COLOUR POWER - World's most influential persons of African ancestry
THERE WILL be no honeymoon for Barack Obama when he becomes president of the United States. But for the traditional inaugural ball, his first days in office will be anything but a song and dance. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Home celebration abandoned for inauguration journey
A black-and-white chequered cloak slung over her arm, Antoinette Dreckette was ready to board her flight to New York in the United States from the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday. This morning at 2, she and friends would have begun the journey to Washington...
Debt fear quelled - Government of Jamaica to meet obligations with IDB's multimillion-dollar loan
FEARS THAT the Bruce Golding-led administration could be faced with a crisis in servicing its debt obligations have been removed, at least for now, with the signing yesterday of a US$329-million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....
Revised estimates not ready for House
THE LONG-AWAITED supplementary estimates will not be tabled in Gordon House today. Finance Minister Audley Shaw promised in November that the revised estimates would have been tabled at the first sitting of the House in the New Year. However, that commitment was not honoured...
Obamas, Bidens count down to swear-in
WASHINGTON (AP): ON THE eve of his inauguration, Barack Obama yesterday called Americans to service and optimism, darting through the capital for a blizzard of events marking the 80th birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....
Trial on for King murder accused
THE TRIAL of the man accused of the murder of 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King began yesterday before a 12-member jury in the Home Circuit Court.King was fatally stabbed at his Waterloo Road apartment, New Kingston, between March 19 and 20, 2006...
Tuesdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
The licences issue. 1 A road-safety official was recently heard saying, "Too many people are buying their licences." But what about those who are selling the licences? Surely, there must be some way to trap those who...
Dam Falls' frolicking and fishing
Country life is nice, but it can be painfully boring, especially when it's lacking in social amenities and employment opportunities. Rural folk therefore have to find activities and chores to occupy their time and thoughts. They usually turn to nature...