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Justice Minister Delroy Chuck yesterday advanced strong arguments in favour of the use of video and still cameras in courtrooms. Chuck, during the formal opening of the Lucea Family Courthouse in Hanover...

JUST UNDER $1.4 billion has been approved by the National Contracts Commission (NCC) for emergency repair works in the Sandy Gully in the Corporate Area, but the country will have to wait until month end to learn...

The parents of Yasheka Mangaroo are still beaming from the outstanding performance of their daughter in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).Yasheka, of Titchfield High in Portland, achieved grade ones...

PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER says the People's National Party (PNP) has resisted the temptation of offering election-oriented policies in a bid to return to state power.Speaking during the launch of the party's Progressive...

When Finance Minister Audley Shaw tells the nation which projects will be cut from the Budget he presented in April, he will do so from the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston as the nation's business will be conducted from that facility...

Former politician and broadcast journalist Eric Anthony Abrahams will be remembered today during an official funeral at the St Andrew Parish Church, starting at 3 p.m.Prime Minister Bruce Golding will honour Abrahams ...

Telecommunications firm LIME Jamaica has launched a low-cost laptop, available for customers who sign up for its Internet service, as part of its drive to increase Internet penetration in the island. Dubbed the 'FLIPtop', the computer provides consumers...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is reporting improved performances by students sitting English exams throughout the region in this year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).According to a release from the CXC yesterday, following...

Bog Walk, St Catherine: THOUGH A little disappointed, Petra-Ann Campbell said she had much to be thankful for, after she saw her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results on Friday...

The St Ann's Bay Hospital and St Ann Infirmary are both to benefit from Jamaica's hosting of the Adventist Lay-persons Services and Industries (ASi) Convention which begins today at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St Ann...

May Pen, Clarendon: SECTIONS OF May Pen Infirmary in Clarendon are currently undergoing a US$5,000 refurbishing exercise. This renovation was made possible through funds received from a winning photograph that was taken during a Month of Service...

TWO FAR-REACHING pieces of legislation aimed at providing more effective tools to Jamaican law enforcement in the fight against crime - the anti-gang and DNA Evidence bills - are expected to be tabled in Parliament...