Pacesetter from Snail Field - 22-y-o is role model of entrepreneurship
WHEN THE going gets tough, the tough get going. Such is the mindset of Oral Daley, a 22-year-old resident of the tiny district called Snail Field in St. Mary. But Oral is no slouch. Oral is a graduate of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education..
'Pay it back' - PNP aide linked to US$40m Whitehouse hotel overrun
KARL SAMUDA vehemently claimed last night that Alston Stewart's Nevalco Consultants ordered unauthorised payments of over US$40 million (J$2.5 billion)on the Sandals Whitehouse hotel construction.
Cargo pact with US to boost exports
JAMAICA AND the United States signed an agreement yesterday which will allow U.S. customs officers to be stationed here to pre-clear cargo destined for America, which will ultimately result in savings for local exporters.
Scores head to US for summer jobs
SEVENTY STUDENTS from 15 tertiary institutions left the island yesterday for the United States to participate in the Ministry of Labour's first overseas summer job programme. They were the first batch of 155 who have been selected to work at hotels...
Jamaica Gleaner makes it nine in a row
THE DYNAMIC advertising team at the Gleaner Company yesterday walked away with the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) Media of the Year Award, for the ninth consecutive year. In addition, members of the team received 11 certificates...
Don't write off Carib Cement - Paulwell
DESPITE A damning report on the cement crisis implicating the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL), Industry and Commerce Minister Phillip Paulwell yesterday said that the country should not "write off" the company.
Extortion, murder hit St Thomas
EXTORTION HAS reared its ugly head again, this time in White Horses, St. Thomas, on Monday, where two employees of Tank-Weld Metals were murdered on a work site. Reports are that Guy Taffe, a 59-year-old supervisor...
FLANKERS MURDER TRIAL - Cop ducked for cover and was last man up
LAUGHTER ERUPTED in court yesterday at the Flankers double murder case when Constable Richard Thompson testified that when he and other policemen took cover from gunmen at Flankers, St. James, he was the last one to get up.
Governor-General of Jamaica all ears to youth's solutions
DON'T DARE try and stop them now! It was an outspoken, resolute group of youth who sat down for breakfast with the Governor-General yesterday, proposing a slew of solutions to Jamaica's problems.
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