PNP returns cash - Trafigura saga comes to an end
The Trafigura Beheer debacle has come to an end, exactly 142 days after Prime Minister and president of the People's National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, pledged that the $31 million so-called donation from the Dutch oil trader...
Students in danger - Deadly asbestos found on Marlie Mount Primary School compound
Spanish Town, St. Catherine: MORE THAN 1,500 students of the Marlie Mount Primary School in St. Catherine have been exposed to cancer-causing asbestos that is scattered across the institution's compound. A Gleaner news team visited the institution yesterday...
Bank of Jamaica issues special CD
Government's over-extension on its borrowings, or planned debt issues, since April has forced the central bank into action to sop up liquidity from a $6 billion GoJ investment bond that became due Monday.The Bank of Jamaica immediately placed...
Harbour View gearing for Boys' Town challenge
Harbour View say they are ready for Boys' Town in the final of the Western Union/KSAFA Jackie Bell Knockout competition after dispatching arch-rival Waterhouse 1-0 at the National Stadium on Sunday night. Harbour View, which lead the premier league by three points...
EDITORIAL - NSWMA and Errol Greene
There is need for clarification either from Dean Peart, the local government minister, or Ethlyn Norton-Coke, the chairman of the National Solid Waste Management Agency (NSWMA), as to whether it is the minister or the board who has oversight responsibility...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Crime deterrent killing tourism
The Editor, Sir: Tourism, our last surviving industry is slowly dying. Low arrivals, steady decline in 'spring breakers' and overall bad publicity are killing our last hope. It was unfortunate that even myself a 100 per cent Jamaican (yardman) decided for the first time...
Oscars king and queen crowned
Bangshowbiz: Dame Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker were crowned queen and king of the Oscars on Sunday.The stars of The Queen and The Last King of Scotland won Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively, while Martin Scorsese won Best Director for The Departed...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Australia remain bookies' favourites
The World Cup is just around the corner and the region, certainly Jamaica, is buzzing with excitement - not only because they are looking forward to hosting the best World Cup ever based on off the field activities, but also based on what happens ...
