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By PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, June 02, 2009 ARGUING that he was broke and would be homeless if booted from the posh $40 million townhouse he now occupies at Armour Heights, St Andrew, former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill was yesterday pitied by the courts and allowed – on humanitarian grounds – [...]

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2009 Citizens of other countries represent an important segment of the U.S. home buying market, and now new special visa categories that allow foreign nationals to gain U.S. residency can help facilitate that process. By using these visa categories correctly, Realtors® will be able to help many more buyers from overseas purchase [...]

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) yesterday launched its latest denomination – a $5,000 note featuring the image of former prime minister Hugh Shearer which it says will become legal tender in September. According to BOJ Governor Derick Latibeaudiere, the new bill became necessary in response to international benchmarks as well as [...]

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) – Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran the fastest ever 150m yesterday in a street race held in a chilly and windy Manchester city centre. Bolt came home in 14.35 sec, beating the previous best recorded by Italian Pietro Mennea of 14.8 in 1983. Britain’s Marlon Devonish was second in 15.07sec. In [...]

By Kayon Raynor, Observer senior reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, April 30, 2009 WORLD 100 and 200-metre record holder Usain Bolt outran serious injury and possibly death yesterday but wrote off his $15.3-million 2009 BMW M3 Coupe on the Vineyard Toll section of Highway 2000 in St Catherine. The triple Olympic gold medallist, who sustained only minor [...]

Steven Jackson Friday, March 13, 2009 Paymaster now offers payment of property taxes and traffic tickets through its 155-branch network for those who want to avoid the tax office. MARKS… customers will be charged J$200 for the service The company launched the service yesterday stating that customers will be charged J$200 for the service. Paymaster [...]

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, Jamaica Observer Chief executive officer of the Jamaica Money Market Brokers, JMMB, Keith Duncan, says the Jamaican currency will continue to experience decline if production in the country is not boosted. Duncan said the outlook now is for the Jamaican dollar to decline against its US counterpart. Duncan said although steps [...]