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JSE aims to reclaim global top spot

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) aims to regain the number-one spot offering the best returns among 92 global exchanges.The Jamaican market occupies the seventh spot, down from...

Best of upcoming entertainment events

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

friday june 17KOTE 2016Kingston on the Edge (KOTE) 2016 runs from today until next Sun. Tonight's opening event is at Redbones Blues CafÈ, featuring 6 Points, Free Willies, Phuzzion Band, Jermaine Blake, Winston McAnuff and Fixi. Exhibitions by Dane...

Who will pay Kingston Bookshop? - CDF distances self from unpaid bills linked to ex-MP Arnaldo Brown

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMJovan Johnson

East Central St Catherine Member of Parliament Alando Terrelonge has declared he will not be paying a bill, reportedly running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, to the Kingston Bookshop Ltd, which was left by his predecessor Arnaldo Brown.The...

Amend Extradition Act, urges West Kingston Commission

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell

The panel of commissioners that conducted the Commission of Enquiry into the deaths of 73 civilians and a member of the Jamaica Defence Force in west Kingston during the May 2010 operation by the security forces has recommended that the Government...

Parliament pays tribute to veteran Gleaner journalists

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaican Parliament has formally paid tribute to Gary Spaulding and Glenroy Sinclair, two Gleaner journalists who died last week, hours apart.The leaders of both sides of the House of Representatives hailed the veteran former members of the...

CAC 2000 bullish on growth prospects

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

CAC 2000 Limited, which engineers and installs air-conditioning solutions, made $21.7 million in net profit after tax or 17.2 per cent higher profit year-on-year.Sales over three months hit $251.4 million from...

Gov't to amend Constitution for employment of retired judges

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 6:45 PMJovan Johnson

If the Government gets its way, more than 20 judges who have retired could be employed as part of a thrust to cut the backlog of cases burdening the justice system.Speaking in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck...

Carol Bourke named hotelier of the year

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Western Bureau:Jamaica's only female managing director of a large hotel chain, Carol Bourke, has been named the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association's (JHTA) Hotelier of the Year.Bourke, general manager of Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa and...

Something Extra | Friday

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

We bring the week to a spirited end with highlights from Appleton Estate's inaugural appreciation and awards dinner tour held at the White Witch Golf Club...

Walter Molano | Russia: Against the odds

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

After meeting officials in Kiev, we continued to Moscow.The diplomatic confrontation caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine has had serious trade implications on both goods and services. There are no longer direct...

Foreign ownership of US debt falls

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Foreign holdings of United States Treasury securities slipped for the first time in six months, led by declines in Ireland and the Cayman Islands, the third- and fourth- largest owners of US debt.The US Treasury...

Lasco Financial taps popular iCool to push loans

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMTameka Gordon

Lasco Financial Services is hoping to increase it loan book through a special loan programme for vendors of the iCool beverage line produced and distributed by its sister...

Cuba hopes détente will finally break curse on investment

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Twenty years ago, a Canadian developer won the right to build golf courses and condominiums across 2.5 miles of lush green ridgeline and crescent beaches lapped by the emerald waters of the...

Venezuelan asylum requests skyrocket

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 10:52 AM

Asylum requests skyrocketCARACAS, (AP):The number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has soared as the oil-dependent economy crashes.The most recent data from Citizenship and Immigration Services show that in March 2016, Venezuela...

Crashed EgyptAir black box found

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 11:08 AM

Crashed plane's black box foundCAIRO, (AP):The cockpit voice recorder of the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed last month killing all 66 people on board has been found and pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt's investigation committee said...

Under-20s seek second win

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 11:16 AMMarc Stamp

Jamaica's Under-20 footballers will hunt their second win when they face St Kitts...

Volkswagen to launch more electric cars after diesel scandal

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

German automaker Volkswagen plans to ramp up its offerings of electric vehicles as it fights to bounce back from a scandal over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests.The electric campaign is part of a...

British Labour lawmaker murdered

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:37 PM

LONDON (AP):A British lawmaker was shot to death yesterday in a small town she represents, a tragedy that brought to a standstill the fierce campaign over whether Britain should leave the European Union.Labour legislator Jo Cox was attacked in...

Peter Espeut | Sexual identity, gender identity

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AM

A new tide of subjectivism is sweeping the world and has begun to lap Jamaica's shores. It must be resisted.In this way of thinking, nothing is absolute, and...

Seeking clarity on oil tax

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 1:15 PM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I am in full agreement with your editorial of June 15, 2016, titled 'Heat, but no light on HFO', as I clearly remember the minister of finance stating that the special consumption tax (SCT) on heavy fuel oil would not apply to the...

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