POOR BRUCE - Poll finds JLP wanting
NINE MONTHS after Bruce Golding took the reins of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), the Opposition has been unable to seize the confidence of the majority of Jamaicans while its leader has remained a mediocre political figure in the public eye.

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Will the MPs swing the delegate votes?
Six-point Portia jump
Unwilling witnesses bug cases against cops
Still 'imprisoned' - Ivan Barrows battling verbal abuse, mental, physical illnesses
Losing dignity daily
A lifetime behind bars
The Michael Gayle debacle - Jenny Cameron's story: Living with the pain

'Golding, JLP average'
AFTER SUFFERING a poor performance review in June, the fourth month of his tenure as Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Bruce Golding has seen a further decline in his job rating.

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BSI needs help - Goffe
A better life is coming
Employee charged with supervisor's death
JLP postpones party conference

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE - Buying real estate at auction
THIS WEEK, More Money, looks at mining for real estate diamonds. First, we discuss the possible opportunities on the auction block. Next, the financial experts speak on the matter. Then we hear from realtors about buying old properties...

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Strategise - Home renovations
DB&G ready for long haul - Ja powerhouse sets up shop in T'dad
How should Jamaica tax exports?

St Catherine through to semis
THE SEMI-FINALISTS for the ISSA/Pepsi/JN schoolboy Manning Cup are now known and St. Catherine are among the teams that will answer the roll call when the medal round starts on Tuesday.

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Glenmuir upstage Cornwall again
Harding, Simpson dominate
Lambert's XI take third day
WICB, players' association settle sponsorship dispute
Tivoli, W'house continue rivalry
Another dark day for WI
Commentary - Like lambs to the slaughter

Editorial - Schools under the gun
THE FORCED closure of at least three schools in the Corporate Area and St. Thomas this past week amid a renewed surge in gun violence, is yet another distressing indication of the country's slow descent into anarchy.

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Enduring race myths ... And the Jamaican denial
Foolishness abounds in Jamaica
Rats, tear gas and marches
Migration and the Caribbean tiger

Letter of the day - What will men think of next?
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WONDER if the men in both Houses of Parliament have any idea what they have done by even entertaining the idea of a woman being required to maintain her spouse, much more to attempt to amend the law to permit this...

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We need answers
Commentary - The more things change...
Unity is strength

UN-COVERED! Performers, public weigh 'do-overs'
A NUMBER of popular Jamaican entertainers have built their careers by covering other people's hits. Some see them as vocal geniuses, others as lazy followers. However, what is rarely considered is the legal backlash.

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Reggaeton: the worldwide rage
Jamaican inks for Disney - Ian Gooding is art director on 'Chicken Little'
Cellular wars 'ad' up to fun

'Variations - 3 Artists 5 Media'
THE NEWEST exhibition at Mutual Gallery, 'Variations', shows the works of three female artists, Susan Alexander, Joanne Sibley and her daughter Gail Sibley. '3 Artists 5 Media', the sub-title of the exhibition, hints at the diversity in stylistic approach

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Languaging a new reality
Book review - 'Deported' absolves the US

Odessa Chambers - A daughter's dreams
THE NAME melts in the mouth like a rich dessert. statuesque and goddess like, standing five feet, eight inches in bare feet, Odessa Chambers is a child of Africa and more specifically, daughter of reggae superstar Jimmy Cliff .

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Ambassador Stewart Stephenson - In the line-up for country, football
Our children - our future

Closing Jamaica's crime factories
SHUTTING DOWN the crime factories in Jamaica and locking off the sources of their raw material supplies, as it were, will take more than economic growth, increased investments and greater employment.

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Rocking the cradle to a different beat
Down to the wire! Portia Simpson Miller/Peter Phillips race for leadership
Taking the reins of the country
Closer to the abyss
Making Jamaicans count

JTB rocks London
THE EXCITEMENT, aroma, heat, heart pounding, 'jiggy-jiggy', gyrating hips and energy that emanated from the dance floor of the Penthouse Restaurant on Tuesday night, was proof that Jamaica had taken over London's Leicester Square.

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Le Beaujolais has arrived!
Canine couture - Dogs on the catwalk

'HAIR' IS THE HAT

DARAIN HOUSEN HAS not taken off his hat for the last 20 years. He bathes, he sleeps and does everything possible in it. It is a perfect fit.