DIASPORA CONFERENCE - Bridging the gap
NEARLY 500 delegates began a two-day conference in Kingston yesterday, seeking ways that Jamaicans at home and abroad can strengthen relations to the benefit of both groups. This conference is the second, following the inaugural event two years ago...
'I am still in shock' - Manning's student gets full scholarship to Yale
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: SHE WAS not the most popular student at Manning's School, even after achieving eight distinctions from the eight subjects taken at the CXC level. But when news of her acceptance to the prestigious Yale University...
LoJ sells most of Winchester commercial units
LIFE OF Jamaica has already sold most of the smaller units in its Winchester Business Centre commercial development, but is still struggling to offload the large units, states its vice-president of investments, Rohan Miller.
Boxhill clears the air
JAMAICA FOOTBALL Federation (JFF) president, Crenston Boxhill, yesterday cleared the air regarding Jamaica's controversial tour of England just before the start of the World Cup in Germany.
Kingfish success - and a business dilemma
WE HAVE noted the statement of 'clarification' issued by Mr. Anthony Holness, the CEO of Hardware and Lumber, and the public apology by the group's chairman, Mr. Douglas Orane, for Mr. Holness' remarks on how the success against the narcotics trade...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Dismay about drainage delays
I AM a concerned youngster who is well aware that natural disasters are no respecter of age, gender or class; but being prepared can help save property, life and pride. The years have come and the years have gone....
Sumfest artistes party at Terra Nova
WHEN THE models lined up in Biggie fashions for their first outing at the Terra Nova Hotel on Wednesday evening, a few of them rocked to Capleton's On Top A Tings, played by DJ Sunshine. And then Capleton himself walked on stage with a smile...
Montego Bay's show of the year
WESTERN BUREAU: THEY SPARKLED, amazed and quenched the appetites of patrons who flocked the Half Moon Conference Centre on Sunday, June 11, hungry for entertainment with a difference.
MIDEAST: US military deaths in Iraq hit 2,500
BAGHDAD (Reuters): THE NUMBER of United States military deaths in Iraq has reached 2,500, the Pentagon said yesterday, and the military warned it expected the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq to continue the bloody tactics of his predecessor.
