Kingston

Cool it, Mayor McKenzie!

The Editor, Sir: Understandably elated over his one-horse victory in the race for the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Area Council Two chairman post, Kingston mayor Councillor Desmond McKenzie is reported to have signalled his...

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Pan Jamaica closes land deal

Cabinet has approved the sale of land located at Knutsford Park in New Kingston to Pan Jamaica Investment Trust Limited (Pan Jamaica). Minister of Information Daryl Vaz disclosed on Wednesday during a post-Cabinet press...

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New nightspot in the city

Now, 38 Trafalgar Road is undoubtedly one of Kingston's premiere entertainment and business addresses, as it's the headquarters of Pulse, the Caribbean's leading and most successful modelling agency. It is also home of many...

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Matalon's ideas for Jamaica's growth

The following are excerpts of a speech delivered last week by the president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Joseph M. Matalon. It was made at the launch of Productivity Awareness Week in Kingston. I...

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Baton passed - Labourites to target PNP strongholds

NEW JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie has vowed to target the seven Corporate Area seats now held by the People's National Party (PNP). McKenzie, the mayor of Kingston, was ushered into the senior ranks...

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CHERINE ANDERSON / “Cherine Anderson Mixtape”

Eternal question: how to leave the rock, how to rock the rock? Behind the beat is a message which incorporates the grittiness of my past with the sweetness of things that I have been exposed to. —Cherine Anderson Me ear always...

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Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools

IT was a steamy Saturday night in Kingston, Jamaica, and the Sky Bar was jammed with its usual weekend crowd: professionals in their 20s and 30s, by all appearances fit for the next flight to South Be...

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'Children at Risk' conference next week

The Church, in partnership with the international children's advocacy organisation, Compassion International, will host an international conference on 'Children at Risk' at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston next Tuesday...

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Gloomy Jamaica: Unfixable?

The burden of debt and crime JUST over two years ago when Bruce Golding’s Labour Party came to power in Jamaica, ending 18 years in opposition, there were modest hopes that it might make progress in tackling the island’s...

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Bolt becomes ambassador-at-large of Jamaica

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion and sprint superstar Usain Bolt was named an ambassador-at-large by Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding during a ceremony in the capital, Kingston, on Thursday. The Triple world...

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