Rest well, Lady B!
Nature yesterday seemed to hold its breath for a while as the hot humid day rapidly transformed into a cool windy afternoon by the time Lady Bustamante was interred at Heroes Park - in the same spot that her late husband Sir Alexander was buried 32 years ago.

'Walk good Lady B' - Unlikely mourners add colour to funeral
They came to celebrate Lady B's life and celebrate they did: only that they made themselves the main stars of the sombre affair. Alfred Smart, Pauline Daley and Ivy Lewis formed an unofficial welcome party by posting themselves at the door of the Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church.

Family, friends say farewell
Family members of the late Lady Bustamante came from Canada, New York and various parts of Jamaica to bid farewell to one of Jamaica's most beloved daughters yesterday.

Forking out for school fees - Tough times forge new partnerships
It is said to be free, but don't tell that to the hundreds of parents who will have to dig deep into their pockets to pay the school charges before their children return to school in September.

Finance ministry shake-up - Hughes in, Crooks out
The Audley Shaw-led finance ministry will soon have its fourth financial secretary in just over five years. Since Friday, reports have circulated that Financial Secretary Sharon Crooks is to be replaced by head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr Wesley Hughes.

The urgency of political unity
The Standard and Poor's downgrading of Jamaican debt confirms what many have been saying for the past year and more: Jamaica is facing the gravest threat to our economic existence since political independence in 1962. Indeed, it is only during the Great Depression of 1929 that we faced a similar challenge.

Mission of missteps - A young nation struggles for prosperity
FORTY-ONE years ago, one of Jamaica's founding fathers, Norman Manley, outlined the mission of the next generation as being to attain social and economic independence.

When murder comes home
WHEN MURDER appeared on the doorsteps of John Oldfield'shome, he was ripped to shreds. Losing his only brother to gun violence, and the grief that followed was natural. But what consumed the young man weeks after he had laid his brother to rest was the longing for revenge.

When the teacher is a laptop - New computer systems spark students' interest in education
Music videos with young Jamaicans dropping the latest dance moves are far from unusual and, in that regard, Defend The Truth fits into the mould of the usual.