'Brains over guns' - Lewin urges cops to outsmart criminals
Commissioner of Police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin says members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) should not be daunted or agitated by the decision to replace the M16 with the less powerful MP5 rifle during regular duties. "No policeman is going to be asked to go out there...

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Rating the weapons
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Watchdog mulls cable company's sale offer
Dutch investigators not satisfied with PNP response
Hundreds attend CSEC techniques seminar
Report gives failing grade to justice in Jamaica
Acting solicitor general resigns
Teachers policing schools an idea, not policy - Holness

Culture Yard hopes to welcome the Prince again
March 2000 was the year Veronica 'Star Liner' Barrett got the opportunity to show off her craft to Prince Charles, on his last visit to the island. A craft lady at the Trench Town Culture Yard, Barrett said the day the Prince of Wales ventured into the Trench Town community ...

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Royals arrive today
Peer counsellors more effective in combating school violence - consultant
Youngsters shift gears in 4H Clubs' tractor training programme
Montego Bay Chamber embraces upgrade of trade and invest office
The abortion debate - Join the abortion debate!
2008 Commonwealth writers to be awarded at UWI
Become your dream

No immediate changes at Esso
There will be no immediate changes at the 37 Esso service stations acquired by Total, says the French company's country manager Luc Maiche. Instead, the next four months will be concentrated on a review of the existing operations, Maiche told Wednesday Business. ...

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Remittances slow in 2007 - But Jamaica shoots to US$1.97b
Oil spouts to US$109
Rebuilding equity in the Appleton brand
NHT contracts Bill Express to collect mortgages
JP banking on turnaround plan - After $728m pre-tax losses
UWI launches consultancy
Wall Street to be fed US$200b - Central banks collaborate to ease credit crunch
Effective networking - adding personal touch

Calabar, Holmwood firm favourites
Defending boys champions Calabar High and Holmwood Technical High's girls will start as the firm favourites when the 2008 GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships begins at the National Stadium thi morning. Both schools registered emphatic victories at the four-day meet last year...

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Samuels in, Ganga, Parchment axed from Windies squad
Powell to headline UTech International
Nijinsky's War goes for Long Shot
Chelsea set sights back on premiership
Umpires threaten Carib Beer boycott
Pakistan bombing blows up Aussie tour
Jamaica focused on winning title
Harbour View seek advantage
August Town, Reno in all-Premiership KO opener

EDITORIAL - Guyana's painful dilemma
The terrorist murder of 11 people in a Guyanese village a fortnight ago underlines the worsening social, security, and even political situation in that Caribbean Community (Caricom) member state, which the administration of President Bharrat Jagdeo shows little capacity to control....

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The Cross and the horoscope
Depriving the youths
NOTE-WORTHY: Leading the way

LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaica needs a general overhaul
The Editor, Sir: It never ends. Now it is about the youth. The recent report on the front page of The Gleaner - Sex in schools - is yet another cause for serious concern. Imagine students having sex openly on the school compound to the extent that it is being photographed....

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Training, not guns, is the problem
Removing the loopholes for corruption
Falmouth lagoon is threatened
Police not proactive

Ole! Dance Flamenco
Last Tuesday, the Spanish showed exactly what they can do to an audience of more than 500 patrons at 'An Evening of Flamenco', at the Jamaica Pegasus. Organised by Suzie Berry, a Jamaican who lived in Spain, patrons were treated to the best of Spanish culture under the patronage...

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Concert focuses on the sacred
Nominees announced for first Caribbean Urban Music Awards
Win tickets to Negril Carnival this weekend!
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Taking care of women's mental health
Women, because of their unique roles as mothers, wives and caregivers, often face a number of mental health challenges. This is particularly so in many developing countries including those in the Caribbean and Latin America. In the Caribbean, it is estimated that 40 per cent of households....

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Just who is an endocrinologist?
Sexual abuse of girls and women
Men and diabetes - Diabetes is a serious problem
Take stock of your goals
Exercises for persons with special health issues
Letters - Teach children emotional smartness

NY governor splurged on prostitutes, say officials
ALBANY, New York (AP):With pressure mounting on Gov.Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars - perhaps as much as US$80,000 - with the high-priced prostitution...

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Airline execs mullover industry woes
Alleged dissension in St Lucia police ranks
Anti-Qu'ran film sparks Muslim anger