New name, new frame - C&W now LIME, Ready to fight for market share
Cable and Wireless (C&W) has announced a change of identity, all part of its three-year plan to transform into the region's leading provider of a full suite of telecoms...
Vote by telephone
More than 4,000 blind people in Puerto Rico will be able to vote by telephone for the first time in November's territorial elections.The nearly US$200,000 project allows the blind to cast votes for governor, mayor and scores of legislators on November...
Banana in limbo - JP to watch weather for at least a decade
Jamaica Producers (JP) says it has not totally turned its back on banana exports, but indications are its return to the market would be a long shot.On Thursday, JP chairman Charles Johnston said the company would...
Obama and the Carib: a promise of relief
By the morning of Wednesday, November 5, the world should know who the next president of the United States will be.Barring the unexpected, the polls suggest that Barack Obama will win a historic victory.
Opportunities for the next US president
Aspiring United States politicians dream of being Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), but rarely do the times and the person converge.The next president will have the chance to be a 21st-century FDR.For either Barack Obama or John McCain, the first duty...
Twice robbed, twice denied by insurers - Do insurers have a duty to be more open?
Question: My insurers cancelled the cheque to settle my claim for a stolen car on October 21.
Low productivity, poor competitiveness - Trainer links quality of output to education
Donald Foster, executive director of the HEART Trust/NTA, has attributed one of the main reasons for Jamaica's low ranking on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) to the country's low levels of worker...
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