The Ministry of Finance has approved the immediate spending of US$600,000, or approximately J$50 million, to repair computed tomography (CT) machines at the Kingston Public and Cornwall Regional hospitals.
Jamaica has aced the second International Monetary Fund (IMF) quarterly test despite unplanned expenditure related to the west Kingston incursion and emergency spending in the health sector.
Human-rights lobby Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) says it is deeply perturbed by the delay in concluding the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Keith Clarke.
Miss Universe first runner-up Yendi Phillipps is urging the island's youths to follow their passion and to be unwavering in the pursuit of their dreams.
BRITAIN HAS stepped up its campaign against illegal immigrants and already two Jamaicans have been nabbed as the UK Border Agency embark on a nationwide prowl.
The Government is contemplating the establishment of a new lock-up facility at Up Park Camp, St Andrew, in the face of unprecedented overcrowding in all police lock-ups across the island, The Gleaner has learnt....
The torched police station at Darling Street, in the heart of the downtown commercial district, nudged painful memories of the bloody unrest three months ago that left the symbol of law and order blackened and deserted....
THE JAMAICA Teachers' Association (JTA) is to hold dialogue with Education Minister Andrew Holness about the new policy for government subsidies for students sitting external exams. The JTA president, Nadine Molloy...
Contractor General Greg Christie has found nothing illegal in the so-called "sweetheart deals" between the former People's National Party (PNP) government and the former investment banking firm Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G).
Thirty-three-year-old Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier Leslie Moodie has been handed the death penalty after his June 28 conviction for the murder of four men in the Diamond Lounge Gaming Club at Washington Boulevard...
Cases of dengue fever continue to increase in the island, with the Type-2 strain of the disease currently circulating. The Ministry of Health disclosed yesterday that 111 cases of dengue fever have been confirmed, up from...
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has issued a challenge to Prime Minister Bruce Golding as it turns up the heat on the Government over the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair....
Despite continuing calls for his removal from office, Solicitor General Douglas Leys is refusing to comment on the latest demands for his resignation.The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) reiterated yesterday that Leys should not stay in the job...
THE St Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation has called for the parish to be used as a pilot for compulsory education.At the annual general meeting held recently, the foundation's delegates said they would be requesting urgent round-table talks on education...
Having grown up in the fertile Punjab region of Pakistan, Zia Mian is familiar with the deadly impact of the annual monsoon season.But even he has been shocked by the devastation caused by the recent flooding in his homeland.
A SCHOLARSHIP fund has been established to honour slain former member of parliament for Western St Mary, Dr Neil McGill. The fund, named the Dr Neil McGill Scholarship Fund, signals a "continuation of his work...
THREE DAYS after vowing to send Pearnel Charles into political retirement, it appears Colin Campbell himself might be heading in that direction. Campbell was attempting to make a comeback by way of North Central Clarendon but was stumped this week after...
Solicitor General Douglas Leys is on shaky ground as the Government continues to respond to the latest developments in the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair.
Despite the ghost of Trafigura returning to haunt the People's National Party (PNP), its general secretary has declared it is in a better moral position than the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)....
Lawyers representing 33-year-old Jamaica Defence Force soldier Leslie Moodie, who was convicted last month of the murder of four persons in a nightclub, made a special plea yesterday for the non-imposition of the death...
The United States law firm at the centre of the controversy surrounding the Bruce Golding administration continues to maintain that it was retained by and represented the Jamaican Government.
The Government is to save $46 million through a new system to pay for students sitting external examinations. Education Minister Andrew Holness told journalists during yesterday's regular post-Cabinet press briefing...
The Government has finally admitted it failed to provide the nation with clarity on the hot-button Manatt, Phelps & Phillips issue which has held centre stage since March.
A senior member of the clergy has raised searching questions for the two main political parties about the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips affair and the Trafigura scandal.
