Obama promises much - Summit of the Americas begins today - US president advocates better relations
A new day in the relationship among the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean could dawn today when the Fifth Summit of the Americas begins in Trinidad and Tobago.
US President Barack Obama yesterday signalled his intention to start this improved relationship...
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- Unemployment jumps to seven-year high in Canada
- SDC parish manager calls for combined effort to save youths
- Deacon's case to be heard on Nov 30
- Gas tax likely
Choosing a better future in the Americas
As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere is faced with a clear choice. We can overcome our shared challenges with a sense of common purpose, or we can stay mired in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future...
- Accross Jamaica
- Florida surgeons bring hope to 'heartached' infants
- Dominion turned into dominance
- IT centre offers hope to unemployed youth
- G-20 stance won't affect downtown development - Shaw
- Fire hydrant grants drying up
80% can't afford NHT mortgage - But agency doubles housing starts, spending record $22b this year
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is pouring substantially more billions into housing this year, using a portion of the investment to launch close to five thousand new housing starts in a bid to fill what is now seen as a void in the market as developers retreat...
- Heaven launches into real estate
- Perkins takes control of asset management unit
- Private exchange at public hearing clouds debt crisis - Lawmakers nitpick over OPM budget, ignore big-spending FinMin
- Obama preaches partnership
- Excel brokerage outsources to Sagicor
- 'Debt the new slavery, Customs the cure' - Walker vows to collect more taxes, signals staff shake-up
- The road to 2030 pivots on ease of doing business
Bolt in spotlight again
Jamaica's Beijing Olympics double sprint champion, Usain Bolt, is in line for another prestigious sports award. Bolt has been nominated for the Laureus world sportsman of the year award following his fantastic world record runs in the 100 metres and 200...
- Botha rested for Proteas' last ODI
- Manchester coach hails 'Penns' sponsorship
- Consolation win for England's U-21s
- Semi-pro cricket league launched
- Spinner MacKoy Ewart puts STETHS on top
- Defiant Edwards slams JRC
- Equine retirement group aids sickly horses in NY
EDITORIAL - The squatting crisis
It has been common knowledge for a long time that Jamaica has a major problem with squatter settlements. What was not fully appreciated, until Housing Minister Horace Chang's revelation in Parliament this week, was the scope of this crisis. According to Mr Chang...
LETTER OF THE DAY - A benevolent dictatorship?
The Editor, Sir: When the little things in life are addressed and dealt with, then the big things don't get a chance to be a problem. But how do we keep us easing away from the edge? Since 2008 there have been two decisions drawing the brakes ...
- FSC, Pantry and Olint
- Help kids find own voices
- Think strategy, not tactics
- Jamaican-style voodoo economics
Spotlight on Nell Robinson
Pulse's Nell Robinson left London for Miami Beach last week where she shot an editorial feature for American magazine, Cosmopolitan This follows back-to-back editorial shoots for Italian GQ and Allure magazines.
Not your typical beauty contest
WESTERN BUREAU: United Nations Pageants (UNP), an organisation that claims to have redefined the archetypal beauty contest, announced on Wednesday at a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica, that Jamaican contestants will now be a part ...
United States to review deportation policy for Haitians
MIAMI (CMC): As pressure builds on the Obama administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to tens of thousands of Haitians living illegally in the United States, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States (US) is currently...
Somalia PM seeks help to stop piracy
Kenya (AP): Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has disclosed that his government has identified many pirate leaders but needs more resources to go after them...
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