Dig us out - Farm chief calls for stimulus - Wants imports taxed to the max
Pinch-hitter for Jamaica's farmers, Norman Grant, has called on the Labour Party Government to provide incentives to revive the nation's withering agricultural sector and pursue an aggressive tax policy on imports. Grant, an opposition senator and president...

Gays in US 'Boycott Jamaica'
A gay-rights lobby last week launched a Boycott Jamaica campaign in the United States city of San Francisco, discouraging patronage of the island's exports - particularly Red Stripe - to put pressure on government and private-sector interests to rein ...

Export centre launched in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon: The fourth Export Centre and Business Information Point (ECBIP) was launched in the presence of a select group of stakeholders at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) office in Denbigh on Monday. A collaborative effort...

Fire guts MoBay buildings
MONTEGO BAY, ST JAMES: It took the St James Fire Department, with its three fire units and 22 firefighters, almost two hours to contain the blaze that engulfed two buildings on Orange Street, Montego Bay, Saturday morning.According to Assistant...

What is robbing your energy?
Much has been said about the global energy crisis, and a great deal of money, time and talent is being directed at the world's need for more energy. Less appreciated, however, is the fact that on a personal level most of us are also battling with our own energy crises.

Gov't faces tough test from teachers - No switcheroo on wage deal, says JTA president
Same game, same rules. That's pretty much the hard-nosed stance of Jamaica Teachers' Association President (JTA) Doran Dixon, who said the 20,000-plus membership is expecting to receive the seven per cent negotiated wage settlement for 2009/2010 in April...

Lawyers to teach 'sex ed' in school
Jamaica's lawyers will be taking sex education - legally speaking - into the classroom. In a effort to educate students on the seriousness of sexual offences, the Advocates' Association of Jamaica will be conducting lectures at a number of schools...

Another fake cop - Testifies in court for gun accused
A St Catherine man who was acquitted of illegal gun and ammo possession might remain free on the count of double jeopardy, despite character evidence given by a witness who pretended to be a policeman. Section 20 (8) of the Consti-tution might be used to block any attempt ...