BoJ boss whips CTL - Latibeaudiere's report critical of management at track
A scorching trail of mismanagement at Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) has been revealed in a report from Bank of Jamaica Governor, Derick Latibeaudiere, to Finance Minister, Dr. Omar Davies. The report, which has not been made public, has direct input...

Politics from the pulpit - Church group demanding 'change in status quo'
Stand-off at Marcus Garvey Tech continues
Violence against women: Betrayed by her own

Sick of domestic abuse
Many of the diseases and physical ailments which are common to females may have their roots in domestic violence and abuse. This is so according to a 1994 Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) health report which identified disorders such as pelvic...

Vendors resolute
Nurses to register every two years - New system being implemented to force upgrading
Sensitising journalists on HIV/AIDS

Venturing overseas: The cost of graduate education
Once upon a time a first degree was adequate to get and keep a decent job. However things are changing; the job market is evolving. Certain jobs, and the persons who hold those jobs, are fast becoming 'extinct'. And according to Charles Darwin's...

'The bad and the ugly' third party
Analysing Bank of Jamaica losses

Bridgeport claim double
BRIDGEPORT Comprehensive's fairytale football run continued yesterday when the Portmore team added the Walker Cup Knockout crown to its Manning Cup title with a 2-1 victory against Norman Manley Comprehensive at Harbour View. Forward Dean Thompson's...

Sri Lanka tighten grip on WI
Reno, Arnett clash
Cornwall retain KO trophy

Editorial: Good talk, Minister, but action now
Last Thursday's call by Dr. Peter Phillips, the new National Security Minister, for a national crusade to rid Jamaica of the narco-terroristic threat, is timely. As investigative reports published in this newspaper from time to time (and in recent days).

Brink of renaissance
Politics and politicians

Give unemployed better break
THE EDITOR, Sir: I write this letter to bring to the attention of your readers the difference between the fictional promises of a Government and the factual experiences of a young unemployed Jamaican woman.

Plea from a student
Congrats to the police

Classical musicians scarce
When the director of the North Western Chorale from Montego Bay, Audley Davidson, recently presented the oratorio Creation by Hayden, he could not find an organist or pianist in the second city capable of playing that major work. Angela Elliott of the...

Mr Gallimore trusts, obeys, waits

Capital punishment: The concept of justice
Punishment has always been considered an integral part of the concept of justice. As such they cannot be meted out to anyone for someone else's action, for acts intended but not performed or for acts done under duress or while in a state...

Capital Punishment: Dinstinctive mark of barbarity
Evaluate Your Life

Wall paintings or powerful medium?
Ever since early man painted cave walls with animals and hunting scenes, murals have played a part in our culture. At times painstakingly applied, cave paintings were an interface that allowed Palaeolithic man to commune with the magical...

Seeds for the future
Kingston schools top art awards

Dancehall records Jamaica
Dancehall's detractors usually separate it from reggae, stating that the lyrics are simple doggerel dealing with slackness. For proof, they simply point to deejays such as Yellow Man, whose lyrics are filled with nursery rhymes and even jingles. His...

The mothers of talent

Seaga is on to something
Last weekend's party conference of the Jamaica Labour Party produced the usual fare of histrionics, chest-beating, populist- pandering and political propaganda. But amidst all of that, Edward Seaga delivered of himself a vision of Jamaica that...

Disgraceful markets, defiant vendors
Phillips speaks online