Member of Parliament Ronald Thwaites on Tuesday described the structure of salaries and emoluments of the Independent Commission of Investigations as a move to circumvent the tax system.
The cash-strapped Ministry of Health is bleeding millions of dollars providing security for hospitals and health centres across the island.With several attacks on medical facilities in recent months, the health ministry...
Damion Fowler hopped off his extension ladder and took a few steps back to admire his handiwork. "Mi like it, man. It look good now," he said under his breath. Fowler was standing in a mostly empty parking lot at Mall Plaza in St Andrew about midday yesterday...
THE GOVERNMENT seems set to close ranks around embattled Mining and Energy Minister James Robertson; at least, until the police complete their investigations into the damming allegations by one of his former supporters.Robertson is now the subject...
The Commission of Enquiry into collapse of the financial sector during the 1990s resumed yesterday with two persons claiming to be victims of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC) giving emotional testimonies.One of those persons...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón will arrive for a two-day visit starting tomorrow. Santos has been invited by Prime Minister Bruce Golding as both Jamaica and Colombia...
The Customs Department has stepped up its monitoring of the island's ports as the Christmas season approaches. Dania Beckford, director of public relations and information at the Department of Customs, told The Gleaner that the Contraband Enforcement...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: THE SERVICE provided to the residents of the parish by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) was the main topic of discussion during the monthly meeting of the Manchester Parish Council last Thursday.
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
SPANISH TOWN, St.Catherine: ST CATHERINE PARISH Council councillors have expressed concern about non-functioning street lights in their divisions. Speaking last Thursday during the sitting of the council's monthly meeting...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: NEARLY TWO years after the horrific crash which claimed the lives of 14 people in the Rio Grande Valley in Portland, and injured several others, Leford Jackson, one of the survivors, is still in need...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth:Ruel Reid, chairman of the National Council on Education, on Monday said St Elizabeth has the least qualified teachers at the early childhood level. According to Reid, there is a systemic problem...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny: The collection of garbage in Trelawny drew strong criticisms from a number of councillors attending last Thursday's meeting of the Trelawny Parish Council.Leading the charge, mayor of Falmouth ...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
WESTERN BUREAU:Former Mayor of Montego Bay Noel Donaldson has written to Prime Minister Bruce Golding to make him aware of death threats he has received from within the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).In a letter to Golding dated November 16, Donaldson...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Jamaican police have used the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to seize just over $771 million in local, United States (US), British and Canadian currencies over the last four years from persons suspected of being involved in criminal activities...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Former Member of parliament for North East St Ann, Shahine Robinson, has failed in her attempt to continue to be a party in the election petition which was brought against her.Yesterday, Court of Appeal judge Dennis Morrison upheld submissions...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Faced with frequent criticisms, the Child Development Agency (CDA) is looking at proposals to reduce the time it takes to complete an adoption in Jamaica."We are currently reviewing the adoption law and the process...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Reverend Dr Byron Chambers, board chairman at Morant Bay High School in St Thomas, is warning students at the institution about the dangers of procrastination....
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Carlos Hill, the former head of the failed investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd, appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday and was offered bail in the sum of $15 million with a surety. He is facing a charge of fraudulently...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament were yesterday unanimous in their condemnation of a decision by Nutrition Products Limited (NPL) to employ two members of its board to serve in salaried positions."Unacceptable" and "highly...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Crime fighters have launched a dragnet for a man who is moving to fill the influential position left vacant by Christopher 'Dudus' Coke in western Kingston.Omar Miller of Tivoli Gardens heads a list of 16 wanted men...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Of the 14 individuals honoured yesterday at the 19th annual Governor General's Achievement Awards for community service, Paul 'Pablo' McNeil's tears were what touched the hearts of attendees.McNeil, or 'Coach' as he is fondly referred to, is most famous...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
It should be known in coming weeks whether parliamentarians are prepared to put their jobs on the line by declaring details of their citizenship status, after Member of Parliament for Central Kingston Ronald Thwaites finally got the opportunity to open...
BERMUDA, Hamilton (CMC):Bermuda is planning to follow China and impose an island-wide ban on plastic bags, public works minister and deputy premier, Derrick Burgess, has said. Burgess told the House of Assembly...
Senior Resident Magistrate (RM) Judith Pusey has yet to receive a Supreme Court order stopping her from proceeding with the case against former junior minister Kern Spencer.Spencer and co-accused Coleen Wright, both charged with fraud and corruption...
TEN YEARS ago, young Carlton Gooden reflected on life in Amity Hall.Some five kilometres from Kensington, where Sam Sharpe torched the great house in 1831, Amity Hall is a remote village, home to a few hundred people...
