Gov't braces for fallout

WITH EVIDENCE of a fall-off in revenue from tourism and manifestations of the longer term effects on the island's economy, Transport and Works Minister Dr. Peter Phillips warned Jamaicans at the weekend to brace themselves for the fallout from last...

PNP dedicates day to youth

THE 63RD ANNUAL conference of the governing People's National Party (PNP), which gets under way on Thursday, September 20, will be held over four days instead of the usual three. Party General Secretary, Maxine Henry-Wilson said the extra day is...

Oil spill in MoBay
WESTERN BUREAU: AN OIL spill occurred near the Montego Bay Marine Park close to the Pier One Restaurant on Friday. Initial reports were that the oil entered the sea via the North Gully where major road work is in progress.

Jamaica at credit risk ­ Standard & Poor's
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT rating agency, Standard & Poor's, said on Friday that investor uncertainty following the aerial attacks on the United States would inevitably curtail Jamaica's and other emerging markets' access to the international capital...

'Patterson Report' calls for reshaped RNM

BRIDGETOWN, CMC: SIGNIFICANT CHANGES have been proposed for reshaping of the Caribbean Community's Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), including lines of accountability, financial management and working relationship with regional institutions.