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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR YP Seaton & Associates has accused the contractor general of defaming the good name of the company and its principal, Y.P. Seaton. In a strongly worded press statement dated Friday, June 24, Seaton & Associates said the Greg Christie-led Office...

THE PRESENT Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration is still seen by Jamaicans as the more corrupt of the two major political parties, but the number of people who don't trust Bruce Golding and his team has declined dramatically since last year.

JUST FIVE months shy of the 19th anniversary of a preventable tragedy that snuffed out the lives of three detainees at the Constant Spring police lock-up, and almost two weeks after a Mandeville jailbreak, the result of overcrowding, the perennial problem of overcrowded jail cells looms large as a public-health and social challenge.

THE NUMBER of Jamaicans who would want to see the army called out more often to assist in the fight against crime has decreased when compared with last year, the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll has found.

THE SENATE yesterday passed with four amendments the Attestation of Instruments (Facilities) Act, which gives limited powers of justices of the peace to members of parliament.

Montego Bay-based business consultant Patrick Casserly says that Jamaica's failure to keep pace with the constant innovation in technology globally, and the lack of universal access to an already costly Internet service has stifled the growth of the local industry.

GOVERNMENT SENATOR Warren Newby opened the State of the Nation debate in the Upper House yesterday announcing an expansion in the Programme for Youth Entrepreneurship.

Doc, I am a guy of 18, and I am a virgin. I have only kissed one or two girls. But recently I have become friendly with an older woman. We do not have full sex together. But she lets me give her that oral sex thing. I find it real exciting, and it usually makes her orgasm. So she is pleased with me, and she often gives me presents...

JEROME 'J ONE' Walford is thankful for life. When he was three years old, he and his family were on their way home after visiting friends in Bog Walk, St Catherine, when they met into a motor-vehicle crash along the McCooks Pen roadway in the parish. His father, who was the driver died.

The Crown is expected to close its case today at the trial of police Sergeant Russell Robinson who is accused of the theft of 18 firearms and 9,540 rounds of ammunition from the police armoury.Yesterday, the prosecution completed the exercise...

THE US Department of State yesterday announced the creation of the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace (CIM), partnering with Scotiabank, the bank with the largest commercial footprint in...

WESTERN BUREAU: The University of the West Indies (UWI) has been tasked with spearheading research projects that will identify problems and offer solutions related to issues of climate change and renewable energy...