Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts – Staff Reporter Given a cricketer’s name at birth, but possessing no love for that sport, robust, vociferous, tough-talking and no-nonsense are just some of the words often used to describe…
Mailpac cuts $900 million off My Cart price, seeks approval to issue shares to close deal
Mailpac Group Ltd. will ask shareholders to approve issuing 50 million shares to complete its acquisition of former rival My Cart Quick Ltd., a deal whose value has been cut by three-quarters from…
Gordon Robinson | Why so expensive paper pushers?
So National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) has started with neither bang nor whimper but a loud, smelly belch. Or has it? Started I mean? I ask because the 40-million-dollar man (Steve Austin…
Mark Wignall | Shelly-Ann taught us well
In watching Shelly-Ann Fraser (Pocket Rocket) give freely of her excess of naivety at her first big outing in 2008, she seemingly asks herself, as we gaze at her totality and glimpse back…
Tesla’s new Roadster car can thrust itself into the air, but don’t expect to drive it anytime soon
Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself into the air, among other engineering bells and whistles. But drivers shouldn’t expect to take it for a spin anytime soon….
AI creating workforce and ‘businesses of one’
Private companies in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean are building artificial-intelligence (AI) tools into their operations even though the Government’s national AI policy is still being drafted, according to the head of the…
Highest inflation in four years will result in ‘some hardships’ says Dr King
Jamaica’s annual inflation rate climbed to 8.6 per cent in September, the highest since December 2022 and above the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) four-to-six per cent target range, according to the Statistical Institute…
NaRRA’s reconstruction boom must strengthen communities and small businesses too
Picture Western Jamaica three years from now if the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) delivers fully on the ambition outlined by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness in his Budget Presentation earlier this…
St. Thomas farmers, butchers face animal tag crisis
Cattle farmers and butchers in St Thomas are concerned over reports that there are no animal…
Police Federation condemns slaying of two officers during Sligoville attack
The Jamaica Police Federation has condemned the deadly attack on members of the Jamaica Constabulary…