Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Thursday | February 19, 2009
'Ban vulgar sessions' - Church body says public transportation, street dances promote lewd lyrics
The Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) has become the latest addition to the ongoing debate surrounding the purification of Jamaican dancehall music, with the organisation calling for a further ban to be placed on street and community dances, which perpetuate the playing of sexually... Read More...
Royals tour Old Capital
The celebratory mood in the Old Capital yesterday was reminiscent of an expatriate returning to take his rightful place after years away from home. Only 500 years ago, Jamaica was discovered and ruled by the Spanish who have, in recent years, taken to reinvesting heavily... Read More...
BOJ boss calls JMA loan idea 'nonsense'
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Derick Latibeaudiere, is dismissing a recommendation from the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) that the central bank use $2 billion of its statutory cash reserves for lending to the manufacturing sector... Read More...
PNP lashes Ernie Smith on stance against gays
Comments made by Ernest Smith, the Government backbencher who has called for gay rights group Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) to be outlawed, have been labelled an "unbalanced tirade" by the Opposition. Read More...
Foreign shareholder nabs big chunk of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS)
A cash-rich company with tentacles stretching around the world has acquired a 40 per cent stake in the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as part of its first foray into the Caribbean. Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) yesterday announced that it had completed... Read More...
