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DBJ recognises winners of International Business Model Competition

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 10:35 AM

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, Development Bank of Jamaica and its partners hosted a cocktail reception in honour of the university students who won first and second place at the 2018 International Business Model Competition (IBMC) held recently in...

Whose record can match Seaga's?

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:I find the controversy over Edward Seaga's place in Jamaican history very puzzling. It is, of course, possible that history will view him very differently from the ways in which his contemporaries do.This is a phenomenon that is well...

Wheatley should have quit already

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Dr Andrew Wheatley should have resigned already. His failure to do so has no place in a post-modern, civilised and progressive democracy.Had a Petrojam-type scandal emerged and unfolded in, for example, Canada, England or Australia,...

Predatory banks stifling businesses

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:These modern slave masters, otherwise called banks, wittingly or unwittingly, are holding on to sometimes compounded interest rates averaging up to 15 per cent and higher, plus high fees.Can you imagine the Bank of Jamaica policy...

Jamaicans still the kindest of people

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:A few days ago, I went to downtown Kingston. I wanted to get a few ingredients to prepare some beef soup for dinner.After purchasing most of the items on my list, I realised that I had forgotten to get Irish potatoes. As a result, I...

France look to prevent Messi magic

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KAZAN, Russia (AP):Like any other team preparing to play Argentina, France face the Lionel Messi question: How to stop the five-time world player of the year?Unlike many of their rivals at the World Cup, though, France has an answer: a centre-half...

Hetmyer scores 123 as match ends in draw

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ST JOHN's, Antigua (CMC):Shimron Hetmyer hit a dashing century and captain Shamarh Brooks scored a half-century as the match between a President's XI and Bangladesh predictably ended in a draw at Coolidge Cricket Ground yesterday.After Bangladesh...

Brazil's injuries raise doubts

Published:Friday | June 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SOCHI, Russia (AP):Brazil are going out of their way to defend their World Cup preparations and show that their players' injuries can't be blamed on excessive training.Doctors will blame a soft mattress for an injury before admitting that they made...

Windies A bow out of Tri-Nations series

Published:Thursday | June 28, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NORTHAMPTON, England (CMC):The West Indies A were trounced by the England Lions yesterday by nine wickets, effectively eliminating them from the Tri-Nation Series.Needing a win to stay alive after losing their two previous matches, the Windies could...

NCB must apologise

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:It is with great frustration and disappointment that I write this open letter to National Commercial Bank (NCB), asking that they apologise for the inconvenience caused on Monday to its customers.During the course of Monday, it...

Garbage disposal and lack of civic pride

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:There is an unofficial 'Riverton' behind the Old Harbour Police Station and courthouse, across from Scotiabank and right beside the Old Harbour Tax Office, smack in the middle of the town. The garbage has taken over the sidewalk and...

Trump still upset about Harley-Davidson

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

United States president DonaldTrump warned Harley-Davidson on Wednesday "we won't forget" about the company's decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas, and suggested that the Wisconsin-based company will lose out to its competitors.His...

Increase in NIS payments

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 2:47 PM

Shahine Robinson, labour and social security minister, has announced that old-age benefits payable under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will be increased by 20 per cent. Robinson noted that the payment will move from $2,800 per week to $3,400...

JEF, household workers welcome new minimum wage

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 4:36 PM

The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and the Jamaica Household Workers' Union (JHWU) have welcomed the increase in minimum wage to $7,000 per 40-hour work week, effective August 1. The new rate was announced by Labour Minister Shahine Robinson...

Divers

Published:Wednesday | June 27, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Uruguay struggling to meet demand for legal marijuana

Published:Tuesday | June 26, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Laura Andrade recently walked out of a pharmacy in Uruguay cursing loudly because she could not buy legal pot.The wine sommelier had taken a bus since pharmacies in her neighbourhood don't sell the drug, but a pharmacy employee told her to come back...