Cold winter for Jamaica's hotels
WESTERN BUREAU: HIT BY a decline in visitor arrivals for the winter tourist season, preliminary reports are that Jamaica accommodated approximately 12,000 fewer tourists and suffered a potential loss of US$12 million in revenue...
Jobs No 1 priority in St Catherine SE
AS RESIDENTS of St.Catherine South East prepare to vote in the next general election, which is constitutionally due later this year, the need for employment is uppermost in their minds. According to a recent survey of the constituency done by pollster Bill Johnson...
Jamaican hauls ex-boss to US Supreme Court
FOR MORE than 20 years, Jamaican Evelyn Coke changed and fed the elderly and infirm Americans, often staying with her clients for days on end Coke liked helping people, she felt she was being 'robbed'.
Portmore pleas fall on deaf ears - Lip-service promises make projects a mere pipedream
MAYOR OF Portmore, George Lee, says several projects in the sprawling municipality are yet to get off the ground because of inadequate capital funding from Government. He told The Gleaner in a recent interview that the municipality's request for capital funding...
Council to target illegal businesses
BEGINNING NEXT month, small business operators in Portmore will get an opportunity to acquire lots from the municipality to establish their businesses ahead of a zero-tolerance policy targeting illegitimate enterprises. Mayor of Portmore, George Lee,...
Al Miller rebukes Phinn over prophecies
The Rev. Dr. Merrick 'Al' Miller, pastor of the Fellowship Tabernacle in St. Andrew, has expressed concern at the manner in which prophet Dr. Phillip Phinn has made predictions about future electoral success for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
'It's not a scandal!' - Thwaites denies owing NHDC $12m
Attorney, Catholic deacon and People's National Party (PNP) politician Ronnie Thwaites has denied owing over $12 million to the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC), a sum that they had demanded in writing, he confirmed....
More fire on Sizzla
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): Director of the St. Lucia-based Caribbean Drug Abuse Research Institute, Dr. Marcus Day, has called on law enforcement authorities to refuse permission for Jamaican dancehall artiste Sizzla to perform here at a May 5 show.
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