Bruce Golding backs words
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding says he will not retract statements made about former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's involvement with GoodWorks International Ltd., the company he alleged was involved in negotiations to divest...
TEACHERS' DAY ACTIVITIES - Teachers fêted on north coast
TEACHERS' DAY activities in St. Ann on Wednesday were held at various locations across the parish and involved teachers from as far away as the parishes of St. Elizabeth and Manchester. Several of the major hotels on the north coast opened their doors...
National Commercial Bank (NCB) closes in on Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
THE NATIONAL Commercial Bank (NCB) could, in a couple years, overtake its main competitor, Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) in profitability if it continues on its aggressive loan growth, analysts say. Bank of Nova Scotia is Jamaica's profits champion...
Lara finally pleased with team's performance
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): FOR THE first time in the series, West Indies captain Brian Lara was pleased with his side's manner of victory over their lowly rated opponents, Zimbabwe. "It was something I was looking for since the beginning," Lara said...
A blight on our children ' s future
IT IS not surprising that several parents in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, should have claimed ignorance, as reported in yesterday's Gleaner, of breaching the Child Care and Protection Act by having their school-age children working as vendors when they..
LETTER OF THE DAY - Backing call for ministry dedicated to music industry
THE EDITOR, Sir: OVER 20 years ago, I met Rita Marley for the first time at a music seminar held at one of our popular New Kingston hotels. I recall her passion then when she expressed her views about the need for the business of music...
'Glory to Gloriana'
IN THE 30 or so years that have gone since The Harder They Come and Smile Orange, Glory to Gloriana, written by Ray Addison and directed by Lennie Little-White, cannot be where we are as a film-producing country, because if we are only as good as...
Touring sailors dance up a storm
VENEZUELAN SAILORS got a brief look at Jamaican shores on Monday, May 8, when their ship Los Llanos docked at the Kingston Wharves as it makes its first stop on its humanitarian tour of the Caribbean.
VATICAN CITY: Pope raises concerns about Catholic Church in Venezuela
VATICAN CITY (AP): POPE BENEDICT XVI told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday he was very concerned about the situation of the Catholic Church in the country, particularly over proposed education reforms and public health programmes...
