Alternative energy sources and further development and integration within the agro-processing industry are two initiatives necessary to make Jamaican farming more economically viable and internationally competitive, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said...
Two persons, including a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier, were killed in a motorcycle crash in Clarendon yesterday, pushing the number of road fatalities over the holiday weekend to eight.The soldier has been identified as Corporal Rory Beezer...
Many Jamaicans who occupy lands for which they have no titles will sooner or later have these very important documents in their possession. That is, if new agriculture and fisheries minister, Robert Montague, is successful in a new thrust...
HALF OF the Caribbean's children have no access to early-childhood education, said a founding director of the Foundation for Caribbean Children (FDCC), Ann Shirley.Shirley, who was speaking on Ronald Thwaites' 'Independent Talk' radio talk show last...
Repatriation to Africa and reparation for the atrocities of slavery are two platforms on which some Rastafarians have been agitating for sometime now.Whether they will be granted their wishes is the million-dollar question...
WESTERN BUREAU: Calico Jack, one of the most notorious and feared pirates to sail Jamaican waters, has returned to the country's 18th-century commercial capital, Falmouth.Jack, and his favourite cronies, including Jack...
As Jamaica celebrates Emancipation Day today and looks ahead to Independence Day on Saturday, the statues of two of the nation's founding fathers - Sir Alexander Bustamante and Norman Manley - are crying out for some cleaning.
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding says Jamaicans should use today, Emancipation Day, to reflect on the journey it has taken the nation to break the shackles of slavery. At the same time, Portia Simpson Miller, leader of the Opposition...
ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann: ONE COULD have understood if the family of little Justine Victoria Simpson were to seek legal redress after the loss of their daughter who died September 29, 2009 at St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital...
MIKE HENRY, Central Clarendon member of parliament (MP) and transport and works minister, has extended congratulations to newly appointed Custos of Clarendon William Shagoury, who assumes office...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaicans are being urged to consider giving up some of their individual rights and freedoms in order for the nation to achieve full emancipation.Reverend Conrad Pitkin, pastor of the Faith Temple...
JAMAICA's AREA Youth Foundation's (AYF) project, 'Due Process: Engaging Youths in the Rule of Law', has been selected by the World Justice Project (WJP) to receive funding through its 'Opportunity Fund' and will be implemented in Jamaica later this year.
DAMIAN OBIGLIO, whose Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is among the most resented utility providers on the island, wants the Government to impose a ban on incandescent bulbs."There is a crisis in the country...
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: EIGHTEEN NEW Justices of the Peace (JPs) were sworn-in on Thursday by Custos of Portland Roy Thompson at a special function held at the Errol Flynn Marina...
MINISTER OF Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange said the Government of Jamaica is committed to intensifying efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS.Speaking at the side-event organised by United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS during the United Nations...
Nineteen-year-old Adrian Smith would have been one step closer to realising his lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had he got the chance to do the medical examination required for entry into the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) come Wednesday....
CRIPPLED BY ballooning energy costs and fed up with 'talk shops' that are seemingly bereft of gainful solutions, local manufacturers are calling for immediate action from the Government and the sole light and power company in Jamaica to cut the high...
Millions of dollars in European Union (EU) aid to Jamaica are on hold because of the finance ministry's failure to publish the results of the last two International Monetary Fund quarterly (IMF) performance reviews of the economy.
Bill's bitter battleCourt orders Clarke to disclose details of his multimillion-dollar Scotiabank settlement in divorce proceedingsTyrone ReidSunday Gleaner ReporterSince winning a David-versus-Goliath-like court battle against one of the biggest banks...
As far as titles go, the Rev Dr Paul Gardener is a man of substantial letters before and after his name. Currently he is president of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC), as well as the worldwide Moravian Church and of that denomination in Jamaica.
Irish potato and onion farmers are set to benefit from an unprecedented low interest rate which will see them paying a mere 6 per cent per annum on loans from a special $500-million pool of funds from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and People's Co-operative Banks.
Manufacturers are beseeching the Government to intervene and arrest the exorbitant electricity bills that they say are crippling their businesses, as within a very short period the few that are still operational will have to close their doors.
Energy and Mining Minister Clive Mullings has described as "unconscionable" the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) practice of disconnecting customers who have paid two-thirds of their electricity bill.
Court documents obtained by The Sunday Gleaner showed that the Supreme Court ruled that the settlement between former Scotiabank manager William 'Bill' Clarke and his former employers must be disclosed as part of the divorce proceedings.
UTILITIES REGULATOR, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), has been accused by Energy Minister Clive Mullings of dereliction of duty. Mullings, who was addressing a Gleaner Editors' Forum on Thursday, said the OUR has failed to protect the consumer from unnecessary electricity costs.
