'No room for error' - Gov't retreat points to importance of debt management
THE GOVERNMENT has said there would be no room for failure when it implements its debt-management programme, which is said to be a critical plank of its economic agenda. Information Minister Daryl Vaz told The Gleaner yesterday that Cabinet, which had just emerged...
- MoBay centre needs help
- Recreation deters crime - Portmore leaders call for more green space
- Portmore police stage fight back
Maas Roy, unofficial 'mayor' of Jeffrey Town
Stanley 'Maas Roy' Archer left Jamaica in 1954 for England en route to Canada to get rich quick. After living in London for a little under two years, he was drafted by the National Service and sent to Cyprus as part of a peace-keeping battalion in the civil war...
- Evangelist delivers on promise to children
- Mental health patients at risk - Psychologists call for Gov't to regularise practice
- Joint Task Force points to 2009 successes
Jamaica set for easy win - wicb regional four-day championship
It would take a bowling effort of immense proportions to deny defending champions, Jamaica, victory over the Windward Islands, in their opening-round WICB Regional Four-day Championship cricket match at Chedwin Park...
EDITORIAL - Much activity by JCF, little progress
One of the curious happenings in last week's announcement by the police of the crime statistics for 2009 was the seeming priming of the event with an earlier press conference to give data on police operations during the year, as though the constabulary...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Carpool to cut expenses
The Editor, Sir: In 2008 when the price of oil skyrocketed on the international market, I wrote a letter suggesting an incentive-driven carpooling initiative led by the private sector. While I think that a private-sector-led initiative would generate...
A 'Volcano Eruption'
There were few bigger names in dancehall music during the 1980s than Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, the colourful producer who headed the Volcano label and sound system.Two weeks ago, VP Records released Volcano Eruption, a double CD containing 40 of the biggest hits...
COVER STORY - Elizabeth James is on a roll
Thirty-one year-old Elizabeth James is on a roll.She was twice National Commercial Bank Capital Market's top wealth advisor last year; for July and November. She was also awarded second runner-up for the best overall performance island-wide as a wealth adviser ...