Dancehall blues - Red Stripe withholds sponsorship money from promoter - Cites violence and profanity as main reasons for action
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CRUDE behaviour on stage of one of the main acts at a stage show in Savanna-la-Mar last Saturday has forced corporate giant Red Stripe to withhold sponsorship money from the promoter, the company disclosed yesterday.
Teachers deserve better - educator
LAURISTON LINDSAY, principal of Portland-based Happy Grove High School, yesterday called on the Government to increase the base pay of teachers...
No glitz at the Ritz - Flood-damaged hotel closed until May 19
WESTERN BUREAU: THE 420-ROOM five-star Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall hotel, which was forced to close its doors after last Wednesday's flood rains in St. James, will remain close until May 19 to facilitate repairs.
Air Jamaica, pilots resume negotiations
NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING Air Jamaica pilots and the management of the airline resumes this morning at the Ministry of Labour. The talks, which broke down on Monday and threatened to unravel a wage capping agreement between government and public sector union
Vando Palmer quits NWA
VANDO PALMER, communications and customer services manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), resigned last night. His resignation takes effect on Friday.
Fox is here
KINGSTON, CMC: MEXICAN PRESIDENT Vicente Fox arrived in Jamaica yesterday for a short visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries.
Lawmen eye second key suspect in girl's murder
POLICE INVESTIGATING the death of a six-year-old girl, who was raped and killed on the weekend, say a second man might be implicated in her murder.
Man sought in relation to woman, child's killing
THE POLICE are seeking the assistance of the public to locate an acquaintance of a 38-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter who were murdered at their home at Mount Pleasant district, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on January 2, 2004.
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