Gordon Robinson | Jamaica needs to invent a new wheel
As Marc Antony did for Caesar, we must come to bury Jamaica’s English Constitution and, with it, 500 years of mental slavery NOT to praise either. The current Constitutional Reform process is a watershed moment in Jamaica’s history. We the…
Imani Tafari-Ama | Consensus on decolonising education
It is not often these days that feminists and economists agree about educational practices and transformational politics. However, having attended the “Decolonising Education” conference in the first week of April at the University of Texas at San…
Lee-Chin Jr’s Seed Investments lands microcredit licence
Seed Investments, a company led by Michael Lee-Chin Jr, has received approval from the Bank of Jamaica to operate as a microlender. The company, which is the newest entrant in the microfinance sector, says it will hit the ground with…
Catherine’s Peak sales set to hit $1.5b
Catherine’s Peak Bottling Company is on a path towards $1.5 billion in sales this year. The water bottling company owned by GraceKennedy Group expects to rebound from unspecified challenges and ramp up sales outside of Kingston, alongside…
Appetite for USD loans and foreign government securities grows
Foreign currency loans held by Jamaican investors and firms climbed by nearly 26 per cent last year, driven mainly by sovereign securities, according to the Bank of Jamaica. Meanwhile, borrowing in US dollars also increased as business owners…
Promoting peace for 14 years
The 14th annual Easter Peace Championship football competition in the St Andrew Southern constituency was not short on excitement and displays of excellent skill. Thirty-one teams from a number of communities in the constituency participated in the competition held on…
Junior Chamber eyes more success in regional debate contest
THE Jamaica chapter of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) will defend its reputation as renowned debaters when the team travels to Columbia from May 3-6 for the Conference of the Americas. “In this room right here … we are currently…
D&G Foundation deepens partnership in Jones Town
THE Desnoes & Geddes (D&G) Foundation furthered its work to promote development in vulnerable communities through a continued partnership with the Jones Town/Craig Town Benevolent Society. As part of the partnership the D&G Foundation provided a cash sponsorship to facilitate…
119 prank calls hurting JCF
THE police are reporting that they sometimes receive more than 7,600 (85 per cent) prank calls to the 119 emergency number on a day. Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Emergency Communication Centre, Senior Superintendent Gary Francis says an…
Antonette Haughton-Cardenas dead at 67
ISLINGTON, St Mary — Former firebrand talk show host and attorney-at-law Antonette Haughton-Cardenas is dead. She died Friday morning in the United States where she had resided for more than 15 years. According to Jamaica Observer sources Haughton-Cardenas had been…