'ZEKES' GETS LIFE - Pleas for 'Zekes' fall on deaf ears
MATTHEWS LANE strongman Donald 'Zekes' Phipps who ruled sections of downtown Kingston with an iron fist for over a decade will spend his next 30 years in prison. Justice Horace Marsh yesterday ordered that he should serve the full term before being...
Bartlett slams NEPA on Bahia hotel permit
RUNAWAY BAY, St. Ann: OPPOSITION SPOKES-MAN on Tourism Ed Bartlett says the recent court ruling in the case of the Bahía Príncipe Hotel in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, may have damaged the country's status as a viable investment location.
Khemlani investing $170m in two new stores
STEVE KHEMLANI is investing upwards of $170 million to open two new Khemlani Mart stores in Kingston and Portmore, expanding what he says is an already robust retail chain. Khemlani already owns a clutch of shops...
We have to regroup, says Dravid
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): INDIA CAPTAIN Rahul Dravid and coach Greg Chappell say the team's 4-1 one-day series defeat to the West Indies could impact on the four-Test series starting on Friday. "We've got a little bit of work to do mentally...
Franklyn's misplaced priority
IN HIS call last weekend for an overhaul of how public sector contracts are being awarded, Senator Delano Franklyn seemed more interested in putting the cart before the horse. In an address at a function honouring several community groups in Portmore...
LETTER OF THE DAY - No surplus NIF, NHT funds
THE EDITOR, Sir: MADAM PRIME Minister, the word surplus has always meant 'a quantity over and above what is needed', in other words 'excess'. From listening to you and the Finance Minister, I get the distinct impression that you both believe...
Chetenge Clarke crosses 'Borders'
A TITLE track which soulfully rails against hemming in the soul set to the blues. How Long, a tribute to resilience which unfolds like a spiritual. A swinging ska homage to women Over 50. A Latin celebration of the Big Mama.
