Recently added articles from The Weekly Gleaner:
NO CURRENCY CONTROL
Feb 19, 2009; ... * Shaw repudiates Cabinet colleague * Samuda says he was misunderstood FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw has sharply rejected the idea of Jamaica returning to currency controls, repudiating the apparent suggestion by the country's trade minister, Karl Samuda, that such a policy could ...
Police incensed over politician's 'gay' slur
Feb 19, 2009; ... MEMBERS OF the Jamaica Constabulary Force are incensed at remarks made on Tuesday, February 10, by attorney-at-law and South West St Ann Member of Parliament (MP) Ernest Smith. The MP had made stinging comments about the lawmen in Parliament, saying the force was "overrun" by ...
Deadly plane crash claims J'can family
Feb 19, 2009; ... AT LEAST one Jamaican family is now in mourning following last week's deadly plane crash in New York. The crash claimed the lives of 49 people aboard a. Continental aeroplane and one person on the ground after it crashed into a house, near Buffalo, New York, and burst into ...
Jamaicans, Chinese sign billion-dollar pacts
Feb 19, 2009; ... CHINA AND Jamaica on Thursday, February 12, signed several cooperative agreements and letters of exchange valued in excess of J$10 billion on day two of Chinese VicePresident Xi Jinping's visit to the island. Among the agreements signed at Jamaica House was an agreement between the Ex-Im ...
China bailout for the bauxite sector?
Feb 19, 2009; ... REPORTS ARE now surfacing that the ailing bauxite sector could be rescued by China but there has been, so far, no confirmation from the Government. On Sunday, the Minister in charge of Mining and Telecommunications, Derrick Smith shied away from the issue, neither confirming or denying ...
Big banks hike rates: Loans, mortgages affected
Feb 19, 2009; ... JAMAICA'S LEADING banks have increased lending rates, adding two to 2.5 percentage points. This, businesses say, compounds a difficult operating environment in which credit is not only scarce, but those who manage to qualify for loans do so on much harsher terms. One retailer who ...
Housing Agency seeks $3billion from China
Feb 19, 2009; ... Funds said available at 2-3 per cent OPERATION PRIDE, the government's lowto middle-income housing programme, is to be thrown a J$3 billion lifeline if an application for a US$35 million loan, now before the Chinese Government, is given the green light. The recently rebranded ...
JMMB safe from takeover - Duncan
Feb 19, 2009; ... THE TOP management of Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) has declared the company safe from any hostile takeover following the troubles of Lawrence Duprey's CL Financial group, which has a 40 per cent stake in the listed local securities entity, and has itself been taken over in a rescue bid by ...
Shaping music for the world
Feb 19, 2009; ... ON FRIDAY, February 13, the Minister of Information, . Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, met with influential Sersons in the music industry to iscuss the issue of lewd lyrics. This came during the second, annual observance of Reggae Month and after the Broadcasting Commission banned all ...
Jamaican Journey
Feb 19, 2009; ... Susan Alexander depicts island's beauty in her latest book MIAMI, JIS: JAMAICA'S BEAUTY and artistry were once again the topics of conversation at a Black History Month event at the Broward College/South Regional Library in Pembroke Pines on February 7. The discussion centered on ...
Tessanne Chin blows aways Blue Beat
Feb 19, 2009; ... THE SULTRY riffs of reggae star Tessanne Chin still remain a heavenly chorus to the untamed sea. The newlyconstructed courtyard of Marguerite's Blue Beat hosted the singer amid wild waves and chilling winds recently. When Chin stepped onstage, Mother Nature did not spare one ounce of ...
Sweet mix to Marley, Dennis Brown tribute
Feb 19, 2009; ... AT THE end of Unique Vision band's support unit stint in the gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Friday, February 6, the peak of the night's variety was compressed into about 20 minutes. Poet KrabwalMng Jamrock did the humorous The Roach Prayer' to laughter from the near capacity ...
Black officers lauded for their contribution
Feb 19, 2009; ... TORONTO, Canada: THE TORONTO Police Services paid tribute to its own 'trail blazers' - pioneer Black officers, at a ceremony to mark Black History month recently. Police Constable Kenrick Bagnali who delivered the keynote address hailed two retired officers, Jamaican-born staff ...
Groups plan welcome for President Obama
Feb 19, 2009; ... TORONTO, Canada: A NUMBER of organisations will be using the first foreign visit of U.S President Barack Obama to Ottawa this Thursday to discuss issues that impact African Canadians. President Obama will make a six-hour visit to Ottawa on Thursday where he will meet with Prime ...
Brooklyn sweethearts celebrate with their Valentines
Feb 19, 2009; ... NYC: BROOKLYN BOROUGH Pre-sident, Marty Markowitz and his wife, Jamie hosted hundreds of Brooklyn sweethearts who have been husband and wife for a half-century or more over the Valentine's Day weekend. The celebration, which took place at the New York Marriott Hotel in downtown ...
Marley's Photographic Exhibition opens in Washington, DC
Feb 19, 2009; ... Washington, DC (JIS) : A TREASURE-TROVE of rare photographs providing a unique glimpse into the life of the late reggae King Robert Nesta Marley is now on display at the Govinda Gallery in downtown Washington, DC. The photo exhibition, Soul Rebel: An Intimate Portrait of Bob ...
SOUTH AFRICA - LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
Feb 19, 2009; ... NYC: THE AFRICAN Film Festival Inc. (AFF) will present its 9th Annual Black History Month Film Screening and Panel Discussion on February 19 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. Developed in addition to AFF's regular flagship film festival screenings at ...
Monty Alexander sizzles at Birdland
Feb 19, 2009; ... Monty Alexander sizzles at Birdland NEW YORK CITY: IT WAS eight o'clock - half hour before showtime - recently, when I noticed a 'no more room situation' quickly developing at John Valenti's Birdland Jazz Club on Manhattan's West side. A few hundred 'early birds' were ...
Saint models for NY Fashion Week
Feb 19, 2009; ... SAINT INTERNATIONAL models Sigail Currie and Sasha Gaye Hunt will be the only Jamaican females on show as the prestigious biannual international fashion week cycle kicked off at Bryant Park in New York City on Friday, February 13. From February 13 to 20, New York plays host to Mercedes ...
Counting sheep
Feb 19, 2009; ... SOME PEOPLE count sheep to fall asleep. For farmer Donnie Bunting at Longville Park Estate in Clarendon, counting his herd has nothing to do with rest; the almost daily routine is all about work. Once a lamb is born, its date of birth is recorded and it's assigned a number which ...