Dengue fever outbreaks have reached crisis proportions in several countries across the Caribbean, leaving dozens of persons dead.The increase in cases is being blamed on warm weather and unusually early rainy seasons...
Transport and Works Minis-ter Mike Henry's constituency has eaten up the lion's share of money being spent on the 'most significant special projects' under the Road Maintenance Fund (RMF).The annual report of the RMF...
Thousands of young Jamaican girls are lighting up as they become what the World Health Organisation (WHO) describes as "victims of an enticing tobacco advertising campaign".
Lawyers representing dancehall star Vybz Kartel are heading to court to seek compensation from the State for his detention. Kartel, whose correct name is Adijah Palmer, spent a little more than two weeks in custody after he was detained under the state of emergency.
THE LAW prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to minors is being ignored by most supermarkets, stores, corner shops and street-side vendors across the island.
IN A move to boost agricultural production, Finance Minister Audley Shaw has announced the Government's willingness to grant waivers to persons who want to set up greenhouses.
ON THE run from the security forces, which have maintained a strong presence in west Kingston since late May, gangsters from Tivoli Gardens are seeking refuge in several rural parishes. But the police say they are determined to flush them out and arrest them.
It is also the strongest and finest - with a texture like silk - making Sea Island the Blue Mountain coffee of cotton. Commanding top dollar on the international market, Jamaica's Sea Island Cotton is undoubtedly one of the country's premium exports.
The Police High Command is downplaying reports of renewed extortion demands in downtown Kingston while accusing some business operators of exaggerating these claims.
Police sources are reporting that Sandra 'Sandie' Coke, sister of alleged crime lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, is being released from police detention under strict conditions.
Detectives are searching for the masterminds of a major criminal ring who have been skilfully depriving the country's coffers of millions in customs duties.Seventeen persons, including customs brokers, truck drivers and wharf...
Member of Parliament (MP) for the North East St Ann constituency, Shahine Robinson, is to pay $2.3 million in legal costs to Manley Bowen following her legal battle to be reinstated when she was ousted from Parliament in May.Supreme Court Judge Courtney...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday handed over a cheque valued at more than $3 million to members of the Flankers Community Committee in Montego Bay, St James.The money, which represents a grant being made by...
TAXPAYERS have already spent $4.5 million to bury civilians killed in combat in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, in May. Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie said families have received assistance in the final rites on 44 corpses. More than 70 persons...
WESTERN BUREAU: At least two people fainted and several flights suffered delays as inbound and outbound passengers wilted in long immigration lines at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday...
The call out for members of the Jamaica National Reserve has been extended until August 18.
According to a release from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) yesterday, the move is to facilitate continued support of the police-military operations in sections of the island.
FACED WITH a massive carnal abuse problem, the St Thomas police are raiding adult entertainment spots in the parish and removing underage patrons.The police have also been busy...
The US$15,000 paid to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips on March 19 was from the account of Harold Brady & Company, The Gleaner has confirmed.The money was wire-transferred from a local commercial bank to the Comerica Bank-California and credited...
A mysterious air of secrecy seems to have shrouded the findings of the newly established integrity commission which assessed five contenders who are set...
THE COUNTRY will know shortly whether the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service can afford the hefty US$10 million budget that tourism officials requested to rebrand Jamaica in the wake of the massive fallout...
Facing a fresh barrage of criticisms over its relationship with the United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the Government yesterday sought to distance itself from the cinder which sparked the latest...
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding wants to take another shot at using prisoners to clean and maintain the May Pen Cemetery."We are going to have to revisit that whole programme," Golding said yesterday, in reference...
TOUCHED BY the struggles of the young patients at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew, muralist Jane Barnes has transformed what was once a dull grey wall at the entrance to the facility into an explosion of colour designed to lift their spirits...
Scotiabank Jamaica and Food For The Poor officially handed over the newly built Alexandria Hope Basic School to the community of New Ground, Clarendon, last week.The school was constructed on April 16 by Scotia Volunteers and Food For The Poor...
