We'll back you but ...Bankers say Gov't needs to give more information on economic plan
Financial sector officials yesterday continued to support the Government's strategy to control Jamaica's growing debt problem while at the same time urging the Bruce Golding-led administration to place other measures on the table. In Gordon House today...
- Recovery for some, desperation for others
- 'They are dying while you are waiting!'
- Half million goes to refugee preparedness
Countdown to income tax deadline begins
AS THE countdown to the March 15 deadline for income-tax returns begins, the tax administration has issued a reminder to taxpayers urging them to make preparations for the annual payments. As at November 2009, the Ministry of Finance recorded...
Robert and Stephen Bell
What seemed like a cruel joke is now a humbling experience. So said Stephen Bell, regional vice-president of Seaboard Marine. The experience which Bell referred to is having his father, Robert Bell, a veteran in the shipping industry, report to him, at least on paper...
- Audi sales decline
- G7 to tackle future bank failures Jan 25
- Swiss Re secures US$1.27b deal with Buffett's Berkshire
Brooks in limbo - Jamaican sprinter stalled as she awaits IAAF clearance
The immediate future of sprinter Sheri-Ann Brooks is still "up in the air", haunted by a drug testing controversy that prevented her from representing Jamaica at the World Championships in Athletics (WCA) last August, and is stalling her return to the track in 2010....
- Brown spins Jamaica to victory - Morton century not enough to save Leewards
- Blaine confident Reggae Girlz can qualify
- Harbour View focus on third round
EDITORIAL - Haiti needs a Marshall Plan
Haiti is not unaccustomed to the world's attention in the immediate aftermath of some disaster, natural or man-made. But it is mostly fleeting. In short order, the focus wanes and the world moves on to the next crisis...
LETTER OF THE DAY - A defining moment for all of us
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS nothing more inspiring than seeing the response of people, particularly Jamaicans, to a crisis situation, especially when someone is in desperate need. Whether it is the aftermath of a hurricane, or Jamaicans responding to the Shaggy ...
Jam-packed line-up hurts Rebel Salute but ...
Western Bureau: While several acts were forced to shorten their sets because of the jam-packed line-up, predominantly happy faces were seen filing out of the Port Kaiser Sports Club in St Elizabeth when deejay Assassin brought the curtains down...
- Lawless Events, Alca Entertainment give back with Bar-Raage Scholarship
- New Poe portrait unveiled
- Vivian 'Yabby You' Jackson passes away
Quiet Clover Hill
While driving along a dirt road in the St Catherine community called Clover Hill, recently, it suddenly occurred to me that I had lost my way. It appeared I had unwittingly taken a wrong turn somewhere and had ended up on a private road in the midst...
Canada to host meeting on Haiti rescue effort
Canada, (CMC):Canada will host an emergency meeting of countries that are leading the rescue effort in Haiti, as world leaders struggle to craft a longer-term plan for rebuilding the earthquake-ravaged country.Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said that...