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...
Teachers ready to drag Gov't before ILO
The island's 22,000 teachers say they will seek the intervention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Education International if the Government fails to meet tomor-row's deadline to pay over retro-active funds.The teachers are owed some...
Longing for stability - 18-y-o struggles to survive despite disability
Up and down West Parade, Kerry-Ann Lewis pushes a long wooden cart with three large black crates of oranges. . How this one-legged 18-year-old manages the obviously hassling work is a mystery to many - even her. "Mi nuh know how mi manage, but mi manage...
Patterson to receive region's highest honour
WESTERN BUREAU: Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is expected to speak on how Caribbean leaders should collectively respond to the global financial crisis when he accepts the region's highest award at the CARICOM Heads of Government ...
Three for Manchester matchup
AN INTENSE contest is taking shape in North West Manchester where three aspirants with strong political antecedents in the People's National Party (PNP) have thrown their hats in the ring to run on the party's ticket...
Jamaica supports expelled Zelaya
The Jamaican Government has condemned the expulsion of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya by certain sections of the Honduras military. Zelaya was yesterday said to be kidnapped by military personnel and taken to Costa Rica after he sacked the head...
Sand-theft case moved to Trelawny court
THE CASE involving those charged with the alleged theft of 6,000 cubic feet of sand from a property at Coral Springs in Trelawny has been transferred from Kingston to the Falmouth Resident Magistrate's Court in Trelawny for trial...
New school for Jamaica's challenged
A NEW school catering to physically and mentally challenged children has been added to the Monk Street, Spanish Town, landscape. The St Catherine school, which opens in September, can accommodate 50 students aged three to six...