National Housing Trust (NHT) rates up
MIDDLE-INCOME Jamaicans who benefit from National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgages will pay up to 33.3 per cent more in interest rates on loans, Bruce Golding announced in his debut Budget Debate presentation as prime minister yesterday. The revised interest rate structure...

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$30m spent on SUVs for Cabinet ministers
Golding shows hand - Government gambles on casinos in Jamaica
Decades late, but PM lauded for bold move
The Manley Memoirs- A path of love, infidelity, betrayal
Spanish Town Hospital gets an upgrade - New haemodyalisis centre to open tomorrow
'I can't get help for him' - Mother laments not finding school to take special son
Trying times ahead for Fern Gully vendors
Coe to visit Jamaica in May

Cabinet ministers clock millions in pricey SUVs
After 18 years in the political wilderness, the Jamaica Labour Party has returned to the helm of government with a love affair for gas-guzzling SUVs, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. And those who haven't, such as Energy Minister Clive Mullings, received equally pricey vehicles ....

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Over $100m in ganja seized
New road for Asia - Farming community bolstered by mining company's efforts
Citizens curbing violence
Four choices in times of trouble
St James rape cases on the rise
Logos lures buyers from Montego Bay bookshops
PATH, pension benefits increase

NROCC turns to China for highway financing - Road company losses top $9 billion
Jamaica's highway company has accumulated losses of $9.3 billion in its six years of operation, but NROCC's position is expected to get a lot worse by the end of the current fiscal year when it is projected to be $17.4 billion in the red. Last night, Ivan Anderson, the chief...

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Property-tax compliance a 'low' 44 per cent
BA cuts commission to travel agents
Advantage General to diversify portfolio - Turnaround begins under Lee Chin
Trinidad central bank warns of higher inflation - Finance Minister blames consumer behaviour, external conditions
Divestment committee set up for Norman Manley airport
Aviation chiefs pledge climate action
Riu planning a fifth hotel in Montego Bay - Fourth property to have traditional Friday opening
FSC board to finalise selection of new CEO
OPEC production to rise by 2012 - Oil hits $119 but falls back
Balancing work and entrepreneurship
Samsung chairman quits amid tax scandal

Hyde and Duckie fired
IN A twist of fate, Lenny Hyde and Donovan Duckie, local coaches drafted as assistants to technical director Rene Simoes in the national programme, have been fired by their respective Premier League clubs, Harbour View and St Georges of Portland....

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SDF decision criticised by Allen
Spaulding Cup in the balance
West Indies into CLICO U-15 final
Teams arrive, but Blake missing at Penns
Serious work ahead as PLCA chases sponsorship
Portmore, Tivoli begin last lap
Jamalco, Waulgrovians maintain undefeated runs
Torch relay run downgraded in Japan
Cavaliers beat the Wizards again
United catch Barca at good time

EDITORIAL: Emulating Peter Bunting
Four years ago, the Clarke Committee's report on parliamentary salaries had among its recommendations that MPs file two annual reports.One of these would be a parliamentary transparency declaration, or a statement about their personal finances and sources of income....

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The war against the environment
NOTE-WORTHY: Worrying trend

LETTER OF THE DAY - The case for greater cassava production
The Editor, Sir: I wholeheartedly support the recent proposal by Minister of Agriculture Dr Christopher Tufton that that cassava be put into production as an alternative to rice. Food security is a worldwide concern and we need to proactively pursue import alternatives.

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Experiment with rice
Hats-off salute to Jamaica Broilers
Opportunity for CARICOM
Put prisoners to grow food
Passage Fort needs light
Dilemma of discipline
Simplify the tax system

Mutabaruka delivers Word Soun's at Liberty Hall
Before poet Mutabaruka performed at Word Soun's, held at Liberty Hall, Kingston, on Sunday afternoon, curator Donna McFarlane noted that it was an event that had been on the cards for some time. "He is what we call a very close family member of Liberty Hall. From the very beginnin ...

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'Danceworks - Potpourri' a medley of music and dance

Granny holds the secret to LONG, HEALTHY LIFE
The 'long life magic pill' to be taken twice daily after meals with a glass of pure water, unfortunately, has not yet been invented. But, maybe it's because many people hold onto the hope for a such a simple solution to living longer and healthier that they turned up at the Eden Gardens...

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Responding to readers' questions on herpes
Colorectal cancer in men - The third-most common cancer
Bitter sweet cassava
Slow down ageing by gaining muscle