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Despite the mad rush that greeted the opening of the ticket office for the 101st staging of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships on Monday, there are doubts...

With Jamaica poised to earn well in excess of the 'elusive' US$2 billion in foreign exchange from the tourism sector this year, Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the time is now right for the three key players - agriculture...

ALBERT GORDON, the acting president of the National Water Commission (NWC), has been appointed to fill the post permanently effective April 1.Minister of Water and Housing Dr Horace Chang announced the appointment yesterday almost three months after...

Burnt members of the failed Olint investment scheme may just get back their money after all.
David Smith, the former head of Olint, has committed to make full repayments to every investor in the scheme. But there is no indication yet where Smith will get the money...

The Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry appears to have doubled in cost to Jamaican taxpayers. Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who will today resume his testimony before the commission, yesterday shared cost estimates...

A three-day seminar on the functions of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) opened yesterday at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.ISA Secretary General Nii Odunton of Ghana said the seminar will be attended by representatives from...

The perennial problem of nowhere to park in downtown Kingston is keeping several shoppers away from the commercial district and stifling plans to breathe new life into the area.
But the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) says it is well aware....

WESTERN BUREAU: Anger, depression, and tears defined the mood at Cornwall College on Monday as students, teachers, and administrative staff struggled to come to grips with the murder of 16-year-old Matthew Reid on Saturday at the Centrepoint Plaza in Montego Bay, ...

Horror gave way to fury in Waterford, St Catherine, yesterday as residents agitatedly watched a National Water Commission (NWC) tractor disconnecting the sewerage lines of several residents with outstanding bills....

Hundreds of wards of the state have been running away from children's homes and places of safety across Jamaica. Some of them, including several deemed uncontrollable by the courts, are still on the lam...

Constable Aubrey Grant of the Motorised Patrol with his daughter, Jenae, as they make their way into the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands St Michael's Church...

Even before the formal introduction of GRAPE, the Clarendon police say they were integrally involved in trying to rescue delinquent youngsters in the parish.Senior Superintendent of Police Dathan Henry, head of the Clarendon police, told a Gleaner...