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Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jerome 'Romey' Simpson lost his job at a supermarket the day before his partner told him she was pregnant. At 34 years old, Peter Burke longs for his first child but is being very careful about choosing Mrs Right....

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is continuing to deny reports that it awarded multimillion-dollar contracts to a security company in which Christopher 'Dudus' Coke was a partner despite more evidence...

Published:Monday | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

DISCRETIONARY TAX waivers granted to private-sector companies, which amount to billions of dollars annually, are a potential source of corrupt payback to big-spending political party...

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

IN AN apparent attempt to avoid being fingerprinted, west Kingston strongman, now the nation's most wanted, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke resigned as a director of the firm Bulls Eye Security Services Limited.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ANXIOUS PARENTS and students, some with cheers of joy, some with tears of disappointment, converged at primary schools across the island last Friday to collect the long-awaited results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)...

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Over 80 of the 247 GSAT students at the St Ann's Bay Primary School have been selected to attend the Ministry of Education's (MOE) School of Excellence in St Ann.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Support for the island's two major political parties has dwindled down to the bare bones, with mainly hard-core supporters expressing any interest in voting if an election is called now.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE FIRST words Everette Chisholm exchanged with his father, man to son, edging up to puberty, was the day the elder Everette was shot.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

SCORES OF persons, including the very young and old, gathered at the Tivoli Gardens Community Centre to access long-needed health care at a health fair yesterday.

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

There is a general perception, shaped by most Jamaicans' traditional view of a patriarchal family structure, that a man must provide financial support for his...

Published:Sunday | June 20, 2010 | 12:00 AM

In Jamaica, a child attributed to a man who is not the biological father is popularly referred to as 'a jacket'.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FOR THE first time in almost three years, Portia Simpson Miller has overtaken Bruce Golding as the person most Jamaicans think would do a better job as prime minister.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The motion filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn against a recent ruling by Resident Magistrate (RM) Judith Pusey, compelling her to give a witness statement was, on Thursday, put off to June 25.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Hanover Charities continues to be the beacon of hope for individuals and civic entities that are cash-strapped but want to realise their potential and contribute to society. Several college students, schools and other institutions in Hanover and extending parishes collected their allocations during an awards ceremony at Round Hill Hotels and Villas in the parish on Thursday.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE BOARD of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) has resigned with immediate effect, causing a temporary suspension in the issuance of gun permits. However, the renewal of permits will continue.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

In the article titled 'Hi-Lo targets Portmore' published on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, it was incorrectly stated that the supermarket chain made "pre-tax profits of $723.8 million".

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ANXIETY TURNED into anger for some parents and teachers yesterday as they showed disappointment at the placement of their children and students, respectively, in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE BOUNTY on the country's most-wanted fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has shot up to $5 million. Late yesterday, the Police High Command reported that the reward was increased for information leading to the capture of the former Tivoli Gardens strongman who is now on the run.

Published:Saturday | June 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Summer camps usually foster values within children who attend. However, this year's YMCA summer camp is aiming to do that as well as encourage camp counsellors' growth and development. The 10-week camp will begin on July 5 and end on August 27 at 21 Hope Road in Kingston.

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

An agonising final quarter of 2009 into early 2010, took its toll on the Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party administration, causing it to falter in its favourable rating, a Gleaner-commissioned poll found.The islandwide poll, conducted on April 24...

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

TENS OF thousands of students across Jamaica will finally be free of hand-wringing, hair-pulling anxiety when they find out the results of the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) which are scheduled to be released...

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

POLOKWANE, South Africa (AP): Mexico striker Javier Hernandez carried on a family tradition by scoring against France at the World Cup on Thursday: his grandfather did the same thing 56 years ago.

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:The Trelawny police are handcuffed by the reluctance of the Government to officially designate Falmouth a resort area, a failure which could stymie tourism development that is well under way for the parish.While...

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Inspired by his dad to pursue his dreams, 18-year-old Blake Roper will be leaving the country to do so on Monday, a day after Father's Day.A student of Wolmer's Boys' School, Blake praised his father, Lieutenant Colonel...

Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 12:00 AM

EXPO Jamaica 2010 is providing a sea of networking opportunities for prospective and well-established business persons to boost promotion of their products or ideas.One company in the spotlight is Virtually Here, a business...

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