GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM: Sugar woes - Small cane farmers in danger
PLAYERS IN the local sugar sector are predicting that small cane farmers could be wiped out of the industry over the next three years, unless Government guarantees them a price at which they can survive.
US$10m loan sought to sustain Worthy Park
A US$10 MILLION (J$640 million) investment is being ironed out between the Government and St. Catherine's Worthy Park Estate to increase the island's sugar output. The transaction will allow Worthy Park to acquire lands...
HOW WILL I BENEFIT FROM THE NHT? - No 'home cheap home'
WEDNESDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson of the doubling of National Housing Trust (NHT) benefits to a maximum of $3 million per person has created a wave of euphoria across the country.
PNP voters' list ready
THE NUMBER of groups and their delegates who will elect the People's National Party's (PNP) next President is complete and in the hands of the party secretariat, PNP Chairman Bobby Pickersgill announced yesterday.
Omar Davies nominated
IF MEDIA reports that his 'Campaign For Prosperity' campaign for president of the People's National Party (PNP) is in trouble, supporters of Finance Minister, Dr.Omar Davies, are not buying it.
Simpson Miller too busy for debate
THE CAMPAIGN team for People's National Party (PNP) presidential candidate, Portia Simpson Miller, yesterday officially announced she would not participate in the proposed Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)/Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ)...
Ex-soldier gets 15 years
FORMER JAMAICA Defence Force corporal 35-year-old Michael Williams, who in a fit of rage sprayed bullets from a sub-machine gun at his girlfriend's house, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
UWI to establish centre in memory of Michael Manley
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday announced that the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona is to establish a centre in memory of former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michael Manley.
New Liberian President sacks Finance Ministry
MONROVIA (AP): PRESIDENT ELLEN Johnson-Sirleaf has fired the entire staff of the Finance Ministry, a perceived centre of the corruption that has long hobbled war-battered Liberia.
Christian vigilante group arrested in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP): GUATEMALA'S LONG-RUNNING problem with vigilante justice took an unusual turn this week when police arrested seven armed Christian fundamentalists accused of extortion as they distributed religious leaflets and collected money...
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