Have you seen my childhood?
NEW, DARING and brazen rules of engagement within the island's criminal gangs are costing the nation's children their lives. Since 2003, a total of 398 children have been killed by violent means either due to gang warfare or personal attacks, including abductions, rape and murder.

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Welcoming home our Olympians
'Worse yet to come' - US financial crisis will affect food imports such as rice, wheat products, poultry and beef.
Ministry moves to set up safe zones
Autism in need of urgent focus

We are losing our soul - Kiwanian
Amid the growing levels of violence against the nation's children, Sharian Baker, governor of Key Club, yesterday warned criminals who continued to prey on children that the blood of the innocent was on their hands.

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'I am like a shell'
Designing a safer future - Monitoring and supervision of children in Jamaica is widely neglected
America Decides - Onus on McCain to turn race around
The Police Citizens' Charter

ICWI swops volatile Spanish Town for safety of Angels
The Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) has relocated its Spanish Town branch to the highly trafficked Angels Estate Plaza, saying it would give the operation more visibility.

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Key financial posts decided
Infinity, Jamaica strike 25-year deal on cane lands
Strong, decisive leadership needed from Jamaican financial leaders
Insurance - Funding tertiary education in 2025 (Part 1)
Rum gets bailout

Struggling 'Junglists' face Central
THEY WOULD have done anything for a victory at the end of last season as they battled to survive relegation. Barely into this new season, Arnett Gardens find themselves entrenched in another desperate struggle to get a win.

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Hussey, Clark help Aussies avoid follow-on
Hot St James and Maldon march on
St George's crush Greater Portmore
Mr Blair in the nick of time at Caymanas Park
Upgrades are on way at GC Foster
Man U close gap on leaders
Well done ICC,cricket's back to XI
Hyde unfurls Jamaican flag on Mt Elbrus
Mind Your Business

EDITORIAL - Exhaling with the Americans
The world may breathe a little easier this week, but no one is declaring that the rescue package approved by the United States House of Representatives on Friday, and signed into law by President Bush, will end the crisis in the American economy. In the circumstance, we, too, have to be vigilant.

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No jobs - unless we change course
Money problems
Lady P gains ground
Our broken children

Letter of the Day - Our society is deteriorating
The Editor, Sir: I struggle to begin this letter. Fear and grief threaten to stifle my voice and halt this process. But with a heavy heart, I must consider a young boy and girl, a brother and his sister found dead in their grandmother's car trunk; a young girl raped and left dead and naked in one of Westmoreland's fields...

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Tackling the crime problem
Sources of violence

US economy crumbling on Jamaican music
Americans are feeling the economic pinch from a looming recession and the Jamaican-based dancehall and reggae industry is also being negatively affected. 'Up North', people are losing their houses, businesses and jobs. Many have difficulties making ends meet for simply regular expenses.

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Kameica Reid - a young dance veteran
Wolmer's Dance Troupe makes excellent 'LINKS'

Facets of creativity - The art of Wayne Rodney
Gifted with an aptitude for the diverse art forms of visual art, music and Kung Fu, Wayne Rodney is apparently not about to get selective. Born and raised in Jamaica, he passed through Edna Manley College (EMC), participated in a number of major and not-so-major group exhibits and produced a large body of commissioned works.

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Life and times of Sir Anthony Musgrave (Governor of Jamaica, 1877-1883) (Pt 1)
Book review - Good story marred by poor editing
Lalah unleashed - Columnist launches book, reveals history

Hardley a Rasta
Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin was appointed police commissioner on December 17, 2007. As Jamaica's 26th commissioner of police and the second commissioner to come from the military, he has the tough and challenging job of reining in Jamaica's escalating crime rate.

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Single in the city - Does alcohol blur your vision?
Doctor's advice - Could HRT put her sex life right?
Althea Laing - Teaching with passion
Outlook Youth - Most regrettable thing I've done

Republicans in pain
It is becoming clearer every time Sarah Palin speaks that for John McCain 'maverick' is synonymous with recklessness and foolhardiness. Right-wing gadfly Fred Barnes, writing in his Weekly Standard magazine of October 6, gushes that, unlike Obama, McCain likes "surprises and gambles". (Boyne)

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Faulty Bail Act proposals
Renewing the PNP
Trade and negotiation: Keys to Jamaica's economic development
Lessons from Wall St meltdown (Pt 1)
The concept of decent work
Worrying global developments

Stewart's Auto to give 100m trio Suzuki Swifts
Stewart's Auto Sales - a major sponsor of The Gleaner-sponsored Kingston Restaurant Week (KRW) and operators of the dealerships for Suzuki and BMW in Jamaica - will reward Olympians Shelly-Ann Fraser, Kerron Stewart and Sharone Simpson by presenting them with Suzuki Swift Sport motor cars for their historic 100m 1-2-2 finish in Beijing, China.

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My Dowm Time ... Stephanie Scott
Wine and dine with Banfi
The selfless Rotarians

Candidates argue about US economy
With the contentious financial bailout bill behind them, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama launched an attack yesterday on presidential rival John McCain over health care, and both stepped up their rhetoric on United States economic ills.

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Simpson guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping

Gas versus diesel (Pt 1)
WHY IS diesel fuel more expensive than gasolene? This has been a hot topic for many months now. To understand why, Automotives turned to Telroy Morgan, manager of refinery operation at Petrojam for an answer.

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Battle of toddlers on today
Auto Blotters - Isuzu says no to GM