'One Caribbean'- Regional heads agree on new tourism strategy
WESTERN BUREAU:IN a move to shore up their tourism markets, which are under threat from an emerging aviation crisis, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government have...
ENERGY UNTAPPED: Low consumption hurts JPS
FACED WITH rising electricity bills, consumers have reduced their energy consumption by 11 per cent for the last two years, negatively impacting the revenue of power supplier, Jamaica Public...
Haitian dancers fire up north-coast clubs
THE GUNS-for-drugs trade between Jamaica and Haiti has taken an exotic twist as female nationals from the French-speaking country are now providing entertainment at some of the popular nightspots on the island's north coast.
Spanish Town vendor's killing linked to Chambers death
Spanish Town:QUESTIONS ARE now being asked if the killing of a forty-two-year-old labourer in the New Nursery district outside Spanish Town has any connection with the investigation of a recent murder.
Waite bats for youths - Calls for special fund to reduce poverty
JAMAICA IS sitting on a time bomb, which could explode unless the future of youths is secured.
'Pardon our heroes' - Senator
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Tom Tavares-Finson wants the names of National Heroes Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle, George William Gordon and Sam Sharpe to be expunged from Jamaica's criminal records.
Air Jamaica revamped
Minister without portfolio in the finance ministry, Don Wehby, last week announced changes to the board of Air Jamaica, the national carrier.
Three strikes or 2,000 murders
THE TRAGIC assassination of Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) chairman, Douglas Chambers, is yet another name to add to the more than 700 homicide victims so far this year.
Jamaican-American relations in a globalised economy
I CANNOT recall one occasion since the emergence of the United States (US) as the dominant superpower in a globalised economy that the Jamaican Government has convened a forum to discuss Jamaica/US relations.
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