JDIC to pursue newer protection schemes
The Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC) will be pursuing the establishment of newer protection schemes to minimise the potential occurrence and impact of financial crises during fiscal year 2024/25. Implementation of these and other...
DEADLY ATTACK
WESTERN BUREAU: GANG VIOLENCE within the community of Grange Hill, Westmoreland, has left a grade 10 schoolboy, 16-year-old Carson Bennett, dead and his female schoolmate of Grange Hill High School hospitalised. The incident, which took place some...
Large businesses urged to partner with and elevate MSMEs
DR AMA Eyo, senior lecturer in Law at Bangor University in the United Kingdom, has urged large local companies to collaborate with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to grow and benefit from government procurement agreement contracts....
New JCA boss wants to rebuild local cricket
Newly elected President of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Dr Donovan Bennett, says it will be all about cricket during his tenure after his comprehensive victory at the polls over Wilford ‘Billy Heaven following the election of officers...
Master plan for the aviation sector
Jamaicas aviation regulator wants to develop a master plan that addresses expected passenger growth, the dearth of local operators, and the impact of aircraft such as drones, the technology around which is still emergent. The plan, to span 25...
‘Last fête of the season' heads downtown
The carnival festivities continue as Main Event Entertainment Group, Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and Red Stripe Flavours partner with Kingston Creative to host the “last fête of the season”–Carnival Lyme– on Sunday, April
Editorial | Recognising Palestine
Jamaicas formal recognition this week of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state is a profoundly moral decision that places the island on the right side of history. Notably, Jamaica became the 140th of the 193 members of the United...
Letter of the Day | Implement violence-prevention programmes in schools
THE EDITOR, Madam: As I accompanied my sons to school on April 24, the morning news blared with reports of the escalating violence among students from various corporate schools. However, what shook me to the core was the phrase “love triangle”...
Something Extra | Friday
Brian ‘Ribbi Chung marked his birthday with a celebration befitting a King of Nightclubs at the Ribbiz Ultra Lounge located at Ardenne Emirates on Tuesday evening. Guests turned out for the gathering including several entertainers and well-wishers...
Hamas says it will lay down arms if independent Palestinian state is established
ISTANBUL (AP): A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an...