'Not so high, JPS' - OUR approves lowered rate increase - Bigger bills to come in November
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has begrudgingly accepted the Office of Utilities Regulation's (OUR) decision to hold the increase on the non-fuel portion of electricity bills to three per cent. This is way below the 23 per cent average increase...
- 'Have we no shame?' - Nicholson calls UK comments on the Privy Council reason enough to move to CCJ
- Microsoft spends big on Carib technology - Jamaica continues to impress at the Latin America Innovative Educators Forum
- Guilty verdict surprises defence - Stephen Fray's parents hope for the best when sentence is handed down
Shearer hits the streets - BOJ shares security features to look for
The Bank of Jamaica's $5,000 banknote was placed in circulation yesterday.The note has the following security features:Front1. Fine engraved lines on the portrait of Hugh Lawson Shearer, former prime minister of Jamaica (1967-1972)....
- Ground broken for Portmore Villas Phase 2B
- Contractor general probes PCJ contracts with security firm
- Pereira gives the nod to casino gambling
Sugar workers get $553 million - Money is not for operations, says Tufton
THE GOVERNMENT has allocated an additional half a billion dollars to the loss-making Sugar Company Jamaica (SCJ) for the current fiscal year. But Christopher Tufton, agriculture minister, says the money, which brings this year's grant to the SCJ to $1.3 billion...
- Billy Craig targets larger share of corporate insurance market
- JLA gets green light to raise $534m from asset sale
- DBJ gets no takers for Davon - Uniform company in liquidation
Racers mull legal action
Racers Track Club is considering legal action against the manufacturers of a supplement which contained the stimulant that caused two of their athletes to be banned for three months after their test samples returned adverse analytical findings....
EDITORIAL - Let the CDF trough go dry
It is no surprise that Derrick Kellier, the Opposition whip, is pained by the halving of that choice cut for MPs, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Economic circumstances, of course, constrain Mr Kellier from falling into paroxysms of indignation....
LETTER OF THE DAY - The NAJ's tragicomedy
The Editor, Sir: On Tuesday, I watched the tragicomedy of a profession being devalued. I saw the respectful profession of nursing staking its claim on the boardwalk. There was a time when the uniform and the wearer were highly respected but now what we are seeing...
He did it! Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga is now an author and he launched not just one, but two, books on Wednesday. Catch all the details in the social section....
- CD review - Snipping would make Ini Kamoze's '51 50 Rule' even better
- Copyright partnership to favour performers
- Beyoncé to be on best behaviour in Malaysia
Make it author, please!
Former prime minister Edward Seaga, whose government backed the United States-led invasion of Grenada in 1983, said that surge was critical to maintaining democracy in the Caribbean. Seaga, prime minister of Jamaica from 1980 to 1989...
Leaders urged to take heed
UNITED NATIONS (AP):Global leaders yesterday warned their colleagues that coordinated international action to end the worldwide recession and reverse the threat posed by global warming must not fall victim to routine political...