THE BOB WOOLMER CASE - 'We were too hasty' - Police rushed to judgement - Thomas
Shortly after closing the book on the bungled investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday admitted the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) might have acted too hastily in concluding the Pakistan cricket coach had been murdered.

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'It wasn't murder!' - Scotland Yard says Woolmer died of heart failure ... No clear evidence to prove Woolmer was murdered ... Local police sticking by their word that Woolmer died of manual strangulation ...
Foreign medics point to flaws in local autopsy
Overhaul forensic system - attorneys
'It has been difficult to cope ... Weare relieved'
Police, media and academia rap Government of Jamaica on contract awards
Punish contract award violators - Opposition
Tough law coming for extortionists, kidnappers

CHANGEMAKERS - The change that comes with sticking to it
William 'Bill' Clarke has made his living almost completely from banking. The statement, 'you'll never be completely successful working for people', doesn't take into account the head of Jamaica's Scotiabank operations.

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Berbick suspects to return to Circuit Court
Blue Cross receives clean bill of health for customer experience
'St Bess'police take zero-tolerance approach to political motorcades
Alepp to get new road
Cabinet to get justice reform proposal soon
READERS RESPOND ...
Marie Atkins Night Shelter catering for homeless Jamaicans

$500m control tower for Sangster airport - To replace 50-year-old structure
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is to invest half a billion dollars over the next financial year in the construction of a control tower at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, which will replace the current structure said to be over 50 years old.

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Rising PetroCaribe debt - Air Jamaica biggest beneficiary
Supreme Ventures Limited reports strong performance - George also predicts good third quarter
Risk reduction programme for small companies - MSME Alliance to tackle access to credit
'No money for LIAT' - Castries ... has reiterated its preference for a policy on regional carriers.
Williams reappointed T'dad central bank governor
Ford confirms review of Jaguar and Rover - Possible sale sparks concerns

Ganga on the back foot
MANCHESTER, England (CMC): DAREN GANGA has deflected concern over his own form following a double failure in the third Test at Old Trafford which the West Indies lost by 60 runs Monday. The right-handed Ganga scored just five and nought in his two innings ...

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England call up Hoggard
Majesty Gardens make winning debut against Tivoli All Stars
Take Ole King Cole in feature
Learning to live with WI mediocrity
Nelson, Hall take junior titles
Nattie outlines new vision for league
Roddick cruises
Ullrich's Olympic gold rides on innocence
Oakmont to test the best
Canada, Costa Rica advance
Sehwag dumped from India squad

EDITORIAL - The botched Woolmer probe
Try as hard as one might, it is hard to find any silver lining behind the cloud of embarrassment surrounding the investigations into the death here in Jamaica of Bob Woolmer, coach of the Pakistan cricket team. The country's image has been seriously besmirched.

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Barely surviving
Failing education
Father's Day
NOTE-WORTHY - Capital punishment

LETTER OF THE DAY - Suspicions about reform of constitution
The Editor, Sir: I continue to be provoked by people from both political parties who remain persistent in proposing constitutional reform for Jamaica and I am quite suspicious of their motives. What provokes me is their insistence that constitutional reform...

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Fathers must play a role
Salute to Mrs Carl Stone
Playing with fire

Happiness in the air at Stella Maris
The Friends of St. Pius X Catholic Church who organised Sunday evening's concert in the Stella Maris Church Hall undoubtedly went home happy. After all, the function was a great success and the audience went home happy, too. Assisting greatly with the generation...

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'Vacancy' ridiculously violent

BE WELL - Autism caught them unaware
The Taylors' son, Joshua, was just over a year old when they started to notice changes that made them uncomfortable."When he was about a year and three months, he stopped saying one or two words and became withdrawn. When I came home (from work) he wouldn't run to me...

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Parent support group
Relax in an aromatic herb bath
PHARMACY TODAY - The cough and cold medicine affair
FITNESS CLASS - Resistance training to improve bones, tendons and ligaments
DIETITIAN'S DESK - Love apples... Serve them on Father's Day
Health trends - Viagra affects male fertility
Letters - When your child becomes a Rasta

The global executive
The customer is at the centre of the service-driven economic boom. Almost every product one buys has a 24-hour customer help line, which one can call in case of any problem. Outsourcing is the name of the game and many experts feel this is what the world is coming to.

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CEOs raking in extras as perks

UNITED STATES - Cashing in on 'Katrina'
NEW ORLEANS (AP): "This isthe last pretty thing you're going to see until we get to the lake front," tour guide Rose Scott tells passengers gazing at the live oaks of City Park. They're a bit more than an hour into a van tour of the destruction of Hurricane Katrina....

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PAKISTAN - 'Don't sue over Woolmer affair'
ISRAEL - Consider international force for Gaza - Olmert
COLOMBIA - Rebels want safe haven for prisoner swap