'I'm OK' Sprinter Usain bolts from crash with minor scratches
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt walked away with minor bruises yesterday, after his multimillion-dollar BMW M3 overturned on Highway 2000.
WHO says swine flu pandemic is imminent
MEXICO CITY (AP):Global health authorities warned yesterday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic and the virus spread farther in Europe, even as the outbreak appeared to stabilise at its epicentre.
Health ministry to spend $12m on swine flu flare-up
The Ministry of Health is to spend $12 million in the initial stage of its efforts to prevent the outbreak of swine flu in Jamaica.A big portion of that money is to purchase 1,000 doses of the two drugs, Tamiflu and Zanamivir, that are recommended for...
Ja tourism to benefit from outbreak
Miami, Florida:Jamaica and the Dominican Republic will be the beneficiaries of a significant portion of the business of one of the United States' largest tour operators to Mexico, Apple Vacations, after it cancelled...
Support programme for missing children launched
The mood was grim but hopeful at the official launch of the Missing Children's Support Programme at Swallowfield Primary and Junior High School yesterday.Those present were given the faith that, at last, greater steps would be taken in combating the...
Golding to unveil new micro financing plan
A NEW facility for providing financing to the micro and small enterprise sector will be unveiled next week when Prime Minister Bruce Golding delivers his presen-tation in the 2009-2010 Budget Debate.This was divulged...
Clarke calls for change in import procedures
ROGER CLARKE, the opposition spokesman on agriculture, wants the procedure by which certain agricultural imports are valued at Customs to be changed in order to protect local farmers.Clarke has suggested that Customs be responsible for valuing select...
Cash Plus boss' properties to be sold
Four properties in St Andrew which are owned by the Hill Group of which former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill is the chief executive officer, are to be sold to pay back depositors and creditors of investment scheme Cash Plus...
Tax waiver a smokescreen? Poorer Jamaicans lose more than gain from Budget - Davies
THE INCREASED burden placed on low- and middle-income groups by the $18-billion tax package announced by Finance Minister Audley Shaw last week has outstripped the 'give-back' in the proposed doubling of the income tax threshold, according to Dr Omar Davies, opposition spokesman on finance.
Shaw hit with name of shame
ALREADY SADDLED with names such as Man-a-Yard, One-Third and Big Daddy, Finance Minister Audley Shaw could get yet another moniker if Dr Omar Davies' attempt sticks."The Trillion-dollar Man, label him that way, the Trillion-dollar Man," Davies said in...
Lions urges J'cans to serve
The Lions Club of North St Catherine last week celebrated 40 years of service in the development of communities in Linstead and its environs.Speaking at an anniversary dinner held at the Lions Civic Centre in Bog Walk, anthropologist Dr Grace Camille...