Gone too soon - Michael Jackson 1958-2009
LOS ANGELES (AP): Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the 'King of Pop' and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died yesterday. He was 50...
- GSAT scholars named
- Scotiabank throws lifeline to small-business persons
- Two new cases of swine flu confirmed
Banana farmer does it again... Continues to give freely to St Mary schools
Eighty-seven-year-old Stanley Amritt greatly believes in his community and has been demonstrating this through major financial and property donations within his home parish of St Mary. "He is a very, very community-spirited person, he believes...
- Public defender bats for Armadale girls... says their current situation is not helpful
- Cabinetmaker turns calamity into opportunity - Community benefits from his lessons
- KSAC and San Andres join hands
Ex-Im short of cash to lend - Jamaican, not US$
Jamaican producers are in search of capital to invest in their businesses, but the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica says it has run short on Jamaican funds.So the lending agency has turned to the state for help, saying it needs about $1 billion...
- LNG for Jamaica a national priority - Manning
- Finance postpones payroll plan
- IMF programme already drafted - Jamaica's growth re-forecast to contract by 4%
Sabina blast-off!
If the body language of West Indies captain Christopher Gayle and his Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni is anything to go by, then cricket fans who turn up at Sabina Park today and Sunday for the first two one-day internationals of the 2009 Digicel Series...
- Captains expect close series
- Bolt-Powell clash to highlight three-day National Champs
- Fothergill sets sights on 400m crown
EDITORIAL - Not another patty war, Mr Azan
We don't know how hard or for how long Omar Azan, the re-elected president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA), intends to put his foot down and press hard on this one. We, however, suspect that Mr Azan may find it far more worthy, efficient and efficacious...
LETTER OF THE DAY - The case for corporal punishment in schools
The Editor, Sir: Locked in the dreaded cycle of violence, our society struggles with the search for solutions to this multifaceted problem including the question of corporal punishment in schools. Those against corporal punishment in schools argue that it is cruel...
Jamaica Gospel Song 2K9 presented as ministry, not contest
In between shifting musical gears to go uptempo with his second song at the launch of Jamaica Gospel 2K9 (sponsored mainly by Grace Tropical Rhythms) on Wednesday night, 2003 winner Kevin Downswell reminded this year's finalists of their wider responsibility...
Excitement in the Bay!
WESTERN BUREAU: The much anticipated Muay Thai fighters, who will duel at the Aqueduct at Rose Hall tonight, can't possibly outdo the exhilaration that Head of State singers Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill brought to Montego Bay on Wednesday....