Millions at stake - Philanthropist threatens to pull golf invitational from Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica will lose the multimillion-dollar Caribbean Classic Golf Invitational (CCGI) to Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic or Las Vegas, United States, if tourism officials here fail to show some serious commitment to the event...
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- Patterson to receive region's highest honour
Chance upon a duppy
Human beings are made of two main elements - the mind and the body. One is abstract and the other physical, the physical being the vessel in which the abstract exists. When the body dies, the mind can no longer be stimulated....
- Health investments in trouble - Spencer
- Morant Bay Courthouse to get temporary home
- Cop accused of beating man freed
Automobile association helping UTech to 'navigate'
The Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) has presented the University of Technology (UTech) Faculty of Engineering and Computing with two navigation devices in support of its research programmes.The Garmin Nuvi 205 global positioning system (GPS) uses...
Bolt, Veronica close in style
Usain Bolt completed the men's sprint double while Veronica Campbell-Brown secured the women's 200m crown at the Jamaica National Champion-ships at the National Stadium last night. Bolt, who earlier settled for second place to Yohan Blake in semi-final one...
EDITORIAL - Unfinished business with the CCJ
We don't know if Prime Minister Bruce Golding is privy to the content of a speech delivered last week by Sir Shridath Ramphal, the Guyanese former secretary general of the Commonwealth, at the inaugural conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Patties: get to the meat of the matter
The Editor, Sir: A lot of the patter about patties seem to be dealing with the outer crust rather than the meat of the matter. This is whether Jamaica is willing and able to maximise its share of the growing taste and demand internationally...
Della, Dubtonic: a good pairing at KOTE concert
Della Manley, with her spare acoustic sound, gentle voice and songs which allow listening space for reflection (self and otherwise), and Dubtonic Kru, as heavy and insistent on drum and bass as their name suggests, are not an obvious pairing....
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Desiree Tulloch-Reid: The detective in me
Désirée Tulloch-Reid knew the profession she chose had to make her feel like she was contributing to her community. Her options were teaching or medicine. "It had to be a profession that was useful, made you feel like you were making a contribution to your community....