Money Market hard to beat on Sunday
MONEY MARKET ran probably his best race ever on August 3, allowing out-of-class MADELYNS SUNSHINE a pound and fighting the American to the wire in an open overnight-allowance event at five and a half furlongs. Returning for Sundays Trevor...
ACCESS BLOCKED
The tribunal created under the Access to Information (ATI) Act to handle appeals when Jamaicans are denied information by government agencies or public bodies has been inactive since February. Attorney-at-law Andre Earle, KC, is claiming that the...
Chief justice: Rein in egregious conduct of lenders
Businessman Winston Finzi and his company, Mahoe Bay Company Limited, scored a major victory last month when the Supreme Court ruled that they did not benefit from a US$2.5-million loan in 2003. Instead, half of the amount was used to purchase...
Ricketts, Pinnock going for glory at Diamond League finals
OLYMPIC GAMES silver medallists Shanieka Ricketts and Wayne Pinnock are two of 10 Jamaicans going for glory on todays opening day of the two-day Allianz Memorial Van Damme Wanda Diamond League finals in Brussels. With a Diamond Trophy and...
Microloans market now valued at $46 billion
The size of the microcredit market has grown to $46 billion, more than 15 per cent higher than a year ago, based on the loan balances of applicants, according to the Government of Jamaica in its foreign filings of its annual report to the US...
5 Questions With Ernie Ranglin
When Rolling Stone magazine last October unveiled its official list of The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, sitting at 179 was Ernest ‘Ernie Ranglin. The 92-year-old musician is still going strong and still picks up his guitar for special...
Editorial | Transparency in Sangster airport death
Like Christopher Tufton, the health minister, this newspaper is concerned about the sensibilities of the family of Leroy Smith with respect to a public, tit-for-tat litigation of his death earlier this month at Sangster International Airport, as he...
Letter of the Day | A woman's value is more than her genitalia
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to The Gleaner report of September 2 regarding a proposed addition to the tourist attraction market: organised visits to a certain spot along Rio Cobre roadway to and from Bog Walk to view a rock...
Daniellia White managing talent and owning style
Many know this creative as the manager for soulful singer Joby Jay and singer and model Daneek Buckham. She is also a published author and podcaster. But, beyond those roles, the lovely Daniellia White is a certified fashionista with a refreshing...
Alberto Fujimori dies at 86
LIMA (AP): Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Perus economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the...