New Gov't PALS - Group joins ministry in plan to reduce violence
Teachers are under stress. They are fed up with disruptive and antisocial behaviour in schools. The cries are loud and clear and Peace and Love in Society (PALS), which has a burning desire to effect behavioural change that will reduce and prevent violence and conflict...
- Hijacker's father faces gun charges
- Police demand Audley's ear
- Gov't cautious about Trelawny stadium bids
Reading success ... Green Island's way
WESTERN BUREAU: Two years ago, her inaudible mumblings, followed by spontaneous giggles from her classmates, were what often happened in Ashley Smith's Grade Four classroom at the Green Island Primary School in Hanover, when she was asked to read...
- EU to increase assistance to Jamaica
- Relay for Life goes around yet again
- Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) set to celebrate 10 years
Wray & Nephew expands rum warehouse - Taps EU funds for reinfrastructure, marketing projects
Wray and Nephew, the manufacturer of Jamaica's famed Appleton rums, will today formally open an upgraded ageing and blending facility at its Kingston headquarters, one of a series of enhancements by the distillers that were partly financed by the European Union ...
- Four investors vie for Pegasus - But hotel owners seek rules change ahead of share sale
- Government proposes new lending institution - Wehby leading talks
- Tax the poor!
Onions makes mincemeat of West Indies
LONDON (AP): Graham Onions took five wickets on his debut yesterday as England bowled out West Indies for 152, then reduced them to 32-2 in their second innings on the second day of the first Test. West Indies remained 186 runs behind after following 25 short of the target...
EDITORIAL - Why not Worthy Park and Appleton?
Prime Minister Bruce Golding's silence, during the Budget Debate, on the Government's efforts to divest its sugar interest was, to say the least, surprising. Maybe it is that the prime minister is a bit shy to make public pronouncements on the matter...
LETTER OF THE DAY - No to JPS rate hike
The Editor, Sir: The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is currently closing consultations for the recent request by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for a 22 per cent hike in rates on the non-fuel component of a customer's bill....
'Rasta Got Soul' making waves
Gargamel Music, Inc is pleased to announce that the new Buju Banton album Rasta Got Soul was the highest-ranking debut on Billboard's Top Reggae Albums Charts, sitting pretty at No. 2. The album also made its debut at No. 38 ...
A Nigerian bride's tale
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE are two elements that make up a traditional Nigerian wedding, according to Adanna Njoku from the Mbaise village in the Imo state of Nigeria, who married Gerald Ikebilo recently in Ironshore, St James. The couple, both doctors, met in Maryland...
ANTIGUA - Bird, other ALP members charged
Antigua (CMC): Opposition Leader Lester Bird and six other members of the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) have been charged, while a senior police officer has been suspended in the wake of an unauthorised Labour Day...
- ST VINCENT - Constrained by imperial mindset - Gonsalves
- Region well placed to weather recession - IMF
Swine flu could infect up to two billion worldwide
GENEVA (AP): Up to two billion people could be infected by swine flu if the current outbreak turns into a pandemic lasting two years, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said the historical record of flu pandemics...