Long lines for Celine
From as early as 5:30pm Friday, there were long lines of traffic especially along the western corridor of the town of Falmouth, and long queues at the venue for the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival.
Mike in limbo
The future of Mike Henry, the controversial chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), was last night hanging in the balance after a meeting with Opposition Leader Andrew Holness early on Thursday. News reached The Gleaner that following continuous days of bickering by constituents...
Winning would be no surprise
Today, we present two of the 14 parish finalists in The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, at 9 a.m., and is free to the public....
American firm to invest US$30m in green energy plant
American energy firm GreenRG Management LLC, which last year got the go-ahead from Cabinet to set up business in Jamaica, said it will be investing some US$30 million (J$2.6 billion) to finance a plant to manufacture...
50m test for Jamaica stars
NEW YORK CITY, United States: A trio of elite Jamaican sprinters will get an early-season test over virgin distance when they climax tomorrow's US Open Track & Field meet at Madison Square Garden here...
EDITORIAL - Twiddling our thumbs on salaries for MPs
Everald Warmington, we note, has retabled a private member's motion in the House that would allow MPs to receive pensions at the same level of those parliamentarians who become prime ministers...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Educate workforce first, then provide jobs
THE EDITOR, Sir:I operate a relatively small agro-processing firm that exports to the United States and other overseas markets. Recently, two of our senior staff members retired.
Jazz lovers, look out for Nicole Henry tonight
Nicole Henry's powerfully expressive, emotionally resonant voice has already earned her three international top-10 albums, the most recent being her 2008 release The Very Thought of You.She's also won an international reputation as a beguiling live...
Jonkunnu in Paradise
Just when delegates of the 30th Caribbean Travel Marketplace thought the Bahamians had discarded their jonkunnu for opera, they spun a surprise. It was the traditional drumming and dance of the jonkunnu that said "welcome to paradise" at the opening...
Khmer Rouge tribunal halts salaries
PHNOM PENH (AP):About 300 Cambodians working at the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal will not be paid this month and some have worked without pay since October, because funds from donor countries have dried up, a tribunal spokesman disclosed...