Not easy to shed Iraq ghosts
WHILE THERE is no evidence to suggest that Jamaican-born and former United States Army soldier, Kevin Brown, who served in Iraq, might have been suffering from that experience, another Jamaican-born US soldier, who...
Insurers fear threat from climate change
It is not an immediate risk, but global climate change is being identified by insurers worldwide as the greatest strategic threat to the insurance industry.According to the 2008 Strategic Business Risk Report by...
Donors shun PNP - Party admits to be hurting from Trafigura
ALTHOUGH bracing itself for possible by-elections or even a snap general election this year, the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is in no position to finance a political campaign. The party's coffers are...
Wildman disappointed at being overlooked
Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman is hopping mad over the failure of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to interview him for the job of director of public prosecutions (DPP). Wildman, a former deputy DPP in Jamaica, was one of...
Week that was (March 30-April 5)
PARLIAMENT'S Standing Finance Committee has completed the examination of the 2008-2009 estimates of expenditure and is due to put its final stamp on it on Thursday before sending it to the full House of Parliament...
The century girls
"I love men!" rattled Mary Jane. Men are nice." She remembers picking a fight at her school gate and riding a donkey to church. She is no teeny-bopper; she turned 107 in January. "I was born in 1901 in St Elizabeth," she says.
Journey to 'Paradise Lost'
SATURDAY MORNING. March 15. About 4: 30. The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard's HMJS Surrey, captained by Lieutenant Commander Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, left the dock at Port Royal. Destination Pedro Cays, about 80 miles south-east of Kingston.
Writefully Yours: To quit or not to quit? Think twice before you jump ship
I have received so many letters since the beginning of the year. Many of you are champing at the bit, wanting to quit your job. This is my general response to all.
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