Phillips' bid political suicide for PNP - Brown - Analysts say fallout looms, Labourites to press advantage
Trade unionist Lambert Brown has warned that Dr Peter Phillips' bid to wrest the presidency of the People's National Party (PNP) from Portia Simpson Miller would pave the way for another electoral victory by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)...
RJR consolidates cable channels, appoints new general manager
RJR communications group has announced that it will be consolidating its cable services under one umbrella, to be spearheaded by a newly appointed general manager.Yvonne Wilks, former head of corporate affairs at telecommunications company Digicel,...
Rae Barrett now interim deputy chairman of JUTC
Rae Barrett, chief executive officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), has been appointed interim deputy chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC).Transport Minister, Mike Henry, who has been in charge of the Government-run bus company since...
NAJ president lauds nurses
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) kicked of its week-long celebration to highlight the contributions of its members to the health care sector, with a church service at the Fellowship Tabernacle Church in Mandeville on Sunday...
Knight tempers tongue on Peter-Portia clash
K.D. KNIGHT, the candid Comrade, who was strident that Dr Peter Phillips was best equipped to handle the job of People's National Party (PNP) president on the departure ofP.J. Patterson in 2006, is no longer packing the venomous punches he did two years ago.
Tourists to get summery greeting from Jamaican students
MORE THAN 1,500 students from universities and high schools are to be employed next week as summer interns at hotels and tourist attractions to help soften Jamaica's image, says Minister of Tourism, Ed Bartlett. Bartlett said the Spruce Up Jamaica youth summer programme ...
Alleged cop killer slain
ONE OF two men wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Inspector Marlon Harper was on Monday morning fatally shot and a firearm taken from him.Dead is Deagreon Bryan, other-wise called 'Ricky', 26, of Queens-borough Drive, Kingston...
Lessons from Seabiscuit (Part 4)
In the movie, Seabiscuit, a true story about the life of a rejected horse who becomes the greatest racehorse of the 20th century, there are several lessons to be learned. The story shows that if a horse can turn his life around, so can we all. No life is beyond redemption...
Public Accounts probe delayed
THE PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) has again delayed a detailed examination into alleged overpayments of more than $8 million to former executive director of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Dr Omer Thomas. Last week, committee members heard from the auditor general...
Westmoreland man found hanging
SAV-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: The body of a 52-year-old man was found hanging from rope in a dilapidated two-room house at Sterling in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, yesterday.The police are treating the death of Wellesley Grant, labourer on a nearby farm, as suicide...
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