Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd. (JPS) up for sale
GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY put on hold preparations for a public listing of its 20 per cent of the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd. (JPS) as it considers its response to the surprise announcement by the Atlanta-based Mirant Corporation that it will sell...
GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM - Job drought for agriculture scientists
HUNDREDS OF trained agriculturists are encountering difficulty finding employment in that sector, forcing many graduates to find employment elsewhere. Cordia Thompson, an agribusiness consultant, revealed yesterday...
US company gets a chunk of Jamaica's bauxite mining
WASHINGTON GROUP International Inc. (WGII) has been awarded two contracts to take over the entire bauxite mining operations for West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO) for the next decade. With the two awards announced last Thursday, Washington Group...
Hefty fines for World Cup 'ambushers'
ONCE ENACTED, members of the business community and public could be forced to pay hefty fines under the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Sunset Legislation Act, as the tournament organisers look to protect sponsors from what has been commonly..
CARICOM and Venezuela
NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders agreed at their summit in St. Kitts last week to back Venezuela's candidacy for a seat on the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council. From a Jamaican perspective, there are two immediate...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Portmore should try car pooling - Advice from the Bronx
THE EDITOR, Sir: I DEEPLY empathise with the plight of the Portmore citizens who will now have to fork out extra bucks to utilise the newly-completed toll bridge. The reality is that the bridge has to be paid for, its construction has to be paid for...
Vroom! 'Cars' full of horsepower
ANIMATED VEHICLES which do everything without humans aside, Cars is a surprisingly mature romantic comedy. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft (both also share writing credits), Cars throttles along nicely...
Trauma has a face
Trauma has a face. It is the face of that 14-year-old girl, gang-raped and then video-recorded for public scrutiny. Trauma has eyes. It is most people who viewed the abuse and violation, including journalists and interns...
CUBA: US wants US$80 million more to hasten change in Cuba
HAVANA (AP): A UNITED States presidential commission urged Washington to spend US$80 million to help non-government groups hasten a transition to democracy in Cuba, but some dissidents here said the move would do them more harm than good.
INDIA: OVER 160 KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED IN BOMBINGS - Mumbai massacre
MUMBAI (Reuters): BOMBS EXPLODED on packed commuter trains and stations in India's financial hub, Mumbai, yesterday, killing over 160 people and wounding hundreds, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility...
