Casino delay - Global financial turmoil creates investor uncertainty
The Government's plan to introduce casino gambling is way behind schedule and doubt has been raised that one of the two entities expected to feature in the initial stages seems set to pull out. In April 2008, Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that legislation to introduce casino...
- Critical change made to Clarke ruling - lawyers
- Young, bright and energy conscious - Westmoreland pair brings fresh ideas to consultation
- Employees working to reopen Milk River Hotel
JetBlue eyes NY-Kgn route
WESTERN BUREAU: United States-based JetBlue Airways will in October begin a non-stop service between Kingston and New York. The announcement was made by Rob Maruster, JetBlue's senior vice-president of customer services, after the airline made its inaugural...
- Weighty woes burden children - Worry over students as they pack on the pounds
- Making others happy
- OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP NEIGHBOURS
Shell's top gas executive resigns - Passed over for top job
The top gas executive and highest-ranking woman at Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Linda Cook, is stepping down June 1, the company said Tuesday, without giving a reason.Cook, 50, was a candidate to replace Chief Executive Jeroen van der...
- US$200m investment values Facebook at US$10b
- 'Hold your tongue' Medvedev takes jab at finance minister
- US consumer confidence soars in May, home prices fall
Tour ends winless - Windies' miserable sojourn in England closes with another big loss
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): West Indies' miserable tour of England continued yesterday when they were beaten by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international at Edgbaston. The defeat condemned the visitors to a 2-0 defeat in the series...
- Wadadah, Brazil aiming for victory
- 'It is absolutely not true' - Bucknor rubbishes reports about tackling Burrell for JFF presidency
- Barca, Man U in star-studded showdown
EDITORIAL - Negotiating the debt, matter of urgency
There is an obvious, and deepening, domestic consensus that Jamaica faces an intractable debt crisis, which insists upon some form of concession from creditors if the country is not to sink under the weight of the problem. There is disagreement...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Industry players should stimulate real-estate market
The Editor, Sir: I noted with interest the Letter of the Day of May 15, regarding a stimulus package for the real estate industry. The Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) has a point - the Government should reduce taxes on real-estate transactions sooner than January 2010 ...
'An Evening of the Classics' to help children
In a speech at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Sunday evening, Lorna Golding, chairperson of the Jamaica Early Childhood Development Foundation, reminded a packed ballroom of her "passion" for the foundation with which she has been working over the last year. ...
- Hot 'Two The Hard Way' at Calabash
- Derek Walcott gets poetic justice
- THEATRE REVIEW - Dream Merchant a dream come true
My child is smoking weed
How does cannabisaffect the brain? Cannabis increases several chemicals in the brain; one of these is called dopamine. When the level of dopamine is increased, there is a sense of well-being and relaxation. High levels of dopamine are also associated with mental problems....
Becoming an employeeof exceptional value
COMPANIES WILL seek to retain employees who, by virtue of their knowledge, skills and attitudes, can help the organisation grow and survive.Generally speaking, the more employees contribute and the more functions they can perform, the more valuable they...
Spencer adamant about Mount Obama
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): The Baldwin Spencer administration is pushing ahead with plans to rename Antigua's highest peak - Boggy Peak - after United States President Barack Obama.The August 4 renaming ceremony coincides with Obama's 48th birthday...
Obama picks Hispanic judge for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Barack Obama yesterday nominated judge Sonia Sotomayor to become America's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, in his first opportunity to shape the country's powerful top tribunal.Obama's selection ...