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TWO MEN facing murder charges in separate incidents are to return to the Home Circuit Court on April 29.They are Michael McLean, 39, who is charged with the murder of six members of a family in St Thomas in February 2006, and Rohan Masters...

WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA'S TOURIST industry has earned some US$852.6 million, over the last four months, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The figures, although preliminary...

Still facing flak over conditions at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, the Government has appointed yet another team to probe the matter.This time, a task force to be led by Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, executive director of the Mustard Seed...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday suggested that the Government may have to seek private legal assistance to complete drafting outstanding legislation which has been piling up.The prime minister...

A CALL has been made for Government to implement systems to wean Jamaicans off welfare and give them the skills required to take care of themselves.The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), established by Government in 2001 targets...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT Digicel has announced it will be funding the construction a new Paediatric Cardiac Centre of Excellence at the Bustamante Hospital for Children at a cost of $100 million.....

MEMBERS OF the Parliamentary Opposition are contending that several areas in the education and health sectors are likely to suffer greatly in the upcoming year because of deficiencies in the Budget.Speaking yesterday at a...

PRIORY, St Ann: FRESH FROM its international debut at the Grace Jamaica Jerk Festival in Florida last November, the Jamaica International Kite Festival (JIKF) returns for its 2011 edition on Easter Monday, April 25 at the spacious Richmond Estate in Priory, St Ann....

ON WEDNESDAYS when cruise ships come calling at the newly opened Falmouth pier in Trelawny, Arthur Lewars, from Duncans in the parish, gets excited.He has spent much of his 56 years as a proud fisherman...

PUBLIC-SECTOR workers will face an unprecedented fourth year of wage freezes this financial year, even as the Government says it owes public servants $30 billion.Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw said...

PUBLIC BODIES and other agencies of government have been told to reduce their consumption of energy this financial year.Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw said yesterday the Government would be embarking on an aggressive programme of energy...

THE BRUCE Golding administration appears to be cranking up its communication machinery this financial year with a more than 200 per cent increase in the amount allocated for public education.Last year, the Government had set aside $4.7 million ...