Golding's gift - PM rolls back, adds new tax measures
Prime Minister Bruce Golding last night dramatically changed course as he roundly rescinded the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on a list of items announced by Finance Minister Audley Shaw a week ago. In a national broadcast, following howls of protests...
Ballistic machine back in use next week - JCF
The police High Command has sought to assure that the Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS) machine will be fully up and running next week.At the same time, the high command is stressing that the machine is not malfunctioning...
- Blood bags arrive
- Baugh sets out climate change agenda
- Spreading the culture of volunteerism - Scotiabankers making a change in their communities
Plane could become scrap metal
WESTERN BUREAU: The 737-800 series American Airlines plane which was destroyed during an accident at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday night will likely make its way into the country's thriving scrap-metal industry, experts tell The Gleaner....
Another Bolt record - Jamaican is first to post back-to-back wins for Track and Field News' top award
Triple World and Olympic champion, Usain Bolt, was on Tuesday named Track and Field News' Male Athlete of the Year for the second year running. The lanky sprinter from Trelawny also set records off the track, securing all 32 first-place votes, just as he did last year...
- WIPA calls for longer first-class season again
- East-west Christmas showdown in MoBay
- Mitchell lands triple
EDITORIAL - Reasons to celebrate despite adversity
The celebration of Christmas is one ritual to which Jamaicans give whole-hearted attention. For one group of our ancestors, Christmas Day and the day after were the only occasions when, as enslaved people, they were given the opportunity to indulge in revelry...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Find alternative ways to protest
The Editor, Sir: While I fully support the call by any organisation to protest against or demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the state of affairs of our country or the decline in living standards, we must be careful or very selective...
Christmas greetings and gifts
Happy birthday greetings to Nubian prince Dennis Lee, who celebrates his special day today, Christmas Eve. Also, happy birthday to the fabulous clothier, Sophia Max-Brown; hotelier, the lovely Carol Bourke...
Lifestyle's Christmas Dinner
Barbara's rice and peasI don't care what else is on the menu for Christmas dinner, if green gungo peas and rice is not a part of it, my dinner will not be the same. I love green gungo peas and rice.
Top honour for Usain Bolt, four Caribbean PMs
NEW YORK (CMC): The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) says it will honour four Caribbean prime ministers and Jamaica's Olympic and World Athletic champion, Usain Bolt, at its annual fund-raising gala here in January,...
- Tighter restrictions to avoid deadly citrus virus
- Leroy King extradition hearing set for January
- Haitian children sold into slavery
Drug trade fuels Middle East war
Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah...