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Knight's entrance to the Senate brings rapturous applause

WESTERN BUREAU:The controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD), which will attract a further increase to the cost of travelling to Jamaica for those in the United Kingdom this November, seems to be hinged on that region's...

FRIGHTENING ESCALATING murder figures have jerked the Government into action as it updates its national security policy to focus on community crime-fighting initiatives.Yesterday, National Security Minister Dwight...

It was déjà vu for a family in Morgan's Lane in Grants Pen, St Andrew, early yesterday morning, as the sound of gunfire summoned them back to a scene they had visited less than three years ago.

While some persons may have a sentimental attachment to Air Jamaica, at least one company is losing a business relationship, which translated into a yearly multimillion-dollar cheque for the supply of in-flight snacks.

Severe drought conditions have dried up much of the growth registered in the agricultural sector over the last calendar quarter of 2009, with an anaemic 3.1 per cent uptick recorded over the three months ending March 31.

JAMAICA'S REPUTATION for producing alarming murder statistics each year and its propensity for turning out mind-boggling numbers of police killings annually has caught the attention of Al Jazeera, an international television network which gained notoriety for its coverage of terrorist activities in Afghanistan.

After a lengthy public-education campaign, the Rotary Race to Literacy Book Drive is set to kick off tomorrow at Emancipation Park in the New Kingston business district.

The gloves came off at the Air Jamaica counters inside the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday, as passengers expressed their irritation at the lack of customer service and available information.

In response to Sunday's carnage in which five persons were murdered in Salt Spring, St James, National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has announced that a permanent police/military post is to be established in the nearby Montego Hills community.

THE NAMING of Joseph M. Matalon and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in a motion filed by Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne, for a declaration by the court on her authority and powers in matters relating to extradition, has triggered debate on whether these two defendants' rights to freedom of expression were breached.