Mortgage relief, NHT cuts rates, lifts loan cap
THE BRUCE Golding administration yesterday announced a package of benefits for National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors and beneficiaries by reducing mortgage rates and increasing the loan ceiling to applicants.
New health centre opens in St Mary
The new Jeffrey Town Health Centre in St Mary was officially opened last Friday.The Type One facility was built through a partnership between the Digicel Foundation and the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund at a cost of $10.9...
Alcoa gets 90 days for counter-offer
Alcoa Inc has three months in which to make a counter-offer for Jamaica's minority stake in the Jamalco Refinery, which Prime Minister Bruce Golding has now confirmed is being sold to Zhuhai Hong Fan Trading of China.
Economic crunch pushes Rowe into coaching
The harsh economic climate has forced one of Jamaica's most promising female tennis players, Tinesta Rowe, to put her playing career on hold and take up the reins as the head coach of the Campion College team.
EDITORIAL: Mr Bartlett, tourism and crime
SAY WHAT you wish of Edmund Bartlett, he is worthy of the country's congratulations. At the same time, the tourism minister deserves our sympathy.
LETTER OF THE DAY: All human beings are born free
The Editor, Sir:In recent weeks, there has been much ado in the media about the 'walk' in Montego Bay to draw attention to the high level of intolerance towards persons vulnerable to, living with and...
Bryan Art 20Ten
Bryan Art could have made his full-length solo debut nearly a decade ago. Then, the guitarist-recently-turned-singer was doing phonetic pretzels with his name and was known as Brahyhan Art, part of the Fiwi Music outfit along with Yogi (now Courtney John). That album would have been released in about 2002.
Arthritis: The thorn in the flesh
Recently, colleague health columnist Dahlia McDaniel wrote about her challenges with rheumatoid arthritis. This week, I will share with readers information about another type of arthritis which is truly a bane of life - osteoarthritis.
Parties step up campaign in preparation for May elections
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Trinidad and Tobago's two main political parties stepped up their campaign on Monday night in preparation for the May 24 general election, as potential voters rushed...