'I love my baby' - Abandoned child's mother says she could not cope
The stories which emerged late last year about a promiscuous teenager who abandoned her physically handicapped baby to attend the annual stage show Sting do not ring true when one looks at the soft-spoken teenager of a Denham Town, west Kingston, address...
Commish signals big changes for JCF
WESTERN BUREAU: Commissioner of police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has said the strategic review of the Jamaica Constabulary Force was complete and that changes would stem from it. "We have started a journey to transform and cleanse our police force,"...
- No hike in GCT
- Time-out facility in St Bess
- Documents suggest bank built on lies - Sir Allen stanford affair
Kingston port on sale - Kingston Wharves wants to buy
Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Wednesday that the govern-ment was getting ready to divest the debt-burdened port of Kingston, and already its rival, Kingston Wharves Limited is lining up to buy it. The Port Authority, though profitable, has $21.7 billion of debt...
- BOJ opens forex window for public companies
- All in the family - Lascelles, Angostura spirits merger delayed by shareholder - Globe a financier of parent Lascelles' acquisition
- Cement sales won't recover until 2010 - CCCL
Last pair denies England
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Dogged batting right down the order, led by Ramnaresh Sarwan with his 13th Test hundred, helped West Indies escape from the third Test against England with a draw yesterday. Sarwan hit the top score of 106, but there were several vital contributions...
EDITORIAL - Whither Marubeni?
We are not clear about Marubeni's endgame in its decision to sell 50 per cent of its Caribbean power business to the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), for things are not always as they are said to be, or as obvious as they seem...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Teachers cower as students run 'tings'
The Editor, Sir: I believe that there are some basic things that we can do to improve education in Jamaica. These things do not require large sums of money. They require the political will, strong leadership, determination, perseverance and a return of authority to principals...
'Raine-y' season
The last few months for singer/ songwriter Raine have seen growth from obscurity to the makings of success. Under the guidance of the prolific producing trio DASECA, Raine has been a hit not only with the listening public, but also with producers and the media alike....
The queen and the dragonfly
WESTERN BUREAU: Rickie Francis and David Johnston's dream was to create a distinctive piece of jewellery of the standard fit for a queen.And so they wrote a compelling and beautiful letter to Queen Sofía of Spain, offering her one of their highest quality pieces...