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Published:Friday | August 26, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A man believed to have been employed to the family has been held in connection with the double murder of a lecturer and her husband in Discovery Bay, St Ann, on Wednesday.The bodies of senior lecturer Norma-Lyn Hall...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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....

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Alleged drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke's attempt to avoid a lengthy prison sentence has received a possibly fatal blow with a United States district judge rejecting his motion to suppress wiretap...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Education Minister Andrew Holness says he would not have appointed Alphansus Davis as chairman of the Teachers' Services Commission had he known there would have been objections.Addressing the Jamaica Teachers' Association...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Questions about the legality of the two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) entered into by Jamaica, the United States and the United Kingdom have failed to convince US District judge Robert P. Patterson to reject the recorded telephone conversations...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: THE CASE of the May 3rd kidnapping of a Mount Alvernia Preparatory School student hit a snag in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday due to the absence of the school's security...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2011 | 12:00 AM

After threats to forcibly confiscate lands belonging to the Anglican Church which house the Nuttall Hospital in St Andrew, without the permission of the church which owns the property, ripples are still going through...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Breezes Grand Negril Resort & Spa has teamed up with Warner Music Nashville and VP Records to host an album-release party on August 30 for Reggae's Gone Country, a compilation of classic country hits covered by Jamaica's top musicians.

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

An ex-member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was arrested yesterday by members of the Mandeville police after the motor vehicle he was driving was searched and a quantity of ganja found.His identity has been withheld pending further...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The body of the Jamaican farm worker who was killed in Canada this month is expected to be flown home this week, following his tragic death in what was initially reported to be a work-related accident....

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A St Ann businessman is facing a $288,000 bill from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for July, despite not turning on even one light bulb using electricity from the company for the month. However, the JPS says there is nothing unusual in this across the world....

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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....

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A happy family of four drove down to Mandeville, Manchester, on Monday afternoon, preparing for the opening of a new branch of their business in the parish the following day. Heading back to Kingston that evening, full of excitement and the prospect...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) ability to provide emergency-relief assistance during the current hurricane season was bolstered yesterday with the launch of Operation Jaguar, a joint initiative with the Canadian military.Under Operation Jaguar...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2011 | 12:00 AM

In March this year, 12-year-old Kuti Ra Mahakoe sat his Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and, three months later, sat six subjects in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations - he passed them all!...

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