humble apology for not shaking Bishop Blair's outstretched palm can be set down to youthful emotionalism; but political representatives should be made of sterner stuff.

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Justices of the Peace's revocation should be a public matter
Great wisdom needed in elections
Solving the problem of political tribalism

Swimming with stingrays
Within the past month, stingrays have increased in popularly, stemming from the death of 'crocodile hunter', Steve Irwin. The Crocodile Hunter was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray spine while snorkelling at the Great Barrier Reef...

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Soap scene
Michael C Hall a lethal cut-up in Showtime's dandy 'Dexter'
Microsoft's MSN to air live webcasts of concerts soon

Let's talk ... life
Dear Counsellor: I am a committed Christian who gets depressed at times. I have prayed about it, but it is a challenge.

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Let's talk ... relationships

Pluralism: A necessary state for human existence
Living as most of us do in the shadow of the United States and its news media, it is easy to forget that there are other religious groups in the Fertile Crescent besides Jews and Muslims.

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Prophetic hope for Jamaica
Excommunication

Saddam trial judge's brother-in-law killed
Gunmen killed a brother-in-law of the new judge trying Saddam Hussein and badly wounded the man's wife and son, in what the Iraqi government said yesterday was a direct attack on the court by Saddam's followers.

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School principal shot by former student
International briefs
Royal wedding