'JAILED' AT HOME - Crime sends Jamaicans behind gates
At least one group of realtors is predicting that Jamaica may be overrun by gated communities should the Government fail to get crime under control. "Most of the developments going forward are going to be gated communities. People feel more secure in these properties. The price for these units is much higher, but they sell faster," said Edwin Wint, president of the Realtors' Association of Jamaica.
- A Call to Action (Editorial Series) - Do it or leave!
- Men under threat - The Promise, The Perpetrator, The Plundered
- Problems at the ports? Danville's fix - Change the scanners; put all security duties under Customs
- Where do the children play?
- Running to the hills - Phenomenon a sign of Jamaica's social divide, says university lecturer
- Gleaner wins seven !
Call for development plan - Realtors warn that the country's alarming crime rate is pushing Jamaicans into gated communities.
THE DEAN OF the University of Technology's Faculty of the Built Environment, Dr Carol Archer, has called for a development plan for urban centres to deal with population growth.
- Handyman can! Eric Nembhard still able after losing both hands
- A chance for change
- Professor Vasciannie to deliver Michael Manley Lecture
- Christmas Jamboree at St Mary Peace Farm
No mobile dazzle this Xmas - Telecoms opt for more traditional promotions
Last year, the giveaways were spectacular as the mobile giants jockeyed for market share by dazzling customers with expensive cars and lots of cash. Then the recession happened, and while the 'Big Three' are rolling out new promotions, none matches up to the 2008 'shock-and-awe' prizes, and the advertisements and displays on street signs, and walls and billboards, and vehicles, and that eye-catching Digicel blimp.
- Claro has new $9.99 plan
- Jamaica adopts AMANDA - Software in place to speed up development approvals
- 9 ways to beat identity scams this holiday
- The bare bones of the business plan
- Crime's curse on the Caribbean
- Budgeting tips for survival
Prolific Brown hands STETHS crown
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) won their third ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup title yesterday afternoon, when they clipped first-time finalists Manchester High School 1-0 in the 2009 finals at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay.
- Teacher wins Reggae Marathon
- Lamey ... Waterhouse's football 'king'
- Red-hot 'Firehouse' aim to celebrate in style
- Wrong move by the gentlemen of cricket
- Queen's Park CC names Darren Bravo Sportsman of the Year
- Lack of guaranteed lighting stumps Jamaica's bid
- Nash's faith pays rich dividends
- Work on stadium pool could begin in January
- Saint Cecelia mines Gold
- Bloomfield creates history
- Bennett wants more from quicks
- Recession hits JMMC rally with low turnout
- Campbell-Brown's group focuses on assisting primary schools
EDITORIAL - When Mr Ellington gets the job
Despite the formalities of inviting applications for the job, it seems a foregone conclusion that Mr Owen Ellington will, in due course, be confirmed as commissioner of police unless an excellent candidate from abroad, with clear Jamaican roots, now applies for the post.
- Critical issues for the the FINSAC Enquiry
- The road to growth, stability, prosperity
- Christmas thief
- A tale of two countries
- Speed up public sector reform
Names to 'a-Mews' - Fancy monikers meant to elevate Jamaican communities
An address does not simply indicate the place at which a person resides. It also indicates, for better or worse, that person's social standing and, consequently, how he or she sees himself or herself, and often how that person is treated. It is not surprising, then, that many a community has been bestowed with a name which aspires to elevate it in social standing ...
- Busta's house ... built while in detention
- 50 years at the Bar
- Robert Montague - Caribbean man with an international flavour
- 'No-nonsense cop' retires
West End grows into 'One Love Drive'
Negril's West End has long been known as the more rustic, charming side of the roundabout in Jamaica's western haven for tourists, touts and troubadours - or its more rough-and-tumble side, depending on the viewer's perspective.
- Negril Cluster wants music time extension
- 'Ranchie' back onstage - Pays homage to reggae music greats
- Rototom Sunsplash to relocate for 2010
- Merciless prepares a 'Letter' for Sting
- Grand opening planned for 'White Witch'
Literary Arts - Love in the hurricane
The afternoon was quiet on the eve of Hurricane Adele. The soft breeze rustling through the trees was deceptively calm but there were signs of the approaching storm to be found everywhere, if one looked for them. Jessica stood on the back patio, watching the dogs pace around the yard, occasionally stopping to stand nose to wind, sniffing wildly before turning to whine in her direction.
- UCC REPORT: By work and by faith - Valedictorians recount their journey to the top
- UWI notebook - Jerome Miller-Vaz is Diamond Honoree
- Book Review - A must-have gem
- Sunday Sauce - Person of the year
- Nailing the jelly with Jeremy Cresswell
Memorable milestone for Rajeesh
Deepa Kripalani flew thousands of miles from India to celebrate her son Rajeesh's 40th birthday. And not once was he aware that the best gift he would receive last Saturday night would be his mother.
- MY DOWN TIME WITH ... Dr Marjorie Angela Lewis
- A very happy affair
- Jamaican cultural feast for African head
- DOCTOR'S ADVICE - I have two boyfriends
- So, you are HIV-positive!
- ASK MOLLY
Voodoo economics or duppy story?
With the public's attention now drawn to Jamaica's unique economic experience of having an economic meltdown in the midst of an unprecedented global economic expansion during the 1990s, much name-calling, scapegoating and buck-passing on all sides of the issue can be expected.
- Debating interest rates
- Is our press biased?
- The cost, benefit of government
- When sex equals violence - not love
- Peace, order and prosperity on Dodo Island
- 'We're heading in the wrong direction'
- God's second greatest gift to mankind
Life in the other lane!
It may be a bit confusing to our North American visitors, who drive on the right-hand side, that in Jamaica, like several former British colonies, motorists use the left of the road. But there are Americans who bravely traverse Jamaican roads in the driver's seat.
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