'I deserve respect!' - Former central bank governor breaks silence - Lashes PM, finance minister over dismissal
Former Central bank governor Derick Latibeaudiere has broken his silence over his dismissal, criticising Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Finance Minister Audley Shaw for the manner in which his contract was terminated. In his first extended interview since his October 30...
River People Series - Pollution threatens Jamaica's rivers - St Elizabeth's chief waterway in peril
According to the Water Resources Authority (WRA), several of the country's 20 major rivers are choking from pollution or are at risk of drying up because of constant abuse from users. One of the main rivers under severe pressure is the Black River in St Elizabeth...
- SMART CHOICES - Understanding the financial life cycle - Pt 2
- Bright, young stars receive PM's awards
- Golding charges youth
Four vying for LNG project - Bids due Jan 5 - Jamaica seeking 'BOT' investors for floating platform
Four foreign energy companies are now vying for the job to develop a floating natural gas platform for Jamaica, under an arrangement that requires the selected investor to 'build, own and operate' the system. Jamaica has opted to develop an offshore platform...
- Digicel refinances 2012 debt
- Access Financial expands operations in major towns
- Older cars backing up on dealer lots - JUCDA proposes new import age limit of five years
Powell says he can beat Bolt
SINGAPORE (AP): Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says he can catch countryman and world's fastest man Usain Bolt when the two face off next year."Usain is the target right now and I'm shooting at him," Powell told reporters yesterday in Singapore while...
EDITORIAL - Mr Golding's dancehall summit
When Prime Minister Bruce Golding was leader of the National Democratic Movement, the political party he founded and later left, there used to be a running joke in media circles about him.If the weatherman was off without warning, people would say, no problem...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Have guts to obey, not defy
THE Editor, Sir:I read with utter fascination and disappointment the positions being advanced by lawyers in your lead story of Monday, 'Have Guts', and a letter in Tuesday's edition from Patrick Delano Bailey,...
'Pirate Jack' set to steal hearts
Like the anticipated Christmas breeze, the annual Little Theatre Movement (LTM) Pantomime provides a fresh air in Jamaican theatre. Usually the titles are catchy, the humour and language wholesome and the spectacle, breathtaking...
- Laughter galore at Com Mek Wi Laaf - It's Christmas
- Shaggy and Friends launches channel on Flow
- Natel 'recording up a storm'
Women as objects of sex
Is it only me wondering about this sudden market upsurge in these so-called 'roots' and 'energy' drinks? Just the other day, a marketing agent at the supermarket offered me a sample of yet another new energy drink....
ANTIGUA - Bird flaps at US senators over IMF blockade
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Opposition Leader Lester Bird has chided a group of United States senators who are moving to block Antigua and Barbuda from getting financial assistance from the International Monetary...
- THE BAHAMAS - British Airways flight diverted
- DOMINICA - OAS observer team heads to Roseau
- BRITAIN - Minister voices UK's stance on Turks and Caicos
AUSTRALIA - North Korean artists not welcome
SYDNEY (AP)Australia was accused of censorship yesterday for denying visas to North Korean artists whose works are on display in a regional exhibition, but the government says the art comes from Pyongyang's propaganda machine...