Pig boom - Farmers bring home the bacon as pork production hits 10-year record
PORK-LOVING Jamaicans can break out the party hats and confetti as the Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the island is experiencing a boom in high-quality, locally reared pigs. Hershell Brown, project director of the Agricultural Support Services Project...
- Junior Reggae Boyz set sights on U-20 finals
- Smith sings different buggery tune
- 'Argument done' - Vaz calls for an end to dual-citizenship accusations
- PNP confident of by-election victory
- Tuesdaytalk
Parliament going nowhere fast
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) owes Jamaicans an apology. Their almost well-choreographed act of abandoning the people's Parliament without justifiable explanation is a shameful act. Last Tuesday, several members of the Opposition People's National Party stayed...
- '4 years is terrible' - Judge blasts slow justice
- Outrage as cop fingered in murder case back on job
- Educator's passing, a loss to the nation
- Judge continues summation in Pusey's trial today
- Flying dentists land praise from finance minister
- Improved fees for CSEC markers in August
Pepper farming heats up - St Catherine cultivator boosted by ministry's assistance
Raymond Sukarloo was elated to hear that the Ministry of Agriculture was assisting farmers islandwide to set up pepper nurseries. He had been waiting for such an opportunity. "For years, I have been longing to have a nursery and the Agricultural Support Services ...
- World Bank says global economy will shrink in '09
- Schering-Plough to be bought by Merck for US$41.1b
- WET SWEET
World at their feet - D-day for Under-20 ' ballers in World Cup bid
It will be do-or-die for Jamaica's Junior Reggae Boyz today when they face Honduras in their final Group B game in CONCACAF Under-20 World Cup qualification, at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago, starting at 5 p.m.(4 p.m. Jamaica time). The United States...
- Injury stumps Gayle for start of ODIs
- Taylor proud of 'amazing' role in West Indies win
- Keyes nets hat-trick in massive Boys' Town win
- Shaw goals revive St Georges
- Portmore remain on top
- Sporting maintain perfect record
- Early wickets spark West Indies hope
- Richardson blasts out T&T on final day
- Central rule to continue - Holness predicts extended dominance of Champs
- Mexico rout Jamaica
EDITORIAL - Rebalancing tertiary education
Dr Trevor Hamilton has made a timely intervention into what we hope will emerge into robust, and ultimately fruitful, debate over how Jamaica allocates resources to tertiary education. It is a dialogue, hopefully, in which the University of the West Indies (UWI) will become...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Extreme moral makeover needed
The Editor, Sir: The nation is engaged in much debate over how to overcome the effects of the locally created and globally enhanced economic crisis. As the Government grapples with putting together a credible Budget, various commentators have been offering...
- Low costs no advantage
- An appeal to the PM
- Seeing the big picture
- Review law but respect what's current
- Are black tourists welcome here?
- Wonderful ambassadors
- A toxic mix of murder, mayhem and melody
Fifty years of Island
ISLAND RECORDS, the powerful independent company founded in Kingston in 1959, marks its 50th anniversary this year. A statement from founder Chris Blackwell says a week-long celebration scheduled for England in May will mark the occasion...
New products could revive shipping industry in Portland
Portland's potential as a shipping parish could be revived with the export of new products, Charles Johnston, chairman of Jamaica Producers Group, has said. These new products, Johnston noted, include the export of sand, stone and aggregate...
Read more in The Shipping Industry
North Korea troops on high alert
SEOUL, South Korea (AP): North Korea put its troops on alert and cut the last hotline to Seoul yesterday as the American and South Korean militaries began joint manoeuvres. The communist regime warned that even the slightest provocation could trigger war...
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