Productivity plunge - Study cites negative output over 30 years
Jamaica has, on average, recorded negative productivity levels for more than three decades, eroding some of the gains achieved during the 1950s and immediate post-Independence period, according to the head of one of the largest corporations in the island.

New report slams UDC
The more than US$41 million (J$2.6 billion) in overruns on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse hotel project were the result of poor management by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the multiple roles of individuals involved... .

Spanish Town gangs fan out
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Notwithstanding a significant decline in major crimes, except for sex offences, in the St. Catherine North Police Division, the Spanish Town police say they are concerned about the migratory patterns of gangs...

Church turns school for Hanover students
WESTERN BUREAU: About 400 students from the Middlesex Corner Primary School in Hanover will have to wait a while longer before they will be able to use that facility again. This has come in the wake of extensive repair work being carried out...

Horne a non-starter for PNP position
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: Senator A.J. Nicholson, legal adviser to the governing People's National Party (PNP), has ruled that former Opposition Senator Norman Horne is currently ineligible to run for any position within the party.

Protests shut down Penwood High again
The doors to Penwood High School, St. Andrew, remained closed yesterday for the second day running because of a blocked roadway leading to the school. On Monday, angry parents and residents blocked Rhoden Crescent, the road leading to the school...

Savanna-la-Mar teen found hanging
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: THE FAMILY and friends of 18-year-old Rackeisha Spence, of 135 Dalling Street in Savanna-la-Mar, have been left puzzled by her suspected suicide. Scores of persons converged Monday evening at the house...