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Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

POLICE COMMISSIONER Owen Ellington has again warned members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force that they could face strong disciplinary action for driving around in marked vehicles out of uniform."It is observed that despite instructions to members to...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

AN ORDER was made yesterday in the Supreme Court for the seizure and sale of goods belonging to the Custos of St Elizabeth Wilfred Nembhard, who runs Nembhard's Service Centre in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, to recover an outstanding debt of $130.5...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

My fellow Jamaicans:I extend warm greetings to you as our nation celebrates forty-nine years of Independence.It is without question that August 6, 1962 represented a watershed moment in our history.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN, Clarendon: Juliana O'Connor-Connolly, the lands and agriculture minister in the Cayman Islands, has welcomed the opportunity to learn more about the agricultural sector in Jamaica.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN, Clarendon:Christopher Emanuel, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has admitted that the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show has been adversely affected over the years by...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FORMER TECHNOLOGY minister Phillip Paulwell has applauded the government for its decision to target the information, communication and technology (ICT)...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's says it has downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN, Clarendon:THE PLAN to make the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show 2012 the mother of all shows has already been set in motion, given the amount of work that will be required to make this a reality.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE MINISTRY of Culture is pulling out all the stops to ensure that today's Independence Grand Gala celebration provides an entertainment showcase to remember.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE NATIONAL Road Safety Council (NRSC) is appealing to Jamaicans to be extra careful on the roads this holiday weekend.

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE POLICE are advising patrons attending the staging of the 49th Independence Grand Gala at the National Stadium today that no offensive weapons and other specified items will be allowed inside the venue.Topping the list of prohibited items are:...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SIX DISTINGUISHED Jamaicans have been accorded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Order of Jamaica (OJ).Dr Gladstone Chang is being recognised for his outstanding contribution as a business leader and philanthropist in the financial, health, education...

Published:Saturday | August 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN of the Jamaica Labour Party Karl Samuda yesterday dismissed speculations that he had quit the position amid a flurry of claims and counterclaims within the party that he had resigned.

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Royal Barbados Police Force says the quick action of law-enforcement officials led to the apprehension of 10 drug mules yesterday, eight of whom are Jamaicans.The 10 were among a group of 20 people who were initially held by authorities after...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE JAMAICA Constabulary Force is pushing to bring the country's murder rate in line with that of Costa Rica in seven years and believes the proposed anti-gang legislation will serve as a critical tool.Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has revealed that an exceptionally high demand for opportunities to watch the 2012 Olympics from the stands has led to the exhausting of its allotment of tickets for the Games to be held in London, United Kingdom, next year....

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

VETERAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and Public Defender Earl Witter is not supporting calls by senior members of the Government for the speedy reintroduction of capital punishment.Witter, who has spent more than 30 years in the courts, said, on Wednesday...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Education Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is developing a "groundbreaking" policy to hold parents responsible for the literacy of their children, as part of efforts to significantly reduce the rate of illiteracy in the country...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI, Florida: CHURCH MEMBERS across Jamaica and the United States whose monies Windemere Pastor Ainsley Blair invested with David Smith's Olint Corporation might get their cases heard at Smith's sentencing next...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Government will be looking to the information, communication and technology (ICT) sector to provide thousands of well-needed jobs over the next 12 to 18 months and Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of industry...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MINISTER OF Education Andrew Holness is warning that government-run primary schools are now bursting at the seams and would have a difficulty in absorbing students from privately run institutions that might be facing closure....

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

On the evening of Saturday, July 30, 25-year-old Jamaican practical nurse Kerran Baker disappeared from her apartment on Arrow Drive in Bodden Town, Cayman Islands.Her family from Jamaica and Cayman, the Royal...

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Stakeholders in Trelawny are optimistic that construction of the mega-size US$2-billion Harmony Cove casino resort project, which has missed several start-up deadlines, will begin in 2012....

Published:Thursday | August 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ON SUNDAY, pastors from numerous churches sought to ease the intense fear that has gripped residents of Lauriston in Spanish Town, St Catherine following the beheading of three of its residents two weeks ago, with a mass march, prayer vigil and open church service...

Published:Thursday | August 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE COMMITTEE for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI) in collaboration with the National Health Fund (NHF) has announced plans to purchase a psychiatric emergency response unit for use by the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James...

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