Closer links Jamaica, Chile cement ties
TWO 'SISTERS' of regional politics met for the first time yesterday as President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced increased ties designed to boost economic development in both countries.
Ja falls short of US aid criteria
JAMAICA IS just shy of reaping the benefits of almost $500 million under a United States grant assistance development mechanism, which offers financial aid to countries that meet certain criteria. The disclosure was made by U.S. Ambassador Brenda...
Natural disaster insurance: Can you get it?
BUSINESSES THAT operate in coastal areas, and persons who have houses there, face higher insurance prices for coverage against natural disasters like hurricanes, floods and earthquakes.
'Killer instinct'
GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (CMC): WEST INDIES captain Brian Lara wants his side to develop the killer instinct in the second Digicel Test against India, starting today at the Beausejour Stadium.
The greatest show on Earth
WORLD CUP Football 2006 is here, and 32 nations representing the greatest configuration of football genius on the planet have advanced on Germany to compete for the Jules Rimet Trophy. It's that time in our lives when a single sporting event brings...
LETTER OF THE DAY - The sacred and the profane
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE TVJ 'Religious Hard Talk' show aired on Tuesday, June 6, on gospel deejaying must be continued to a Round 2. Here's my conviction, the day gospel deejaying will be good for the Church will be the day when the lyrics will...
UNLEASHED
On and beneath the meanest streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart (Bob Hoskins) is merciless with debtors. He maintains his chokehold through his unwitting enforcer Danny (Jet Li), who he has 'raised' since boyhood. Danny has been kept as a...
... life - My teen daughter is depressed
Dear Counsellor: I have a 15-year-old daughter who complains of depression. She hardly eats food or goes out with her friends. I am not aware of what is causing her to feel depressed.
