Construction industry awaits cement findings
THE CONSTRUCTION industry is anxiously awaiting the outcome of an investigation by experts into the reason behind the production of faulty cement by the island's sole manufacturer of the product.

Meetings promise Esso, JGRA resolution
TREVOR HEAVEN, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), is optimistic that a resolution will soon be reached in its dispute with Esso over the company's pricing strategy, following a meeting between the parties on...

'Portia on right path'
WESTERN BUREAU: CONVINCED THAT her participatory 'bottom-up' approach to national development is a wise and sustainable move, scores of community leaders in western Jamaica are pledging their support for Prime Minister-designate...

Commissioner supports citizens' right to bear arms
COMMISSIONER OF Police Lucius Thomas responded cautiously yesterday to a call by Opposition Senator Prudence Kidd-Deans to speed up gun licence applications. Making her maiden speech in the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on...

Parliament allows death penalty for murders associated with burglary
AMENDMENTS TO the Offences Against the Person Act, which will allow murders associated with burglary to attract the death penalty were passed in the Upper House on Friday. Justice Minister Senator A.J. Nicholson, who piloted the bill, said the...

Don't dump Omar
JAMAICA IS in real danger of being engulfed in a tidal wave of populism. This is an approach to public policy which dismisses the vital importance of macroeconomic stability. Those, like Finance Minister Omar Davies, who stress...