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WELL-KNOWN crime fighters Wray Palmer, Terrence Bent, and Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight lead the latest list of promotions announced by the police force.

THOMPSON PEN, St Catherine:THE OLD adage 'patience is a virtue' truly applies to residents of Thompson Pen in St Catherine, who recently received the keys to their newly refurbished and expanded pre-school, God Bless Basic School, courtesy of the...

LESS THAN five minutes after members of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) went into their monthly meeting to examine additional strategies to reduce road fatalities, news broke yesterday that four more persons had lost their lives in yet another motor-vehicle crash....

HEALTH MINISTER Rudyard Spencer says the time has come for the repeal of the Leprosy Act of 1949.Spencer, in piloting the health and allied professions and services miscellaneous penalty provisions bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said...

The accuracy of the statement filed by Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne to the Dudus-Manatt commission of enquiry was brought into question yesterday. Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions...

THE GROUP of Pre-University School-trained practical nurses who arrived in wintry Canada from Jamaica this week is thankful for the warm reception from the Jamaican Liaison Services - an arm of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security....

INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS now under way at sections of downtown Kingston should be completed within 10 weeks, to ensure that the transportation system, implemented on January 15, is 100 per cent operational....

WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICAN PARENTS need to work more closely with their children's educational institutions in order to build a better country and combat the increasing spate of violence in schools.Lorna Lawson, Region...

Though children still make up the largest percentage of persons reported missing, with figures showing them accounting for up to 70 per cent of cases, the recovery rate has drastically improved since 2009....

Lawyers representing dancehall star Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie have confirmed a Gleaner report that United States District judge James Moody has ruled against a motion seeking to dismiss new charges against him....

A DAY after snubbing the contractor general on a proposal to halt the sale of the Sandals Whitehouse hotel, Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday said he wants someone of the mettle of Greg Christie to become the nation's first special prosecutor....

WESTERN BUREAU:The carnal-abuse trial of the Reverend Dr Paul Lewis has been further delayed as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has filed additional papers related to the case.Lewis, who is answering carnal...