Property tax legislation coming
Legislation is coming to force delinquent homeowners to pay their property taxes.
High-tech gun war
WESTERN BUREAU: The war on guns is going high tech as Columbus Business Solutions (CBS), in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Ministry of National Security, fights to find funding for a technology capable of preventing gun crimes....
Courts Jamaica sets record straight
In a response to an April 16, Gleaner report headlined 'TV shopping gets complicated with digital switchover', published on April 16, Courts managing director, Dennis Harris, is setting the record straight...
JPS CEO throws down gauntlet
If the Jamaican government wants to break the monopoly on electricity distribution, the best way to do it is to buy out the majority owners of Jamaica Public Service...
Newness won't impact Reggae Boyz
Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) General Secretary, Horace Reid, does not believe that several new call-ups to the national squad - despite the start of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers being less than a month away - will negatively impact the Reggae Boyz...
EDITORIAL - Gallop ahead with CTL divestment
Arthur Williams was right. Horse racing, he argued, "is not part of the core business of government". Yet, Jamaican governments, including the one of which Mr Williams was a member when he made that observation two years ago...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Abolishing monarchy least of our priorities
THE EDITOR, Sir:I strongly question the level of prominence, at this juncture in our history, being given to Jamaica's intention of breaking ties with the British monarchy.Unemployment, national security...
Jamaican is chef to the stars - Recently catered for US president, Barack Obama
Jamaica-born gourmet chef Patrick Adams is no ordinary chef!Adams recently catered at one of United States President Barack Obama's re-election fund-raisers.The 42-year-old has...
What to do about open pores
Good day Dr Campbell-Chambers,I have acne and open pores.I have tried several ways of treating same, but it seems as if I am having more and more open pores. What can be done to eliminate these open pores and to prevent others?
UNITED STATES - India's crime lords' assets frozen
WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration is slapping sanctions on two senior lieutenants of India's most-wanted organised crime lords.The Treasury Department yesterday designated the two men, Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim...