Fired up for jobs - Thousands descend on York Park station with hopes of being recruited into brigade
Thousands descend on York Park station with hopes of being recruited into brigadeA massive gathering at the York Park Fire Station reflected the state of the economy as thousands of men and women lined Orange Street, downtown Kingston, yesterday...
'I have been blessed' - Rev Hugh Neil gets ready to retire after 47 years
Leaning back in his chair inside his modestly decorated office, Reverend Hugh Neil reflects on how things around him have changed.He is 78 years old now and has been associate pastor at the Church of the Open Bible on Washington Boulevard...
- Becoming a household name - Cosmo's Seafood Restaurant
- Gilbert gives back
- Little London mourns murdered cabinetmaker
IMF decision Monday - The IMF has grown up and matured - Shaw
Minister of Finance and the Public Sector, Audley Shaw, will on Monday ask his Cabinet colleagues to sign off on a submission that will, if approved, lay the groundwork for Jamaica to revise its borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund...
- JMB to issue new $1b bond
- Belize to liberate Jamaican beer
- Sterling Asset expanding to Montego Bay - Hunts forex trading licence
West Indies look to cut down Lankans
LONDON, England, CMC: Fiery pacer Fidel Edwards, struck down with a back injury on Monday, remains a huge doubt for the West Indies as they get ready to face undefeated Sri Lanka in the second ICC World Twenty20 semi-final today. Team officials would not...
- Pakistan ambush SA to reach T20 final
- Confident India fly in for one-day series
- Sponsors give more to women's league
EDITORIAL - Does Mr Green want to be Big Brother?
For all its good intention, and sometimes good work, there is the more than occasional habit on the part of the Broadcasting Commission to overreach. This, we hope, is not again the intent of Cordel Green, the agency's executive director, who testified before Parliament's...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Fix, don't add to trade problems
The Editor, Sir: I write in reference to the most recent debates, letters and articles surrounding the Jamaica vs Trinidad trade wars fiasco. Indeed, as a consumer living in a receding economy, I feel that this egotistical battle of who is right and who is wrong...
Digicel's dancehall divas sizzle at Sumfest launch
WESTERN BUREAU:"I have always been a diva ... I have just not had the attitude," declared Jamaica's queen of the dancehall and first female deejay to win a Grammy, Lady Saw. There was reason for Lady Saw to reiterate or prove her statement to The Gleaner...
Caribbean Week storms the Big Apple
WESTERN BUREAU: Not even the temperamental mid-Atlantic weather that plagued New York last week could derail the rhythm, sound and exhilaration that both heralded and culminated the invasion of Caribbean Week of June 8-12...
China grants US$6 million
China (CMC): The People's Republic of China is providing Grenada with US$6 million in the form of a grant-in-aid as agreed in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on Wednesday.
Protest defies orders as thousands mourn
Iran (AP): Tens of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again yesterday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran's disputed election....