Going for growth - Tufton sets agenda for agri transformation
The Government yesterday announced a raft of measures to intensify agricultural production as the country takes aim at positioning the sector to take advantage of opportunities created by the global economic crisis...
- Fit for a king - Jamaicans pay tribute to pop legend while Staples Center says final goodbye
- Focus on youth development - Officials speak out on the importance of early-childhood growth initiative
- A lifetime of devotion - St Thomas teacher, social worker continues to give back long after retirement
- 'No way!' - Transport minister says the Government will not stand by while JUTC buses are vandalised
- Ford freed
- Upper Waterloo Road to be closed
- Suspected murder-suicide hits Mandeville
- JAS election today
'Make your mark'!
Teenagers at a Make Your Mark Summer Camp seem ready to make positive changes in their community, schools and country, after an inspirational first day at the inaugural event at the University of Technology's faculty of education and liberal studies...
- Doing good in the neighbourhood
- Generosity still out there, despite hard times
- Gone but still here
- Maria Azan making history
- FAQs on swine flu
- Summer activities for children
Confidence on the uptick - Companies believe worst of recession over - But Curtin has doubts
Business confidence in the second quarter has recovered from its all-time low, but though up by 22 per cent over the first quarter is still at its third-lowest point in the past two years of the survey, at 92.7 points. Confidence among consumers, whose outlook...
- Ryanair to introduce standing-room flights
- To grow business, Scotia invests in outreach - Sets target for 3-4 million client calls
- JPS revenue hobbled by fuel savings
- Seprod/FM Jones to stick to sugar - To inject US$5m into St Thomas operation
- PetroCaribe oil price worry
- UK court ruling favours Antiguan receiver in Stanford case
- Dollar in focus as world leaders meet
- The police detective - Investigating as a career
Bolt defies rain to clock 19.59
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP): Usain Bolt ran the fourth fastest 200-metre race ever in 19.59 seconds in sinking temperatures and heavy rainfall at the Athletissima meet yesterday.It was one-hundredth of a second slower than what American Tyson Gay ran...
- Reggae Boyz hanging by a string
- Strike looms in West Indies cricket
- Dowie eyes sub-57
- Youth team bows into action today
- Young golfers struggle on day one
EDITORIAL - Transparency and that Air Jamaica deal
We understand, as Mr Dennis Lalor has lectured, that, at times, there is need for confidentiality in negotiation and his admonition against doing anything that might "derail" the sale of Air Jamaica. That sale, we assume, is to the US private equity firms...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Isn't this biased?
The Editor, Sir: Trevor McDonald, the British-Trinidadian broadcaster, in his portrayal of Jamaica on the British ITV Channel 1 station, July 5, understandably upset a whole lot of people with his portrayal of Jamaica...
- Our politicians need to wake up
- Bash your own country
- How dare him!
- Disappointed
- Hang your head in shame
- I am a proud Jamaican
- Great entertainer
- The real cause to Jamaica's economic problems
Pan in Harmony produces happy evening
After many months of training and rehearsing, the Stella Maris Steel Band on Sunday presented its first major concert, Pan in Harmony, at Stella Maris Church, Shortwood Road.The three-hour-long function, cocktails and intermission included...
- Jackson's public memorial strikes spiritual note
- Etana rocks Amsterdam
- 13 vie for Miss Jamaica Western title
- Miss Teen Portmore set for Portmore Heart Academy
- Something extra
- Liberty Hall presents '76 King Street'
Why are women dying of cervical cancer?
Of course, I am a part of the generation that grew up on Michael Jackson's music and am enthralled by his sheer genius, talent, discipline and pain. Remember, "have you seen my childhood"? I wonder how the people around him couldn't hear ...