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PORT ANTONIO, Portland: MAYOR OF Port Antonio Floyd Patterson was on Thursday accused of hiring three secretaries for his office and paying them with public funds.

You know the Yuletide season is near when you hear the bells and see the kettles. The Salvation Army launched its Christmas Kettle Appeal for 2010 yesterday at the Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston. It is the ninth year the bank has partnered with the organisation.

GOVERNMENT SENATOR Dennis Meadows is proposing that tougher legislation be enacted to deal with the problem of squatting.Housing Minister Dr Horace Chang has said a significant portion of the island's population...

Robert Montague, minister of state in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for local government, has criticised operations at the Trelawny Parish Council for the missed deadlines for the development of the cruise ship pier...

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has been contracted by the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to conduct Sunday's deputy leader race in the party's Area Council Four.

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth:RESIDENTS OF Santa Cruz in St Elizabeth are to get a reprieve soon, as the National Water Commission (NWC) is to pump water from the old well at Burnt Ground to the major town.Santa Cruz residents...

With Digicel already spending almost $200 million to repair markets in downtown Kingston and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) committing millions more, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is adamant...

Marubeni Caribbean Power Holdings, Inc is set to retain full control of the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) while it hunts for a new investment partner after Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) announced its decision to withdraw from the...

Reggae singer Buju Banton is out of custody for the first time in almost a year, after stepping out of the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida, after he was granted bail in an immigration court....

THE BAKERS' Association of Jamaica is warning of possible job losses for persons working in bakeries and fewer baked products on the market if a three-week-old sugar shortage persists.Audrey Lecky, president of the association, told The Gleaner...

Imprisoned Olint boss David Smith is close to an "arrangement" to surrender to United States (US) authorities in the state of Florida, where he has been indicted on fraud-related ...

Legal experts are suggesting that a major development is set to occur in the trial of former junior minister Kern Spencer this week. An application is to be made today in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for the case...