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Policyholders say no Clico fix yet

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The Barbados In-vestors and Policy-holders Alliance INC (BIPA) says comments by central bank chief, Dr Delisle Worrell, of a possible solution for settling outstanding Clico claims in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean have caused confusion.Worrell told...

Demise of market populism

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Populist governments tend to be redistributive in nature.Of course, there are exceptions.

Ireland's new media kings fight for their reputations

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Few people remember what was in the Sunday papers in 1998, but Irish billionaire Dermot Desmond certainly does.The canny investor - who made hundreds of millions of pounds from turning round London's City Airport - is suing the Sunday...

Apple dials up effort to meld iPhone with cars

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Apple Inc is accelerating the race to make smartphone applications easier and safer to use in cars...

Marshall, McLarty top Stephen Potter Invitational

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The 15th annual Stephen Potter Invitational Tennis Tournament was played at the Liguanea Club on Sunday...

Portmore chase victory

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Portmore United head coach Calvin Lewis has charged his strikers with the duty of getting the ball into the back of the net by any means necessary, as the team continues its battle for survival in the local top flight....

Leewards beat CCC

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC):Leeward Islands opened their campaign with a 79-run win over Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) on the final day of the first round WICB Regional Four-Day tournament cricket match here yesterday....

SPORTS in brief

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Smith ends career with SA in trouble - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):South Africa captain Graeme Smith's international cricket career came to an abrupt end yesterday when he was dismissed for three as Australia moved to within six wickets of...

One dead, four injured in Trelawny traffic crash

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 6:04 PM

It is reported that the truck was heading towards Falmouth and the car travelling in the opposite direction when they collided.

Judge dismisses Tony Rebel, company application to throw out lawsuit

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 5:06 PM

Justice Kirk Anderson has turned down an application by reggae artiste Tony Rebel and his company to strike out the multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought against them by musician Jah Wayne.

Gas prices down six cents Thursday

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 4:18 PM

A litre of E10-87 gasolene will be sold for $121.03, while E10-90 will be sold for $122.68.

US Embassy closed for Ash Wednesday

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 4:03 PM

The Embassy of the United States of America will be closed tomorrow in observance of Ash Wednesday.

Possible accomplice of alleged employment scammer being investigated

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 3:54 PM

"We confirmed that she flew out of Jamaica to Cayman but we cannot confirm if she is there because she could have left from there," said Senior Superintendent of Police Clifford Chambers.

UTech to respond to financial irregularities report before public release

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 2:04 PM

The Education Minister, Ronald Thwaites, says the University of Technology (UTech) is being allowed to respond to a report on allegations of financial irregularities before its content goes public.

Lawyer Bert Samuels' 'right of appeal' comments dismissed by Justice Minister

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:53 PM

Justice Minister, Mark Golding, is dismissing the assertion by defense lawyer Bert Samuels that enacting laws to give Government prosecutors a limited right of appeal should not be priority at this ti

Tanker drivers temporarily withdraw strike threat

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:42 PM

Chief Union Delegate, Cleveland Guscott, says the decision was taken after information received last night suggested that the implementation of new haulage rates had improved significantly.

Gov't's statement on Velma Hylton status as Tivoli enquiry commissioner soon

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:29 PM

Hylton's appointment on the three-member panel has been rejected by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party because of comments she made in a past enquiry involving western Kingston.

ATHLETICS: St Mary High surge ahead at Eastern Champs

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:14 PM

Defending champions Buff Bay have surrendered their lead to St Mary High on today’s second and final day of the 2014 Jamaica National/Eastern Secondary Schools Sports Association Athletic Championships.

Not Russian troops, says Putin

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:08 PM

His comments come as armed men, who Vladimir Putin says are not Russian troops but pro-Russian self-defence groups, surround army bases in Crimea.

Third major accident in St Thomas in three days, police caution drivers

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2014 | 1:05 PM

Yesterday afternoon, four persons, including a one-year-old girl were taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital following a crash along the Yallahs main road.

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