Lifesaver: Mortgage relief, billions in tax cuts, loans for limping economy
Prime Minister Bruce Golding last night handed a lifeline to the Jamaican economy in the wake of global recessionary shocks, announcing billions of dollars in cheap loans and tax cuts to re-energise small businesses and the floundering fortunes of the tourism industry...
- As casino interest grows, licence delay irks Palmyra
- Debt fuelling Jamaica's crime, says envoy
- Cops probe MoBay job scam
'Buckra massa pickney' (brawta)
Enrico Stennett, a privileged half-black Jamaican youth, and two friends, stowed away to England, where he thought he belonged, on the SS Empire Windrush. When they gave themselves up on board, the ship captain was upset. He put them to work, but was very kind to them....
- My three-year-old does not want to share
- Parenting centre for Jamaican men
- Dr Noel Smith Williams: father, mother to his children
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz rule the Caribbean
Luton Shelton fired in two penalties in both halves to repay the industry of Eric Vernan who was cut down on both occasions in the box, as Jamaica topped the Digicel Caribbean Championship with a 2-0 victory over over Grenada in the final at the National Stadium last night...
EDITORIAL - CARICOM must sanction Mugabe
Caribbean countries have a deep moral and emotional stake in Zimbabwe, where, as is increasingly apparent, the aged president, Robert Mugabe, has grown so seriously delusional to be dangerous not only to his own people, but a threat to the security of Zimbabwe's southern...
LETTER OF THE DAY - PSC case anticlimax aborts judicial process
The Editor, Sir: The announcement of an out-of-court settlement, to the dispute between the four members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the prime minister was an anticlimax. This settlement aborted the judicial resolution to this constitutional...
Worldwide demand for Jamaica's 'Saints'
After a recent stint in New York where he confirmed representational contracts with fashion industry's top agencies for his models, Saint International boss Deiwight Peters is claiming bragging rights as the world's single largest provider of Afro-Caribbean models...
- Oraine Barrett stars in 'Phat Premium'
- Performances weigh down good Stone Love anniversary
- Best and worst baby names
A born leader - Dame Karlene Davis
One thing Dame Karlene Davis, a Jamaican living in the United Kingdom (UK), learnt early in life was that she wanted to be a leader.Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a lawyer, then a doctor, but none of the the professions stuck. It was nursing, specifically midwifery...