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Published:Monday | December 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Aundré Franklin yesterday swept to victory in a euphoric tide over Daryl Vaz in a pulsating electoral race for general secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Eighty-six of the 162 delegates polled their ballots in favour of Franklin to Vaz's 55 and four for Dr Charlton Collie...

Published:Monday | December 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The St Andrew Police Division is not ruling out yesterday's shooting attack on a police team in Bedward Gardens, St Andrew, as retaliation for a clampdown on an alleged lucrative illegal sand-mining operation near the Hope...

Published:Monday | December 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), has found that 40 per cent of students enrolled at the institution fail English-based communication courses, with the majority...

Published:Monday | December 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: The International University of the Caribbean (IUC) has announced plans to open and operate a campus - named after former Governor General Sir Howard Cooke, also IUC's first chancellor - in the western...

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Bruce Golding has described the job of general secretary as perhaps the most demanding in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE PRESS Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has expressed regret at the recent passing of veteran journalist and communications specialist, Pat Belinfanti.

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FOR DECADES, North East (NE) St Ann, boasting the parish's two main towns, capital St Ann's Bay and tourism-dependent Ocho Rios, has been an important cog in the wheels of development along the island's north coast.

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ONE OF the problems now facing the justice system is the difficulty in locating potential witnesses, as many of them have reportedly been threatened.

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MIKE HENRY, the political loner with the sharp tongue, is set to assume the powerful chairmanship of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) later today after serving his party for...

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WHILE HER second-place finish brought much-needed capital injection of $600,000, and proved to be a high point of her life, participation in the 2010 Digicel Rising Stars Competition turned out to be one of the more challenging chapters for Simone Camale Hamilton.

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

PROMINENT ATTORNEY, Harold Brady, held up a mirror to the media fraternity, charging that there are signs that private commercial interests are playing a more significant role in the media."

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE SMOKE debate is heating up as the production of ganja falls in Jamaica and illegal importation of cigarettes swirls across local borders.

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THREE FORCEFUL and robust politicians have set the stage for what is likely to be the most fascinating electoral contest for the powerful general secretary post in the...

Published:Sunday | December 5, 2010 | 12:00 AM

AT HER official send-off from St Richard's Primary School in late November, held in the church on the same premises at 126 Red Hills Road, St Andrew, former principal Vera...

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Like any profession, journalism has evolved over time. In this technological era, many consider it the 'now' age of news. As it happens, it is presented, often with the viewer/listener getting a blow-by-blow account as it unfolds. Some 'old-timers' agree that it is a far cry from what they were used to.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Member of parliament (MP) for South Central St Catherine, Sharon Hay-Webster, heads a list of parliamentarians who the president of the People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) wants removed because of their dual-citizenship status.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Margaret Edwards (left) and her assistant, Kingsley Bryan, shape a Christmas tree for sale along Constant Spring Road, St Andrew, yesterday.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says persons who are unconvinced that Shahine Robinson renounced her allegiance to the United States should go to him for the answers. Golding issued the invitation yesterday after he accompanied Robinson to the nomination centre in St Ann's Bay to put her on the ballot for the December 20 by-election in North East St Ann.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Salvation Army hopes to raise $12 million this Christmas from its combined kettle and mail drive, and so far it has collected $3 million. The kettle appeal, which was launched on November 12, has received $1 million from the Bank of Nova Scotia.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Redecorating the home is the top priority for Christmas shoppers this year, according to store owners and shoppers across the capital city.

Published:Saturday | December 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE UPSURGE of violence in the tourism capital crept into the Church yesterday when an internationally renowned Montego Bay-based pastor was gunned down in the Second City. Gunmen shot 81-year-old Wilbert Peynado in his head as he conducted his business along the commercial district of Barnett Street in the city.

Published:Friday | December 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

More persons are expected to be arrested in connection with a multimillion-dollar, international narcotics drug operation now being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...

Published:Friday | December 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey signalled yesterday that she is ready to make her ruling on the application filed by defence attorneys to have the corruption case against former Junior Minister Kern Spencer dismissed."My ruling is typed and...

Published:Friday | December 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: Holland Estates, Trelawny, will host the first satellite campus of the University of Technology's (UTech) School of Hospitality. New chairman of the UTech Advisory Council, James Goren, made the announcement during the J$8-billion Holland Estates ...

Published:Friday | December 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Financial Secretary Wesley Hughes on Wednesday told the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee that the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) would again be raided to deal with the marketing of Jamaica's tourism product as a result...

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