Cops go home - 223 officers made inactive as a result of suspension or interdiction
More than 200 members of the already understaffed Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are currently sidelined because of suspensions and interdictions. The cops were slapped with the punitive measures for charges stemming from breaches of the Anti-Corruption Act...
- Sisters help nab 72-y-o dad on sex rap
- 'Prevent A Dropout' provides lifeline for at-risk students
- Lower fertiliser cost gives hope
Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) says 'things can change'
TEN YEARS ago Susan Goffe had settled into her role of stay-at-home mother to her three children. After listening to a gripping radio interview about a controversial inner-city shooting, her life took on a different dynamic. The interview involved Dr Carolyn Gomes...
- YEP off to a fast start - Potential beneficiaries lean towards IT
- Gov't to meet hoteliers on tax plan
- Church on the Rock to host 'Women's Gathering'
UDC lays out J$267b Caymanas plan
With tens of hundreds of acres to play with, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has a master plan for the Caymanas Estate that now is being seen as a natural expansion of the congested capital just three minute to five away. The investment to be made is as much as US$3 billion...
- Back to the drawing board
- Doomsday NIR prediction rattles financial sector
- Broilers to refinance debt - Turns to IIC for US$10m
Tough day for Windies
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, CMC): West Indies continued to feel the chill on their tour of England when Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara fashioned purposeful hundreds for the hosts in the second and final Test yesterday. West Indies endured a long, hard toil, as Cook hit...
EDITORIAL - Why is the PM spoiling his case?
THERE is that little anecdote about the salesman, who, having convinced the buyer, proceeds to talk himself out of the deal. That, unfortunately, is the danger facing Prime Minister Bruce Golding and why, in the seeming absence of anyone on the job...
LETTER OF THE DAY - A stimulus packagefor real-estate sector
The Editor, Sir: The recently announced reduction in stamp duty and transfer tax is commendable, but it is not a short-term stimulus.We commend the Government and especially our Minister of Finance Audley Shaw for taking the bold move to reduce...
Countdown to Calabash
Colin Channer should be feeling really nervous right now. The 2009 Calabash International Literary Festival is only a week away. Channer is the festival's founder and artistic director. However, he was unreasonably calm when we stopped to chat ...
What a party!
WESTERN BUREAU: An Asian-inspired temple decor greeted guests at the Sandals Resorts International's private island, Sandals Cay, on Tuesday night. This was the precursor to the parties and the Gordon 'Butch' Stewart-led team wasn't about to allow the captive audience...
UNITED STATES - Search still on for Haitian survivors
Florida (AP): Rescuers were searching the ocean off Florida for survivors after a boat carrying about 30 people, many of them Haitian immigrants seeking to escape their country's crushing poverty, capsized and sank....