'MONSTER' FIGHT LOOMS - Bartlett rolls out strategy to cushion tourism from tumbling economies
Calling the downturn in tourism "a monster", Minister Edmund Bartlett has rolled out a number of initiatives on the back of the formation of a task force to tackle the potential crisis.
Stung by success - Tawes Pen bee farmer reaping sweet harvest
Although youth unemployment is high, 25-year-old Alex Reid is reaping sweet success from his bee-keeping business in Tawes Pen, St Catherine.
Shaw rests, Wehby and Nelson take charge
MINISTERS WITHOUT portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Don Wehby and Dwight Nelson, have been given the charge to manage the country's macroeconomic programme, at least in the short term, until portfolio minister Audley Shaw returns from a few days' rest.
The listening bishop
After working most of his life in Spanish-speaking communities, the Most Rev Neil Tiedemann was assigned to come to Jamaica and become the Roman Catholic bishop for the Diocese of Mandeville. Jamaica was not on his radar. He was happily serving as a Passionist priest in Honduras ...
Manchester, the untold story (Pt 2)
"With the good comes the bad", goes the famous adage. In the case of modern-day Manchester, the issues having the most negative impact are those relating to poorly planned development, poor land utilisation and a serious lack of awareness about environmentally sustainable practices by many locals and visitors alike.
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