Almost like a tragic chain of events, motor-vehicle accidents have claimed the lives of at least eight students from the University of the West Indies (UWI), the University of Technology and the Northern Caribbean University...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados Finance Minister Chris Sinckler on Monday unveiled a series of new tax measures as the Barbados government warned citizens to brace themselves for "serious adjustments" in its expenditure for the next 12 months.
The Canadian police say May's operation to capture Christopher 'Dudus' Coke in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, and the tumbling of the headquarters of the Shower Posse have had a far-reaching effect on law enforcement...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: DR GILBERT Allen, custos of Manchester, says he is alarmed by the conditions at the Mandeville police lock-up, where 89 detainees were being held in an area built to accommodate 30 people.Allen told The Gleaner that he visited the...
Media watchdogs are encouraging journalists to move beyond mere coverage and consider representation.Women's Media Watch, the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) and the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman Dr Ken Baugh has confirmed he has decided against seeking re-election, as a first step in healing the tensions in the west and other divisions within the party.In a release yesterday, Baugh said his decision followed...
IF YOU were a doctor, would you give up your job to become a police constable? And what would your decision be if you were a banker or lawyer?William Blair, chief of police in Toronto, Canada, says many persons from these celebrated professions...
TWO JAMAICAN brothers accused by United States authorities of conspiring to smuggle cocaine in the handrails of luggage into that country were extradited to the US on Monday night to face a number of charges, after...
The Jamaican Government's Export-Import (EXIM) Bank announced this week that it still has a portfolio of J$2.8 billion to lend to businesses in the current financial year and says it is on a drive to find firms to borrow the cash....
Veteran politician Mike Henry has made good on his plan to challenge for the post of chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).Henry, the fiercely combative member of parliament for Central Clarendon and minister of transport and works...
Jamaica now has the Guinness World Record for the most books donated to charity in a seven-day period.The record of 657,061 books, which were collected during the Rotary Club of Jamaica 'Race to Literacy' book drive - held from May 1-8 this year - was...
In typical foreign-direct investment, a foreign company expands operations into another country. But Digicel's Chairman Denis O'Brien has never been considered typical.
Court of Appeal judge Dennis Morrison yesterday lifted the stay of execution which had barred Prime Minister Bruce Golding from calling a by-election in the North East St Ann constituency. However, attorney-at-law Abe...
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has fired back at the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), which on Tuesday questioned the source of the information concerning the latest developments in the Trafigura affair....
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Beer company Red Stripe recently launched the latest of its intervention programmes, aimed at providing opportunities for unskilled and unemployed residents of west Kingston....
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday seemed agreed that "insane" would be the best word to describe operations at the island's leading mental-health institution, the Bellevue Hospital. ...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Local crime-management experts are hoping to benefit from the three-day visit of William Blair, chief of the Toronto Police Service.Blair arrived in the island on Monday and leaves today after taking part in a series of talks organised by the University...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
MAY PEN, Clarendon: THIRTY-EIGHT RESIDENTS of Clarendon received 40 hours of mediation training from the Dispute Resolution Foundation (DRF) to equip them with the requisite skills to become mediators in their respective...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The People's National Party (PNP) has accused the Golding administration of "habitually and improperly" compromising the independence of state entities.
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
GLENGOFFE, St Catherine: Jacqueline daCosta, chief executive officer of the National Best Community Foundation, last Saturday encouraged the young people of Glengoffe to give back to their community and the country....
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
PLANS to move the country's army headquarters from Up Park Camp in Kingston to Caymanas, St Catherine, are advanced, with Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who holds the development portfolio, due to look more closely at the issue during a meeting...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: People's National Party member of parliament for North Trelawny, Dr Patrick Harris, wants Minister of Transport and Works Mike Henry to upgrade roads in his constituency, ahead of the completion...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: Nattalee Morris, a 29-year-old Northern Caribbean University part-time student, was found with her throat slashed less than 100 yards from her gate in Dunrobin district Sunday morning.Shere Morris, Nattalee's sister...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
It's the story of a resilient school determined to rise above its circumstances and stand tall in the midst of tragedy. And it does so with pride. In-between the tears and heartache, Waterford High School has managed to reach the Manning Cup finals...
