Jamaicans see better prospects ahead
BUSINESS AND consumer confidence has climbed to its highest level in five years based on the improved prospects for growth in the economy, according to the latest survey of business and consumer confidence. The Business and Consumer Confidence Indices...

Alleged homosexual attacked at UWI
AN UGLY incident, allegedly sparked by a man who made homosexual advances on a student, took place yesterday evening at the University of the West Indies' Mona campus. It took a contingent of police, dressed in riot gear...

Cuba says Scotiabank has broken int'l law
CUBA BELIEVES Scotiabank violated international law by closing the United States dollar account of local Ambassador Gisela García Rivera, which it said it did to comply with United States legislation. Speaking on behalf of the Cuban government...

Junior ministers ready to serve
AN EMOTIONAL Richard Azan, Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon, was so overcome with joy yesterday that he found it difficult to fight back the tears after being sworn in as State Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Transport...

Failure not an option
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller has warned the 12 newly-appointed State Ministers that she will not tolerate failure in her government. "Failure is not an option, and so I want to warn you from now, and I know I will have the total support...

Prospective Summerfest investors fêted
WESTERN BUREAU: BREAKFAST WAS just a precursor to the ambitious offer made by Summerfest Productions to western Jamaica's business community yesterday. An offer of $400 million in direct spend by Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest patrons annually...