I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat. It happened one night last September when a Chevy Bolt named Peaches picked…
CHILD KILLER STILL AT LARGE
Sunday , April 30, 2023 — that’s 18 years to the day when six-year-old Shanika Anderson was abducted, raped and murdered, and still no one has been found criminally responsible for that brutality….
More lawyers blast conditions at Corporate Area police lock-ups
More attorneys-at-law have stepped forward, bemoaning unsanitary conditions of police lock-ups across the Corporate Area. The ongoing discussion follows last Sunday’s exposé on the conditions of lock-ups at Denham Town and Hunt’s Bay…
Gilbert Houngbo | Time to prioritise social justice
May 1 is widely known as Labour Day, a day when we celebrate the contribution of workers worldwide. It is a moment for pride, celebration, and hope. After three years of the COVID-19…
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Deep-sea mining not worth the risk
Over the last few months, the conversation around commercial deep-sea mining (DSM) has intensified, with more scientists, organisations, groups and countries calling for a moratorium. As of March 2023, twelve countries have called…
Mark Wignall | In pain and in peril there is hope
Unity is strength. Strength allows persons to form or infiltrate alliances and bring them under their control. If the sequence follows its natural path, the next step is the possession of power. The…
Pioneer Manufacturing taps capital markets
PIONEER Manufacturing Distribution Company Limited has set its sight on going public this year and has tapped NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM) to arrange financing with the funds already earmarked for the company’s…
Seed gets BOJ approval
The Micheal Lee-Chin Jr start-up Seed Jamaica recently secured its long-awaited approval from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to operate as a licensed microcredit institution. Seed’s approval follows a number of other microfinancing…
Jampro targets blue economy for growth
The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) said it will be going after newer industries such as the blue economy as it pushes to drive diversification and bring greater value-added for the country. According to…