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Published:Friday | March 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Top sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) were kept busy yesterday afternoon analysing the content of three large padded envelopes that were mysteriously delivered to three...

Published:Friday | March 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is scheduled to take centre stage at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry today, bringing to a climax almost two months of frenetic activity involving attorneys and witnesses....

Published:Friday | March 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) said yesterday it has made a formal representation to the Government of Jamaica, via the Jamaican High Commission in the United Kingdom, asking for confirmation of how the State and the ruling Jamaica...

Published:Friday | March 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A former consultant to the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has suggested that the Government use some key recommendations contained in a growth-inducement strategy report prepared by the agency...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PERSONS WHO have been delinquent in paying their property taxes will have their names printed in the newspapers, says Richard Reese, director general in the Department of Local Government.Addressing the Public...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Justice Minister and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne was yesterday shunted on the defensive when a damning email, allegedly sent on her behalf and produced at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry, starkly...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The future of Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne as an attorney-at-law came under sharp focus during yesterday's cross-examination by attorney for military personnel, Lieutenant Colonel Linton Gordon."Did you know that your action was in breach...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A study funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has found that the number of Jamaicans who say they trust Prime Minister Bruce Golding plummeted by double digits last year. The findings of the study, which were released during a USAID discussion...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has ruled that the policeman who was controversially hauled before the courts by the Independent Commission of Investigations...

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Recent allegations of impropriety involving members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have proven to be an embarrassment to their colleagues who say the incidents have "rocked the foundations of the force"....

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Fern Gully roadway in St Ann is to be closed for nine months effective this Saturday, the National Works Agency (NWA) has announced. According to the NWA, the closure is to facilitate a more than $500-million repair project....

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE INTIMIDATORY conduct of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician Everald Warmington towards members of the local media is to be reviewed by head of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)....

Published:Thursday | March 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne startled those present at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry when she revealed that she disagreed with the interpretations of an eminent...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

An appeal has been made for more local companies and individuals to join the ambitious private sector-led initiative Youth Upliftment Through Employment (YUTE), which targets at-risk young people in inner city communities. Private Sector Organisation...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is hoping to start the healing process in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, on the one-year anniversary of the security forces' incursion that left 73 civilians dead. As part of their International Ecumenical Peace Convocation...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The management of Nationwide News Network (NNN) is crying foul over the decision of the Broadcasting Commission to order it to pull the plug on the popular afternoon talk show 'Ragashanti Live'.

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) councillor and minority leader, Denise Daley of the Linstead division, has called for the Association of Local Government Authorities (ALGA) to be dissolved. The call...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MAY PEN, Clarendon: THE CLARENDON Parish Council has been forced to put plans in place to build a new public-sanitary facility in the capital, as fast-food establishments are not allowing persons to use their...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Youth activities suffered heavily on Finance Minister Audley Shaw's chopping block, figures contained in the second supplementary estimates indicate.

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Meanwhile, in a joint release last night, the Media Association Jamaica Ltd (MAJ) and the Press Association of Jamaica said the International Federation of Journalists, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Several prominent persons in western Jamaica have responded to the campaign to prevent former parliamentarian Everald Warmington from becoming a candidate for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the April 4...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

I DECIDED to become a Peace Corps volunteer to make the most of the special skills and abilities which I possess and believe could be of use to the individuals with whom I would work and live....

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Women in Media group, which is now fully supported by the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) and the Media Association Jamaica Limited (MAJ), said yesterday it noted JLP General Secretary Aundré Franklin's claim the party would review...

Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

In yet another fiery hearing of the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry, the spotlight was trained on Chairman Emil George as he clashed with attorneys during a debate involving some of the lawyers aligned to the Government and parliamentary Opposition....

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