There are two components to the Food For the Poor (FFP) chicken project: broilers reared for meat and layers for eggs. Both of these are intended to provide a tidy nest egg for the farmer
Another head of a state entity is facing probing questions about questionable financial transactions at the organisation.Less than one week after head of the Students' Loan Bureau, Lenice Barnett, was fired, Hugh...
Yesterday, a group of women, with horror and dread etched on their faces, observed a team of police and soldiers patrol the Tredegar Park, St Catherine, community.That, they said, gave them little comfort, as experience...
The University of Technology (UTech) could soon be getting access to government lands in Trelawny to establish its western campus, but the university will not get the largely idle multi-purpose stadium in the parish.
The two main criminal organisations operating out of Spanish Town, St Catherine, the Clansman and One Order gangs, are believed to be behind the spate of killings in Tredegar Park and neighbouring Gravel Heights over the past three years, which have left law-abiding residents trembling.
WESTERN BUREAU: Approximately 25 per cent of the local duty-free industry has taken stores in the new Falmouth Port as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) pulls some 500,000 of their passengers from the Ocho Rios port in preparation for mega business in Trelawny.
THE INCREASING number of young persons who continue to shy away from farming is creating concern among some major players in Jamaica's agriculture sectorAt last Friday's Gleaner Editors' Forum, which was staged in...
ANOTHER POLICE report has been called into question less than three weeks after the police information arm was left with egg on its face when a private video recording contradicted its report about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a man in Buckfield, St Ann.
The Judicial Review Court has reserved its decision in the motion brought by former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies and three others seeking orders to remove the members of the FINSAC commission.
THE ONCE-viable Citrus Growers Association now finds itself in serious financial trouble, to the extent that it has sought a bailout from the Government.
Forty-five Jamaican educators who recently earned bachelor's degrees at the Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) have been urged to use their newly acquired knowledge in community building.
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has warned hunters that it would be adopting a zero-tolerance approach to breaches of the regulations under the Wild Life and Protection Act.
Reneto Adams, the colourful former senior superintendent of police, has urged the people of Tredegar Park, St Catherine, to defend themselves in the wake of yesterday's attack, which left eight people dead in the community.
THE GRIEF was evident, and the tears flowed freely as residents of Tredegar Park, St Catherine, responded to the killing of eight of their neighbours yesterday morning.
IT IS already known that double world-record holder Usain Bolt has pulled the plug on the remainder of his 2010 season due to discomfort in his back, but what might not be common knowledge is that his two meet withdrawals...
Jamaica has recorded 27 more confirmed cases of dengue fever over the past week, pushing the total number to 104.Dr Eva Lewis-Fuller, director of health promotion and protection in the Ministry of Health, said the ministry...
THE WEST Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens is now without its 'President' and its 'First Lady', and, for many residents, adjusting to a new way of life is proving challenging. of the security forces search a house in Denham Town, west Kingston, yesterday.
HUBERT 'BUGSY Segal' GRAY is not the typical city boy who graduates from university and then searches for a space among the socialites.He is not an introvert either.
HUNDREDS of customers who turned up for business at the Kingston Wharves yesterday went home empty-handed because work was brought to a screeching halt after a cylinder containing chlorine exploded on the compound.
KNOWN AS a transnational contract killer who considered the gun his "best friend", Cedric 'Doggie' Murray was yesterday cut down in a daring daylight gun battle during a police operation at the border of Manchester and Clarendon.
Marigold Harding, wife of president of the Senate Oswald Harding, has been appointed the new Custos Rotulorum of St Andrew. The noted horticulturist succeeds Bishop Dr Carmen Stewart, who served as custos...
Though no motive had been established, police were yesterday pursuing a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of two morgue attendants in St Catherine."We have a suspect, but at the same time...
Public-sector workers would be well advised to avoid running out and making new spending plans, despite a recent court ruling ordering the Government to pay members of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) outstanding wages and fringe...
The drama surrounding the sudden dismissal of the long-serving head of the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) continued yesterday with the resignation of the board of directors, the appointment of an acting executive director and the changing of locks...
