YOUNG, AMBITIOUS, and eyeing an occupation in the glitzy world of fashion modelling, Jamaica-born Esther Simpson Thompson did not envisage a career in the United States (US) military; however, she eventually ended up in the US Army and was later...

The prosecution is to call more than 10 witnesses during the fraud trial of Carlos Hill, former head of the failed unregistered investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd.Hill is facing charges of fraudulently inducing persons to...

Students from several schools across the island were yesterday given insight into the operations of a range of Jamaican businesses as the Houses of Parliament sought to highlight the importance of entrepreneurship...

PARTICIPATION IN the National Debt Exchange (NDX) has inched closer to 99 per cent as government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials continue talks to ink a final agreement.Pamella McLaren, senior director in the Debt Management Unit...

The Trelawny police have taken a woman into custody after she allegedly plotted with two men to kill her husband.The woman, whose name is being withheld, is a prominent businesswoman of Duncans in the parish.A manhunt was launched yesterday to capture...

Readers have reacted on The Gleaner's website to yesterday's lead story about the brother of the Trelawny man who killed his two children.