Tourism fight - Ja to ramp up marketing worldwide to counter UK tax fallout
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has declared that his ministry's intensive marketing campaign will be Jamaica's safety net if the British government ignores the protest of Caribbean leaders against the imposition of an air passenger duty (APD) expected to significantly dampen tourism in the region.
Jamaica shines in Imagine Cup again - NCU team's project to eradicate hunger and poverty makes world final
An enthusiastic Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Microsoft Imagine Cup Software team left the island yesterday to compete in the world final in Cairo, Egypt, after grabbing the top titles in three qualification rounds.
Clarke booted for misconduct - BNS lawyers
Former Scotiabank boss William 'Bill' Clarke was "pushed out" of his post by the bank because it could not ignore allegations and complaints about his professional conduct as head of the financial institution. Attorney-at-law John Vassell, who is representing the bank...
Villa de la Vega - The Capital called home
WHEN ALL the books of Jamaica's history are written, Spanish Town will have a special chapter in it.The town was Jamaica's second capital, but it's nowhere near the splendour of the days the Spanish called it home. Villa de la Vega...
'Change the attitude to work' - Spanish Town man says youthsin the capital need enthusiasm
"By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread" is a saying that Herbert Henry takes very seriously. The cement and gravel-stained bucket in his hand is an obvious sign that he is in the middle of some other endeavour...
'Heatstroke killed boy'
WESTERN BUREAU: An autopsy report has listed heatstroke as the cause of death for five-year-old Lennon Lloyd Edwards, who died after reportedly being left unattended in his parents' locked car in Lucea, Hanover, on Tuesday afternoon...
Military scare - JDF helicopter crashes at Up Park Camp; three soldiers injured
A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) training mission went terribly wrong yesterday resulting in three soldiers being seriously injured after a military helicopter crashed at Up Park Camp. Up to late yesterday evening the soldiers were still being treated...
Bodies of Montego Bay couple found
WESTERN BUREAU: THE KILLERS of missing Montego Bay couple, Thomas and Marjoke Chambers, had attempted a 'seaside burial' before fishermen stumbled across their badly decomposed bodies at the Flamingo Beach in Wiltshire...
Thursdaytalk - hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Wife orders probe - 1. The wife of the prominent personality suspected her husband of cheating, so she hired a private investigator to shadow him and report on his activities. Now the husband's getting blackmail threats...