'Shearer' struggles - Small-business owners reject $5,000 note
Small-business operators have been struggling to cope with the new $5,000 note pumped into the system by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) last month.In Ocho Rios, St Ann, operators of small businesses said they were concerned about how difficult it has been to find change...
Law student in legal bind
Mrs Walker-Huntington, I came to the United States (US) about six years ago on a visitor's visa. I was staying with a boyfriend who had drugs in the house. I was charged for it since I was the only one home. He fled to Jamaica...
SAJ stevedores make history!
Eighteen stevedores employed to the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) have been the first to receive the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute (NCTVET) level one certification in stevedoring operations...
Narrow win improves Wolmer's chances
A peach of a strike from forward Christopher Waugh guided Wolmer's to a 1-0 Group D win over Camperdown at Heroes Circle and revived their hopes of qualifying for the second round of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup schoolboy football competition...
EDITORIAL - Ambassador Keith Johnson - the diplomat's diplomat
Memories of Ambassador Keith Johnson all have the same theme - admiration for this tall, always impeccably dressed Jamaican gentleman who served as an ambassador for Jamaica for more than three decades. He is remembered for his years as our ambassador to Washington...
LETTER OF THE DAY - We must protect our children
The Editor, Sir: On Sunday, October 4, I attended the exciting Red Stripe 20/20 Finals at Sabina Park. I truly enjoyed the event especially so, seeing that I was there with my nine-year-old son and we won a prize...
Mickey Hanson & Company - A thrilling performance
Mickey Hanson and company give thrilling performance ...
Keeping the faith at Faith's Pen
I felt like running for the hills when the mob came at me with pieces of meat and sharpened utensils. There were perhaps, seven of them, all holding something or the other. They came at me with menacing speed except, of course, for the heavy woman in the back...