The 16-year delay in the implementation of the Greater Montego Bay Redevelopment Company's (GMRC) plan is preventing the creation of hundreds of jobs and stopping a possible increased flow of funds into the parish, according to stakeholders.

Squalor, grime and dilapidated structures remain the signal credentials of the inner-city community Railway Gardens in Montego Bay, St James, some 10 years after the Government announced a planned relocation of residents to facilitate the transformation of the area into a major commercial district.

Persons with an interest in the apparel industry appear to be focused on designing clothes, but not constructing them.

Sixteen-year-old Omari Gillespie has a heart so huge that he is constantly driven by a desire to fulfil the needs of others. Despite battling severe idiopathic scoliosis that often leaves him writhing in pain, the Jamaica College student holds to the philosophy that many others are worse off than himself; therefore, he must assist where possible.

Three years after former prime minister Bruce Golding indicated his desire to introduce a programme to influence the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) to offer loans at special interest rates for certain areas of study, the Government seems ready to go that route.

In the perfect hindsight of history, Watergate's 'what ifs' are still tantalising. What if a security guard hadn't noticed tape on a door latch outside Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office building?

China launched its most ambitious space mission yet yesterday, carrying its first female astronaut and two male colleagues in an attempt to dock with an orbiting module and work on board for more than a week.