Give us hope

When Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips tells the nation how the Government will finance the Budget next week, among the keen listeners will be the Private Sector Working Group...

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• Kingston monuments to get Labour Day facelift
• Cayman crabs considered hurricane warning
• Former top cop to take up security ministry post
• Umbrella gang members convicted of shooting charges

Hospitality Jamaica

Labour Day more exciting than ever with Stay Local promotion

Hypertension, diabetes on the rise

UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The number of Caribbean people with high blood pressure and diabetes is drastically increasing, a United Nations report has said."This report is further evidence of the dramatic increase in the conditions that trigger heart disease...

• Senator speaks
• Thomas survives vote of no confidence
• Substance abuse seminars launched
• Winners tell why they are happy at ICWI

Gayle on fire again

NEW DELHI, India (CMC):Talismanic opener Chris Gayle sent his strongest message yet to West Indies selectors yesterday, smashing a whirlwind, unbeaten century for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League to become the first-ever player...

• Flame passed to London
• Britain revokes lifetime Olympic doping bans
• VOX POP
• Chanderpaul to the rescue... as England's pacer Broad bags six

JN introduces a different kind of cash machine

Information technology company Management Control Systems has introduced to Jamaica an automated teller machine that can recognise cash notes.The technology is also said to be sensitive enough to detect counterfeit bills....

• Toyota Jamaica expanding to MoBay
• Palmyra receiver moves to Plan B as auction fizzles
• 23,000 jobs lost, unemployment spikes to 14.1%
• Pan-Jam acquires 20% of Chukka Caribbean

Disco queen dies from cancer

Donna Summer has died at the age of 63.The Last Dance singer passed away yesterday morning in Florida after a battle with cancer.According to gossip website TMZ, the Queen of Disco had attempted to keep the extent of her illness from fans and was...

• Heineken goes all out to inspire
• Something extra
• Artistes collaborate for Reggae Boyz song - Mr Vegas, Luciano already recorded
• Freddie, Marcia leave moms talking

The spots are still on the leopard!

Yes, we're counting! This year, Jamaica can mark 50 years since we threw off some of the chains of British colonialism, but quite a few shackles remain.Our laws and processes are shackled to English jurisprudence, and even if we abolish the Judicial...

• The business of 'money politics'
• Natural-born myths
• EDITORIAL - Move to greater transparency in Gov't
• Tax-reform time come

Tax duplicity

THE EDITOR, Sir:'Land tax gold mine' is an inappropriate or unsuitable headline for the story published in The Gleaner of Monday, May 14.It is simply not true.I think it is only fair to inform the public that in the United States, the tax policy or...

• Hewitt promotion sent wrong signal
• Well done, Mr Rapley
• Take action against Trinis
• LETTER OF THE DAY - Laws needed to address texting while driving

The Antilles Group red-carpet affair

Thursday, May 10 was special for The Antilles Group.It marked the first staging of the Chairman's Award among dealers islandwide. The presentations were made at the Breezes Runaway Bay Resort...