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Newly elected president of the general assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Jesús Silva, hopes to attract new contractors and raise the organisation's profile during his one-year tenure.

Children's Advocate Mary Clarke has urged Jamaicans to "target our boys" for urgent intervention. Clarke, who was a guest at a Gleaner Editors' Forum last Friday, said the statistics relating to young boys were worrying...

The tempo of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips controversy - in which the United States law firm was asked to help resolve an extradition matter between Jamaica and the US - is set to increase this week, even as the Government maintains...

In a last-ditch bid to prevent a full-scale closure of the scrap-metal industry, the Government plans to carry out monthly reviews of the monitoring systems it has implemented. Minister of Industry and Commerce Karl...

BUILDING THE home of your dreams in Jamaica can quickly turn into a nightmare, as extortionists continue to stretch their tentacles beyond large-scale developments to the residential construction sites...

MOTHER'S DAY will never be the same for Perdie Newman whose daughter was murdered almost two years ago.The mother of six no longer looks forward to the day that celebrates motherhood with the great anticipation she used to when her daughter was alive.

Over 500,000 students at government schools are expected to attend classes tomorrow morning following a restraining order issued yesterday by the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) requesting...

Renae and Novar Excell were an outstanding pair at Thursday's launch of the Ity and Fancy Cat Show Season 3, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.

IT IS almost two years since her 20-year-old son, Theophilus Samuels, was killed in what was said to be a shoot-out, but Kelsada Linton is still a woman torn apart....

The government has indicated a willingness to hold more discussions with the Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ) about planned controversial changes to the daily airing of Jamaica Information Service (JIS) programmes on radio and television.

The police Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) is stepping up its drive against the trade in counterfeit cigarettes despite death threats aimed at its members, allegedly from major players in the trade.

The wage dispute between the Government and public-sector teachers was sent to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) last night, as the Ministry of Labour moves to avert a second two-day strike that has been...