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Everald Warmington, the feisty government member of parliament who chairs the select committee on the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), has scoffed at a request from Contractor General Greg Christie for minutes of the committee's meetings...

The Ministry of Health is examining options to strengthen the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services in Jamaica.Health Minister Rudyard Spencer explained that this would contribute to the em-powerment of women and greater gender equality,...

DONORS appeared to have favoured the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over the People's National Party (PNP) in the past political year. Christopher Bovell, treasurer of the JLP, in reporting to the party's 67th annual conference on Sunday, said donors gave...

CHANGES ARE coming to the public transportation system in downtown Kingston as the long-awaited Urban Transport Centre, near Port Royal Street and Water Lane, is close to becoming operational.Details of the proposed new arrangements have not been made...

Defence lawyer Valerie Neita-Robertson has made a special plea for someone to intervene on behalf of accused persons who cannot have their cases disposed of expeditiously...

Jamaica will fail to capitalise on multimillion-dollar business opportunities at major international sporting events if it does not quickly get its act together, local Olympic association boss, Mike Fennell, has warned....

In a pinpoint jab at Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding yesterday called for charges to be laid against members of parliament who have refused to make financial declarations to the Integrity Commission....

As Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday urged Jamaicans to hold off judgement on lurid allegations against Cabinet minister James Robertson, the latter made a grandstanding defence of his innocence to loyalists...

A business mogul has called for Jamaicans to embarrass the Government into action to ensure that it provides greater accountability. Joseph M. Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), said this has, for years, been the approach...

LITTLE MORE than mid-way into the Jamaica Labour Party's tenure in office, a significant number of its key manifesto promises are still awaiting action, while some proposals have been introduced and others remain a work in progress.

BATTERED BY scandals in the last three years, battle-worn by persistent dual-citizenship challenges in the courts, and struggling to fulfil a litany of pledges made in its election manifesto three years ago, the Jamaica Labour Party goes into its 67th annual conference today confronted by images of the past 12 months as it looks for a spark in the crystal ball despite the challenges that lie ahead. The Sunday Gleaner takes a look at the party's mid-term report.