Gleaner Company honours top achievers
THERE WERE only winners at the table yesterday morning when the Gleaner Company gathered its 12 top employees of 2005 in a special breakfast ceremony. But Andrew Walters, one of the company's advertising sales agents, was the biggest winner...

Ackee losses mounting on lengthy Bureau testings
ACKEE PROCESSORS are reporting losses amounting to $100 million resulting from the inability of the Bureau of Standards, Jamaica (BSJ) to expeditiously test samples to facilitate exports.

Britain promises to support CARICOM
NEW YORK, United States (CMC): THE GUYANESE-BORN leader of the British House of Lords says that Britain will continue to press the European Union (EU) to ensure that "good transitional arrangements" are made for the region's economies...

Environmentalists complain about oil testing in Jamaica
THE JAMAICA Environment Trust (JET) is complaining that seismic testing for oil deposits off the south coast of Jamaica could endanger marine life. The environmental lobby group charged that the go-ahead was given without proper risk assessment...

Fiery protests in Farm Town
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: THREE MOTOR vehicles and a grocery store were destroyed by fire and a house partially burnt during two days of protests by residents of Farm Town in St. Ann. The residents say they are seeking justice...