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Published:Sunday | January 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WITH THE cost of crude oil shooting above US$90 per barrel and the likelihood of it holding firm well into the middle of June, the implications for Jamaica, with a high dependency on fossil fuel, are dire.

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A MAN who reportedly heads the New World Order gang, which operates out of Southside and Rae Town in the Corporate Area, was killed yesterday in an alleged shoot-out with members of the security forces.

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS of at least one St Andrew community have painted respective administrations in Jamaica as impotent after suffering serious inconveniences at the hands of business interests for 25 years.

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

On the day a seminar was taking place at the Police Officers' Club in St Andrew to sensitise members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and Island Special Constabulary Force, in the neighbouring parish of St Catherine, a man described as a habitual offender was given a custodial sentence for stealing oranges.

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FAMILY AND friends said bon voyage yesterday to a man who was praised for his great contributions to the national and regional shipping associations. A thanksgiving Mass was held at the Sts Peter and Paul Church in St Andrew for Ludlow Stewart O.D., JP, past president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ)...

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE NO-NONSENSE head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis, is warning taxi operators that there will be strict enforcement of parking rules when the new transport system is introduced in downtown Kingston on January 15.

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

'I now pronounce you husband and wife,' officiating minister Pastor Jakes Blackwell declared to an elated Shelly-Ann Fraser and Jason Pryce yesterday after they exchanged their vows overlooking the beautiful Caribbean Sea on the property of The Tryall...

Published:Saturday | January 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM

INFORMATION PROVIDED by the Government late yesterday about its negotiations with the Sandals hotel chain for the sale of the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel has triggered a major investigation by the office of the Contractor General (OCG).

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Dissatisfied with the recent report of the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) programme, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has elected a review committee to investigate the dismal results. JTA President Nadine...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FALMOUTH, Trelawny: THE WATER and Housing Ministry, on Wednesday, warned that it will be forcibly removing squatters from Government lands in a section of Trelawny known as Dump. The illegal settlement is adjacent to the multi-billion dollar Falmouth Port project....

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PORTMORE, St Catherine: MAYOR OF Portmore Keith Hinds has indicated that he will not back down from the challenge of former mayor, George Lee, or any other candidate, in the next local government election.Hinds recently...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Government has already spent almost $100 million to compensate residents of Tivoli Gardens and Denham Town, in west Kingston, whose property and belongings were damaged during the incursion by the security forces last May....

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Government yesterday fired the latest salvo in the ongoing furore over user fees charged by commercial banks, releasing details of a report by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC), which show that revenues generated from these fees are "considerably...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Two days after The Gleaner published the story of Arnold Russell, a homeless Jamaican who sought refuge at the Poor Relief shelter on Hanover Street in Kingston, relatives living...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Increasing access to capital, overhauling existing tax structures and simplifying a frustrating bureaucratic system were among a range of proposals catalogued by well-known businessman Gassan Azan yesterday...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Office of the Public Defender has set the end of March as the deadline to complete its probe into claims for compensation by residents of west Kingston.With more than 2,500 residents already compensated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) is assuring residents of Tivoli Gardens that their electricity supply will be connected quickly. While not giving a timeline, the JPS yesterday said residents of the west Kingston community ...

Published:Friday | January 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE POLICE have released the final crime figures for 2010, which show that 1,430 people were murdered last year, significantly fewer than the record 1,682 recorded in 2009.The figures also show a 7.3 per cent decrease in major crime, which dropped from...

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

With only nine days left before new public transport arrangements for downtown Kingston take effect, workmen have been feverishly working to complete the bus park on Water Lane before its January 15 opening date....

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A senior executive of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) has admitted that the company has shelved plans to operate out of the Water Lane transportation centre in downtown Kingston, due in part to fears of falling into deeper financial losses....

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

RESEARCHERS AT Yale University and the Smithsonian Research Institute have discovered a chicken-sized prehistoric bird which used its club-like wings as a weapon during fights.The bird, called Xenicibis, is believed to be a member of the ibis family...

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: An executive driver employed to a well-known Jamaican hotel chain was arrested yesterday in connection with a shooting incident at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, that left two persons wounded....

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

IF THE massive throng of persons who poured into Portmore, St Catherine, is any signal of Jamaicans' desire for healing of families and nation, then yesterday's message to Church and State was resounding....

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The commission of enquiry into issues relating to the United States government's extradition request for former west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has been set to continue on January 17at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown...

Published:Thursday | January 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), the organisation that represents a wide cross section of local businesses, says it is "extremely concerned" that a commitment to dismantle garrisons, given by the Government...

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