Rice waiver plea - Government of Jamaica seeks cut in regional tariff Importers support decision
Local rice distributors and importers of the staple from Guyana have thrown their support behind Government's decision to apply to CARICOM for an immediate suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) on the commodity. The move, announced yesterday afternoon, is being made to secure...

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Standard CSEC syllabus for schools
Golding in Budget hot seat today
Primary schools targeted for maths strategy project
Obama, Clinton to slug it out
Students stay home in 'Ochi'
Tuesday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT

Teens click with IT
Teenagers living in the violence-plagued communities of Spanish Town, St Catherine, who say they have been disappointed by the system, are being given a second chance to transform their lives through the use of information technology....

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Preserving the only Earth we've got
Environment and technology
RJR Group undergoes management changes
Politics same as business - Bunting

Customs, freight group head to target logistics business
The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) will target the development of opportunities in the shipping and logistics business for its members as a major focus of the leadership of newly-elected president, Christopher Kennedy...

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Bank of England announces £50b swap
Attack on oil tanker sends crude price to new record

Digicel donates $8m to JOA
LOCAL telecommunications company Digicel made a major contribution to Jamaica's push for gold at this year's Beijing Olympics when it handed over a cheque worth $8 million to the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), at the association's head office on Cunningham Avenue yesterday....

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Bahamas unable to host Reggae Boyz
'Nothing to be ashamed of' - Admits Granville coach after 7-0 hammering at Tivoli
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Brilliant start to IPL spectacle
Kensington maintain hot streak in Senior Cup
Alsafra, It Is I renew rivalry in Bigga Oaks

EDITORIALS - Support social partnership
Prime Minister Bruce Golding's announcement last week that he has formally invited the Opposition and the umbrella trade union organisation to negotiate a social partnership agreement is a welcome and important development. Indeed, this newspaper, as it previously made clear...

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Give us a sign, Prime Minister
Say a prayer for Zimbabwe
NOTE-WORTHY: Yes on casinos

LETTER OF THE DAY - Jamaica must strive to share in Chinese tourism
The Editor, Sir: I read the piece carried in the commentary section of your paper on Saturday, April 19, by Ms Shellian Stamp from the beautiful parish of Portland, who essentially criticised the efforts of the tourism ministry to explore the possibility ...

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Concerned about 'yard'
NEPA 'doing its job'
Churches and casinos
One can serve two flags
Mugabe's despotism
Tribute to Kimmy Lindo

Notes from the 'Peace' concert
Three months before the concert, Island Records released Marley's Kaya album. One of the evening's most memorable comments came from Peter Tosh: "Dis concert here whey dem sey is a peace concert, I man neva did a go come innu. Ah wonder if many people realise what the word peace means?

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Carol Campbell: The terror of Royal Palm Estate
Celebrating 50 years of Randy's
Icon: Hugh Mundell
Something extra

Green Produce Farm
Long before Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton 2008 budget speech outlined the need for sustainable food production in Jamaica, the 310-acre Green Produce Farm had been playing its part.Located just on the outskirts of Claremont in St Ann, the farm is owned and operated...

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The succulent baby corn
Something fishy
Six sweet varieties of sweet potato

20 migrants found dead in Bahamian waters
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP): The bodies of 20 migrants have been recovered from the sea near The Bahamas after their boat capsized, the US Coast Guard said yesterday as it searched for survivors.The bodies of 19 Haitians and one Honduran were recovered and...

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Grenadians could know election date soon
Region urged to develop environment policy