Alcan selling out - Bauxite company divesting stake in local operations
ALCAN ALUMINIUM Ltd. announced yesterday plans to sell its bauxite and alumina operations in Jamaica. The company, one of the largest alumina operators in the world with revenues of US$13 billion, holds a 93 per cent stake in the Alcan Jamaica...

Hollywood honours Bob Marley Accorded star on Walk of Fame

IT WAS Bob Marley Day in Hollywood Tuesday as the late reggae superstar claimed his own bit of real estate in the land of the rich and famous. He was accorded the 2171st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by the Hollywood Historic Trust and the...

WIHCON awarded $330m road contract
CABINET HAS approved the awarding of a contract totalling $330 million to West Indies Home Contractors Limited (WIHCON), under phase three of the East Kingston Coast Road project. The contract was awarded by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC),...

CXC unionised staff strike
THE UNIONISED staff of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) stopped working yesterday in support of National Workers Union's claims for improved pay and working conditions. Senior staff at the Council's Western Zone, Caenwood Centre, Arnold Road,...

'Shorty' fills the Park

WESTERN BUREAU: IT WAS almost a perfect day for football. A few degrees cooler would have made it just right and Montego Bay's Jarrett Park was filled beyond capacity, the stands, infield and roof-tops a sea of green and gold. But the light breeze...