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Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal, Phillip Paulwell, is raising concerns about the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), indicating that only some constituencies were benefiting....

Opposition spokesman on Finance Dr Peter Phillips has scoffed at a suggestion from Finance Minister Audley Shaw that the committee on taxation sit for no more than a month.Speaking during a town-hall meeting hosted by the Kingston and St Andrew parish...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it has completed the terms of reference for its recently announced investigation into the billing system of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS).Among the issues to be examined is the legitimacy...

Lawyers representing Christopher 'Dudus' Coke have challenged plans by prosecutors to call expert witnesses to testify about three areas during his trial slated to begin on September 12 in the United District Court for the Southern District of New...

DAEGU, South Korea:These days, there is a certain glow around Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown.

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation's All-Island Scholarship winners 2011 Sharie Brown (left), Portland; Norvan Martin (centre), Manchester; and Aneisha Rose, St Thomas, share a victorious moment after a challenging interview which...

Eight years ago, Gladys Brown had to fight like a Trojan to defend her life from a knife-wielder who attacked her during an attempted robbery in downtown, Kingston. A detective sergeant of police then, she was stabbed several times...

The Rotary Club of St Andrew North marked its 25th anniversary with a thanksgiving service at St Stephen's United Church, Union Square, Cross Roads, recently."We're here today to celebrate the start of our Rotary year and to acknowledge God's goodness...

WESTERN BUREAU:The trial of a detective constable attached to the Sandy Bay Police Station in Hanover will continue in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on September 14, when additional police witnesses are expected to give evidence...

The impasse between the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Ministry of Education over the appointment of Alphansus Davis as chairman of the Teachers' Services Commission (TSC) seems far from over....

The Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE) programme was designed and coordinated by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) following the negative impact of events in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston in May, 2010...

Deputy general secretary of Education International (EI) Jan Eastman says education is the right and only response to ills affecting society.At the same time, Eastman, who was addressing the opening session of the 47th...