Ganja boom - Farmers will turn to crime if sugar industry crumbles - study
Failure to save the ailing sugar industry could result in a spike in crime, including an increase in marijuana production and prostitution, as displaced workers try to make ends meet, a study has revealed. The social impact assessment was commissioned by the Planning Institute ...
- Ban carnival too, says Ras Kassa
- 'Rampin' debate rages
- Shari-Jo set to cast spell over Scripps rivals
Calbert Bennett's broken home, strong nerves
ONE OF a man's basic needs is shelter, a place for him and his family to rest and be protected from the elements. So, he works hard to build a house, big or small. And it feels good when the last block is laid or the final nail is driven. No more landlord, no more rent...
- Gov't to assist fire victims' family
- MAC AIDS and Global Fund reps set to visit Jamaica
- It's the mother's choice
JN Small Business Loan beneficiary doing well
Loretta Johnson is a happy woman. Her ambition to operate her own successful business is a reality, thanks to an injection of capital from Jamaica National Small Business Loan (JNSBL). Johnson started a baking business on her own at home in St Ann's Bay, St Ann, back in 2006...
- Sugar report not so sweet
- Higglers sympathetic to Air Jamaica's downsizing - But asking airline to save some routes
- Charles signs MOU against child labour
West Indies more consistent, says Dyson
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): West Indies coach John Dyson was still buzzing yesterday from his side's famous innings and 23-runs victory over England, in the opening Test inside four days at Sabina Park. It allowed Dyson the luxury of 'lyming' by the pool...
- IPL auction one reason for England's 51 - Gooch
- Boys' Town make late rally to seal final date with Portmore
- Planter reaps rewards with late goal for Rivoli
EDITORIAL - CLICO crisis underlines need for regional regulation
The collapse, or something near to that, of core parts of the Lawrence Duprey's Trinidad-based CL Financial group should, we believe, place urgently back on the regional agenda the need for the harmonisation of financial services regulations and a close collaboration ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Censorship is rarely effective
The Editor, Sir: Well, it seems that the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica has finally buckled under the pressure from various quarters to permanently close the Rampin' Shop and erase all traces of 'daggerin' from the airwaves....
Aeron Cargill - Genius at work
At last July's annual Jamaica Cultural Development Commission National Arts Competition and Exhibition, among the many outstanding pieces of artwork on display, one particular piece entitled 'Roxanne' attracted a bit more attention than the others....
- Sweet mix to Marley, Dennis Brown tribute
- Bob Marley: resting in peace?
- Estelle to perform at the BRIT Awards
The faces of love - 10 years and still going strong
On Valentine's Day 1998, he popped the question. In little under six months, they were married. Ten years later, and counting, the two are still going strong. Ewart and Brenda McDonald's marriage, on the surface, may seem to have happened quickly but it was years of establishing...