Raft captain, grandson feared drowned in Martha Brae River
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard and the Trelawny police have suspended their search for a raft captain and his grandson, who are feared to have drowned after they went missing in the Martha Brae River earlier Tuesday. The...
Outdated hospitals - Tufton asks for more ingenuity to improve technology in public health sector
Failure to keep up-to-date with technology, coupled with poor maintenance of Jamaica's health facilities, were among the main contributing factors to the problems being faced in the country's health sector, noted Dr Christopher Tufton.Speaking at...
Growth & Jobs | Jamaicans trained to provide harbour-towage services
Kingston Harbour is set to become the premier Caribbean hub for Post Panamax vessels after Ocean recently signed a 10-year contract with Jamaica's Port Authority for the provision of harbour-towage services.Ocean invested approximately US$60,000 on...
Step up! - Mixed opinions as former referees call on male counterparts to improve
Former FIFA referee Charles 'Charley' Barrett believes too much emphasis is being placed on female referees, to the detriment of their male counterparts.However, Peter Prendergast, another former FIFA referee, disagrees with his colleague's...
As reforms begin, Conoco says Venezuela to pay US$2b award
American oil giant Conoco Phillips says it has reached an agreement with Venezuela's state-owned oil company to recover nearly US$2 billion it was awarded as part of a decade-old expropriation dispute.Monday's statement from Houston-based Conoco says...
'The Parables' - Another hit for Father Ho Lung and Friends
The historic stage of the Little Theatre in Kingston came alive on Saturday with fine acting, singing, and dancing, colourful costumes, and dynamic lighting.Over the years, Father Ho Lung and Friends have fused popular Bible stories with the...
Editorial | The route to better-paying jobs
Richard Byles is too much of a gentleman and too astute a businessman to be vulgarly inspecting the mouths of gift horses. So, as he made clear in his speech last week, he welcomes the recent decline in Jamaica's rate of unemployment - to 9.7 per...
Letter of the Day | Beware of breeding, training dogs for aggression
THE EDITOR, Sir:Understanding dogs such as pit bulls requires understanding of the results of selective breeding, and it will make persons promoting this breed more cautious in so doing.In Russia, the selective breeding experiment of black foxes by...
Something Extra | Tuesday
Appleton Estate hosted National - Rum Day celebrations on August 16 at Murray's Fish & Jerk Hut in Clarendon. Everyone who turned out enjoyed 'Happy Hour' Appleton cocktails - and live performances from the likes o...
Experts knew Genoa bridge had weakened 20 per cent
GENOA (AP):Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge's strength by 20 per cent, a finding that came months before it collapsed last week, Italian media...