More money for lip service - C&W landlines to cost more
CABLE & WIRELESS (Jamaica) Limited (C&W) is set to raise the rental rates for its landlines.

In search of excellence in a broker
QUESTION: WHAT are the duties that an insurance broker owes to its clients? Are those obligations limited in any way? Thirdly, are there any differences between dealing with a broker and an insurance agent? ...

The avenue to excellence on-line
A RECENT Gleaner editorial (Saturday, January 24) lambastes the Government for not emphasising enough computer technology in the island's education system.

Alpart sale in the balance
KAISER ALUMINIUM & Chemical Corporation announced last week its intention to sell its 65 per cent stake in Aluminium Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) to Swiss-based Glencore International AG.

'Air Ja Jazz and Blues Festival' in the black
THE CURTAINS have come down on a successful staging of the 'Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival', one of the island's premier musical events.

Portmore gets new credit union
SPANISH TOWN: THE ST. CATHERINE Co-operative Credit Union opened its fifth branch in the parish at the Portmore Pines Plaza on Saturday January 24.

No massive tax increase or redundancies - Davies
KINGSTON, Jamaica: FINANCE AND Planning Minister Dr. Omar Davies has said there would be no large-scale cutbacks in public sector employment and services, nor would there be any massive increase in taxes.

Dollar takes a pounding - Jamaican $ has big drop against sterling
AS THE benchmark currency, any significant movement in the value of the United States dollar versus the Jamaican currency is the subject of much debate.

Remittance companies at ease with new rules
ON JANUARY 13, Parliament passed an amendment to the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) act giving that body greater power to monitor remittance companies.