Lead Stories

FINANCE MINISTER Audley Shaw is expected to arrive in China tomorrow to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Xuren and vice-minister of commerce, Wang Chao.

THE MOST Reverend Charles Dufour was officially presented as the sixth Archbishop of Kingston during a ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, downtown Kingston, on Thursday.The Apostolic Letter from Pope Benedict XVI appointing Dufour to the position...

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Rohan Barnett, has proposed the creation of a diaspora development fund.Barnett said the fund could be operated in a way that allowed investment to be managed by members of the diaspora...

THE GRACEKENNEDY Education Run is aiming to raise $3 million this year to assist inner-city youths to pursue their academic goals.Last year, the event raised approximately $2.8 million up from $1.6 million in 2009.Speaking at the launch of the event...

A prisoner who wounded a policeman while attempting to escape from a police station lock-up six years ago had his 25-year prison sentence reduced to 17 years because the Court of Appeal took into account the statutory...

On November 2, more than 2,500 members of the Caribbean diaspora from across the United States are expected to sail into Ocho Rios, St Ann, on a party cruise arranged by Four Seasons Party Cruise which is based in Atlanta...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr Kenneth Baugh, has reiterated the view contained in the Government's Vision 2030 document that the Jamaican Diaspora is a major resource that can play a strategic role...

A 12-member jury was directed yesterday to return a formal verdict of not guilty, freeing the two policemen charged with the murder of the son of dancehall artiste Spragga Benz.Constables Audley Lawrence and André Hare were freed yesterday of the murder...

Bruce Bowen, president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia, has been unanimously elected president of the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA).The election took place yesterday at the JBA's annual general meeting.In accepting his...

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association, Omar Azan, says the time has come for legislation to be introduced to impeach public officials."We must be able to have an impeachment done immediately...

The Gleaner took to the streets in New Kingston to hear what persons think about the report on the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry...

The findings of the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry are likely to be greeted with ridicule in the Jamaican diaspora community. Irwin Clare, a Jamaican immigration consultant and talk-show host in New York, United States...