Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | February 11, 2009
Dollar dilemma - Government of Jamaica seeks to rein in galloping devaluation - Exchange rate closes in on J$90 to US$1
A number of important new policy initiatives are currently being vigorously pursued to halt the rapid slide in the value of the Jamaican dollar, Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced yesterday. A nine per cent decline in the value of the local currency since the start... Read More...
Developing nations should lead economic recovery, says Rapley
JOHN RAPLEY, senior lecturer in international relations and politics in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies and president of Caribbean Policy Research Institute, said the stimulus package passed by the United States Senate Tuesday might not lead... Read More...
A deadly 15 minutes
RYAN SCOTT has been swimming since he was three years old. However, at age 27, after a close brush with death, he made the decision never to venture into the sea again. "I don't want to see water. I am afraid of even my own shower. I don't want to see the beach," Scott... Read More...
Oral McCook balances his beliefs and business
Hear the name Oral McCook and the advertising world usually comes to mind first.But the spiritual side of OGM Integrated Communications' managing director is far more riveting. Growing up in a Christian home (his father was also a pastor), he's been connected to the faith... Read More...
Light bills rise 9%
The Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) yesterday said the increase in fuel charges and a depreciating dollar will again cause the price of electricity to climb by about nine per cent this month. The company, in a press release, said this means that customers... Read More...
Some roadways reopened, says NWA
The National Works Agency (NWA) said yesterday that it re-opened, to at least single-lane access, the majority of the more than 60 road sections that have been affected by persistent rains in the parishes of St Mary, Portland and St Thomas.... Read More...
