Prime Minister of Jamaica orders blackout probe
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller has ordered an investigation into Saturday's islandwide electricity blackout. She made that disclosure yesterday while speaking at the 81st Annual National Convention for the New Testament Church of God...
ISCF assists JCF member with surgery
WESTERN BUREAU: CONTRARY TO purported bad blood brewing among members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) the ISCF is assisting a crippled JCF member to undergo surgery.
Preference shares: the best of both worlds
IF YOUR outlook for the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is uncertain, then you might be interested in an investment in preference shares. These types of shares can be seen as the middle ground between the relative safety of fixed interest instruments...
Relay sweep - Jamaica top medals table with 59
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago: JAMAICA ENDED the XVII Central America and Caribbean Junior Track and Field Championships in a blaze of glory by winning all four mile relays at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday afternoon...
Less talk, more action to avert catastrophe
WE SHOULD, as they say, perhaps give thanks for small mercies. At least, somebody in the public bureaucracy has - again - recognised a problem and its potential for catastrophe. On Tuesday, Mr. Kern Spencer, the Junior Minister in the Technology...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Turn in guns as part of truce
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM responding to an article published in The Gleaner on Wednesday 12, July 2006, entitled 'March Pen Road warring factions bury the hatchet.' Frankly, I am not impressed, nor am I fooled by this public charade.
Music Festival key to Port Royal plan
WHEN DRUMSTICKS fly instead of swords, basslines rumble instead of an earthquake and the brew is dispensed from branded bottles instead of casks from August 25 to 27, it will be more than the first annual Port Royal Music Festival.
Faye Jacobs: Unleashing her potential
FAYE JACOBS, executive director of Caribbean Integrated Financial Services Limited, has turned her adversities into opportunities. Ms. Jacobs, an associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, with 25 years experience...
