Murders stay down - Police High Command praises good intelligence
The Police High Command says an intelligence-driven approach to crime fighting has been helping to push down the country's chronically high murder rate, with recent data showing a 26 per cent decline for the month of August compared to the same period...
BNS fund managers to target high rollers
Faced with a slow-down in profits and shrinking margins, Scotiabank is trying to expand revenues by growing its wealth management arm with business from high networth investors, a segment the bank admits it might have neglected.
Governance and conflict of interest
The findings of the forensic audit of the Sandals Whitehouse hotel project highlighted a problem in Jamaica, which was, to a limited degree, addressed in Parliament last week in answers by the Industry and Technology Minister, Phillip...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaicans must end addiction to petroleum
The Editor, Sir: The recent characterisation of Americans as petroleum addicts by their own president Mr. G.W. Bush ought to resonate here in Jamaica as we, even more so than the Americans, are addicted to crude oil.
Overseas artistes go 'lowcal'
Recently, international stars, especially from the United States, have been coming to Jamaica more frequently, making special appearances on stage shows or shooting music videos for songs on which they have collaborated with Jamaican performers.
Collecting intuitive art
Annabella Proudlock runs Harmony Hall, a leading art and craft gallery on the north coast. Here she discusses the exhibition, Intuitives III, and why she collects Jamaican intuitive art, with Dr. Jonathan Greenland, executive director...
Anthony Wade remembers
Anthony Wade has just completed writing his memoirs - The Adventures of an Economic Migrant. The man who left Montserrat on 21st June 1954 on the SS Ascania for England is also author of two previous publications:
Nina and Ed's big day
It was a double celebration for Jamaican-born, Florida-based author and banker, Nina Hart, as she said 'I do' to law enforcement officer, Edward Harmon, on her 50th birthday, Saturday, August 19. The ceremony took place at Christ...