PC banks to merge operations
A DECISION has been made for the People's Co-operative (PC) Banks to merge their operations into one national bank.

Rights of spouses Bill delayed, parliamentarians missing
IT'S GREAT to see that a Bill recognising the rights of spouses to an equal share of property after the break-up of a marriage is finally ready for consideration in the Houses of Parliament.

A Kittitian Jamaican
MOST OF the high commissioners to Jamaica are from countries outside the Caribbean. Only two are from the West Indies; Trinidadian Dennis Francis and Cedric Harper of St. Kitts and Nevis.

GTECH gives financial injection to hospital project
GTECH JAMAICA, the local division of GTECH Corporation and the technical and service provider for Supreme Ventures Limited, on Friday announced its decision to contribute a total of $3 million to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI)...

Peace talks in West Kingston
A GROUP of community strongmen, affiliated with rival gangs in West Kingston, met last Thursday afternoon in a high level meeting to discuss ways to keep the peace between Wilton Gardens (Rema), Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens.

Stafford Burrowes: A man with a vision
DOLPHIN COVE'S owner Stafford Burrowes can hardly put a foot wrong nowadays. Acting on a longstanding belief that a swimming-with-the-dolphins facility in Ocho Rios "would create wonders" for the tourism industry...

Venezuelan Ambassador feels at home in Jamaica
VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR Rocio Maneiro Gonzales' career came to a full circle when she was given Jamaica as her first assignment in 2000.