Supermom - Polly Bowes-Howell fosters more than 50 kids
Woburn Abbey. The name at the entrance to the property harks back to an old English manor with draughty walls and ineffective fireplaces. But the name belies the love and warmth inside. There lives Dr Polly Bowes-Howell, a woman who has done the same, at sometime or another ....

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Foster care up in Jamaica
The ultimate sacrifice - Slain cops hailed on sorrowful Father's Day
$50m fire guts Montego Bay Arcade
Foreign locals talk crime at the biennial Jamaican Diaspora Conference
Teachers get failing grade

Difficult but rewarding - 4ever loved: Diary of the Hird quadruplets
January 24, 2008, was when it all began for Reginald and Keisha Hird of Portmore, St Catherine. Four baby girls, Ruthann-Belle, Isabelle, Gabrielle and Annabelle, came bouncing into their lives. Although mom Keisha rates the Hird quadruplets as well-behaved tots...

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'Stool' dilemma
Family values under threat
David - husband and father
Positive feedback - Letters on The Gleaner's parenting series Kudos on family focus
Police blotter
Jamaica needs more scientists
16-y-o represents Jamaica on adventure tour
Government to set up TB testing facility in Jamaica
Cops seize guns galore
Save a life, give blood today

Award scheme launched for small entrepreneurs
Applications are now being accepted for the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Nation Builder Awards, an annual programme which seeks to highlight outstanding entrepreneurial performance. The NCB Nation Builder Awards seeks to recognise and celebrate its small and medium-enterprize...

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Arbitration looms for contract workers

Reggae Boyz in seventh heaven
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz showed very little ill effects from a shocking loss to Grenada midweek, as they thrashed Bahamas 7-0, kicking off the bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa in explosive fashion at the National Stadium yesterday...

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Blake disqualified in 100m final
Games 'important and inspiring' for athletes - Grange
Facey lands NCAA 200m in 22.63
Bridgmohan rebounds with Pyro
Marshall sparkles in run chase...But West Indies face uphill task
Big Benn chimes a spinner's tune
Amazing finish propels Turkey into quarters
Federer lifts 55th career title

EDITORIAL - Diaspora parley to review local ties
This week, hundreds of Jamaicans who live abroad, mostly in the United States (US), Britain and Canada, will gather in Kingston for the biennial diaspora conference, a forum for deepening the relationship between those of us who live in the island and an equal...

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Presence for Father's Day
NOTE-WORTHY: National ID system

LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaica has been hijacked, we must take it back!
The Editor, Sir: I have always argued that countries classified as 'third world' or poor are the direct beneficiaries of leadership that lack vision. This lack of vision usually lends itself to poor decision making and the consequent wasting of scarce resources needed...

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Street cameras to fight crime
No need for diaspora reps in Parliament
Clarity needed on citizen status
Changing the tribal culture
Work-safety law needs study
Carpooling
On using prayer, religion

Moving by faith in Falmouth
Western Bureau:It was enriching gospel music at its best in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Saturday night as the Grace Tropical Rhythms Jamaica Gospel 2K8 All Island Street Blocker began it four-concert series in a blaze of glory, much to the delight of the thousands ...

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A weekend of jerk
Reunion plans for the Commodores
Concert not fit for a king
Something extra

Lessons from father
Some men merely act as a conduit for the sperm that gives half the life to a child. Thankfully, others follow its trail for the nine months of gestation, through infancy, childhood and teen years and by manhood, their imprint is so indelible, the child becomes a grounded ...

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I have learnt ... Lessons from my father
GSAT time again!
A gentle giant
Fashionable at any age
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS - Cleaning products made in your kitchen
The realities of HIV/ AIDS
Vanessa Williams at CFW