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
WESTERN BUREAU: Two of the world's largest casino operators, Harrah's and MGM, are showing keen interest in partnering with the US$1.8-billion (J$143 billion) 'Celebration Jamaica' resort development touted to add gold to Montego Bay's 'Elegant Corridor'...

Debt fuelling Jamaica's crime, says envoy
A high-ranking European Union (EU) official has said Jamaica's No.1 problem is its massive debt stock, not soaring crime. Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, head of delegation of the European Commission to Jamaica, said Government's inability to invest heavily...

Cops probe MoBay job scam
WESTERN BUREAU: The Area One Fraud Squad is investigating complaints that hundreds of persons in Montego Bay, St James, seeking overseas employment have been fleeced of millions of dollars by an unregistered employment agency. The agency operates under...

NEPA warns public against parrot trading
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), is reminding the public that it is illegal to sell or buy Jamaican parrots. Jamaica has two endemic species of parrots: the yellow-billed and black-billed parrots, which are protected under the Wild...