PORT ANTONIO, Portland: AMID THE inclement weather, residents at Prospect Land Settlement in Portland who are seeking to reduce the level of violence in their community, officially launched a neighbourhood watch initiative...
Old harbour, St Catherine:Director of Safety and Security at the University of Technology, Robert Finzi-Smith, on Sunday urged residents of New Harbour Village in Old Harbour, St Catherine, to know their neighbours ...
Former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions David Fraser has been appointed a Supreme Court judge.Fraser resigned from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in January 2006 to take up a post with...
Christmas came early for some 300 street people across the Corporate Area as the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) Corporate Area probation officers treated them to food and gift items.The obviously pleased indigents at Marie Atkins Night...
Police Constable Ramone McLean gained his freedom yesterday after Senior Puisne Judge Gloria Smith exercised her powers and called a technical witness who contradicted the testimony of the Crown's star witness.The judge's...
As the preliminary inquiry into the charge of causing death by dangerous driving against former agriculture minister Roger Clarke continued yesterday, a witness told the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court...
Vinnette Robb is to assume the reins of mayor of St Anns Bay following a decision by Ivan Anderson to step down from the position yesterday. Anderson's decision to step away follows a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn...
The Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO) has honoured four partner organisations which have supported its philanthropic activities over the past 16 years. The awardees, special guests at the COJO annual awards dinner in New York on December 4...
THE JOINT select Committee of Parliament which considered the report of the Hugh Small Committee on Jamaica's defamation laws has sent its report to Parliament after more than one year of consideration.Several of the recommendations contained ...
Within 48 hours of National Security Minister Dwight Nelson's dismissal of a complaint that Jamaica was frustratingly unaccommodating in the fight against illegal drug trafficking, the Government has admitted to being aware of the concern laid ...
Just days after the country's image was tarnished by the leak of a United States cable that revealed Cuban officials were concerned about Jamaica's weak approach to tackling drug dealers, local law-enforcement officials have been applauded for their role ...
RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann: PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding broke ground on Wednesday in Runaway Bay, for the construction of the St Ann cluster of 2,626 housing solutions, aimed at easing the accommodation plight mainly of workers in the tourism industry....
SHORT HILL, St Elizabeth:PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding yesterday lauded Jason Henzell, chairman of Jake's Hotel Villas and Spa, and his private investors for their insight in constructing an aerodrome...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica's prospects of attracting luxury boutique brands went up several notches yesterday with the coming into effect of the Tourist (Duty-Free) Shopping System Act. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett made the announcement at the start....
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has named two high-powered teams to lead the country's push towards the introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by December 2012.Golding, who recently took control of the LNG push...
Christmas in the City ...Downtown Comes Alive has been declared a huge success by beaming store managers in down-town Kingston, who welcomed thousands of shoppers throughout yesterday's activities.
Minister with responsibility for information, Daryl Vaz, has apologised to Christene King, executive editor of the Sunday Herald, following a reported verbal clash some two weeks ago. King had claimed that she was...
Finance Minister Audley Shaw's about-turn on alcohol tax measures has incensed local beer producer Red Stripe, as well as a major player in the local beer producer Red Stripe, as well as a major player in the local energy-drink market....
A BOLD promise has come from Education Minister Andrew Holness that the country's primary-school students will never again be faced with a textbook shortage."This year will be the final year of any such fall-off in terms of the provision of books,"...
The booming cash-for-gold trade has landed a St Andrew businessman and a household helper in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, arising from the alleged sale and purchase of stolen jewellery valued at US$60,000.Roshan Khemlani...
SHORT HILL, St Elizabeth:THE TOURISM industry on the south coast is expected to get a major boost with the opening of a new aerodrome at Short Hill, near Treasure Beach, today."We see this as a way to position Treasure Beach...
FORMER BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) governor, Derick Latibeaudiere, yesterday said he was taken aback by Finance Minister Audley Shaw's announcement that an audit report on him had been sent to a major criminal investigation...
Published:Wednesday | December 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Dr Herbert Thompson has been re-elected president of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) for a fifth consecutive five-year term. The election took place during a meeting of the university's board of governors in Mandeville, Manchester...
Published:Wednesday | December 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Can anything good come out of Nazareth? The youths of Denham Town, Jones Town, Mountain View, Parade Gardens, Rockfort, Olympic Gardens, Tivoli and Trench Town all shout a resounding "Yes!"...
