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The refusal of former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Karl Samuda to reveal the identity of party supporters who provided US$49,000 to engage the services of United States law firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, yesterday triggered an intriguing stand-off...

Commerce Minister Karl Samuda has declared that the existing ban on the importation of used tyres into the island remains in effect.In a statement Tuesday, Samuda said that although permission was given to clear used tyres which were on the wharf ...

PARLIAMENT'S PUBLIC Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) will be proposing to the House of Representatives that funding to public bodies with outstanding annual reports be cut off until they become...

With food prices soaring on the international scene, the Government and the Opposition have united to insist on the need for Jamaicans to "grow what we eat and eat what we grow".

GRADE EIGHT students at St Andrew High School yesterday gave up their regular classes to participate in an hour of meaningful and fun-filled activities as part of the national Peace Day celebrations. Resounding cheers ...

DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann: MORNING SHOWERS in some sections of St Ann on Tuesday provided a cool start to events marking Peace Day 2011 as schools across the parish observed the annual affair.One of the main activities took...

More than 6,000 primary school students who have failed in four attempts to achieve mastery in the Grade Four Literacy Test are to be placed in special classroom settings designed to improve their literacy standards. Education Minister Andrew Holness...

THE MINISTRY of Justice yesterday said it was seeking an opinion from Solicitor General Douglas Leys with regard to the powers of arrest of the commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM).The Office...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: THE ERROL Flynn Marina in Port Antonio has been lauded for its pristine beauty by cruise ship officials after European vessel, Saga Pearl II, made its maiden call to that port yesterday.The ship docked...

DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann: MORNING SHOWERS in some sections of St Ann on Tuesday provided a cool start to events marking Peace Day 2011 as schools across the parish observed the annual affair.One of the main activities took...

More than 6,000 primary school students who have failed in four attempts to achieve mastery in the Grade Four Literacy Test are to be placed in special classroom settings designed to improve their literacy standards. Education Minister Andrew Holness...

THE MINISTRY of Justice yesterday said it was seeking an opinion from Solicitor General Douglas Leys with regard to the powers of arrest of the commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM).The Office...