Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is adamant that it cannot release the name of the donor who gave it the US$50,000 which was used to pay American law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips....
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The multimillion-dollar redevelopment project being undertaken in Falmouth has created a dilemma for vendors in the town who welcome the plan, but fear they will not be able to share in the economic windfall....
A number of schools were still unsure if they would reopen today after being forced to close their doors as a result of heavy rains which flooded streets in some parishes yesterday. The flash-flood watch placed on the island on Sunday...
MORE than half the bridges Jamaica pur-chased from British firm Mabey and Johnson almost a decade ago are still in storage. Patrick Wong, chief executive officer of the National Works Agency (NWA)...
More than three months after The Gleaner first reported that Brigadier Antony Anderson was poised to take the top job in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), confirmation finally came yesterday from the Office of the Prime Minister....
Human-rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has expressed reservations about whether the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) can secure the resources it needs to properly carry out its work....
The trial of Sergeant Russell Robinson, who is accused of stealing guns from the police armoury, could not proceed yesterday because he cannot afford to pay his lawyer.Robinson has been remanded to return to the Gun Court...
PARLIAMENT RECONVENES today after its summer recess and among the issues expected to occupy the minds of legislators is the controversial emails involving correspondence between Solicitor General Douglas Leys...
HAVANA (AP):Cuba announced yesterday it would cast off at least half a million state workers by early next year and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs - the most dramatic step yet in President Raul Castro's push ...
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington is urging members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to defend themselves in the wake of what he is describing as mounting criminal attacks....
Tears trickled down the faces of several family members yesterday as the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) honour guard laid roses in observance of 11 of their fallen colleagues who have died since September of last year....
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has declared he is close to delivering on an election promise to limit, to two terms, the time any one person can occupy the highest seat in government.
Golding's renewed push for term limits first came in May but was given its most definitive timeline...
A flash-flood watch has been issued for low-lying and flood-prone areas of all parishes until 5 this afternoon.The watch means flash flooding is possible and persons are advised to take precautionary measures...
The Bruce Golding administration remains in discussions with the United States government as it seeks to address procedural flaws it maintains occurred with the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher...
Highly toxic fumes are believed to be the root cause for the deaths of two Jamaican farm workers at the Filsinger Farm in Owen Sound in Toronto, Canada, on Friday.Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles...
Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St Ann, Lisa Hanna, is suggesting that, using the clean coal technology to safeguard the environment, a coal power plant located in St Ann could generate enough power to satisfy...
EVEN THOUGH the expectation of high drama did not play out during what was believed to be a 'hostage situation' at the Juici Patties fast food outlet at the corner of Beckford and West streets on September 4...
The man responsible for introducing a slew of innovative commercial and inclusive banking measures, resulting in an exponential boost to the Central Bank of India (CBI), Srinivasan Sridhar will officially open Jamaica's inaugural Small Business...
We have seen a pattern of transactions by this Government in negotiating major contracts where hugely important elements of these contracts are hidden from the public view ...
MACHETE IN hand with bag slung over his shoulder, farmer Ali Simpson is returning from trimming and bagging some scallion destined for Coronation Market in Kingston when The Gleaner encounters him in Bussue Gate.
Hylton Reid was at the standpipe in Warwick Square filling plastic containers in his van with drinking water. He explained that despite having a small tank at home in neighbouring Cocoa Walk...
WESTERN BUREAU: Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis was among the Montego Bay businessmen who turned up in classrooms across St James and Hanover last week to distribute some 7,000 books to more than 2,000...
Like many young entrepreneurs, Sonya Dunstan had high expectations for her confectionery business when she started out in 2003. Things, however, have been far from sweet.
SOME LAWYERS in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), are disappointed that the claim brought by DPP Paula Llewellyn, QC, against Senior Resident Magistrate (RM) Judith Pusey was not fully aired in the...
