THE EDITOR, Sir; DR CAROLYN Gomes and her counterparts, along with all members of Parliament, speak to the average Jamaican from a distance as it relates to the monster of crime that is Jamaica's nemesis.
"We wanted a soul-stirring concert that would be a blessing to fathers," said Monica Campbell McFarlane, one of the organisers of the Father's Day concert, 'A Blessing for Fathers', held last...
THE EDITOR, Sir:IT IS time for the Jamaican state to abolish the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) as the main conduit through which students from primary schools are 'transferred' to secondary institutions.
Millicent Forbes is only now to be offered official recognition by the State, parts of which might have considered her a nuisance.But even those officials whom she irritated the most could only have admired, even if grudgingly...
No offshore banking - Proposals for Jamaica to become an offshore financial centre has been put on the back burner since Don Wehby went back to GraceKennedy.
The Editor, Sir:I heard the commissioner of police saying, on the TV, that the continuation of the state of emergency will depend on the political directorate.
Asked to explain the chief qualifications of a politician, Sir Winston Churchill said, "It's the ability to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next month and next year and to explain afterward why it didn't happen."Churchill...
The results of the recent GSAT exams have now been published and the usual complaints are being voiced by parents whose children were not placed at their schools of first choice.
AMONG THE persons detained by the security forces in the exercise of their emergency powers is Justin O'Gilvie, a business associate of reputed crime boss Christopher Coke, the attempted arrest of whom led...
ONE athlete who is looking forward to this weekend's National Championships is former world 100 metres record holder, Asafa Powell.The man with the most sub-10 seconds clockings in the 100 metres has been in his best form...
Jamaica College (JC) alumni will tonight pay tribute to two Jamaican businessmen at the association's annual dinner.Michael Campbell, the chairman of Island Car Rentals, and Michael Bernard, managing director of cigarette distributor Carreras Group...
Jamaica Public Service Company Limited has secured a Japanese grant to study whether the Great River in St James has sufficient juice to produce electricity on a commercially viable basis.The river, which runs close to the border of Hanover...
High Court Justice Errol Thomas has ruled in favour of Canadian investor Alexander Fundora to remove the Antigua-appointed Vantis Business Recovery Services from the Stanford case.
FirstCaribbean International Bank Jamaica will cut its prime lending rate by two percentage points effective July 1, lowering it to 18.25 per cent in a move the bank is attributing to the success of the debt swap in February and the performance ...
Six eastern Caribbean countries may well hold the key as to whether or not the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling is overturned, thereby opening up the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary around Antarctica to hunting.
Pan Caribbean Financial Services Limited (PCFS) has notified the market that in two weeks, it will move to redeem more than three million preference shares, or exactly half the stock units issued over two years ago when...
Sagicor Life Jamaica has closed the sale of its general insurance business in Cayman Islands to Bahamas First Holdings Limited, but said Friday it continues to maintain a presence in that country through its other holdings....
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Jacques Kallis had enough time to complete yet another half-century as the second Test between West Indies and South Africa predictably meandered to a tame draw here yesterday.The right-hander, who passed 11,000 runs in Tests...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP): South Africa's players exited the World Cup with a mixture of pride and disappointment following a 2-1 win over France yesterday...