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When the first load of bauxite weighing 10,000 tons left the shores of Jamaica from Port Kaiser, on the south Manchester and St Elizabeth border, during the night hours of February 9, 1953, for the United States, life changed. But no thought was given to when life would change again.

STARTLING FIGURES showing a dramatic increase in child abuse last year have once again placed the issue squarely on the national agenda for debate.

The firestorm raging over the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and the possible role of United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips blazed yesterday with a damning report in an American publication.

A new health clinic has been opened in downtown Kingston to cater to the needs of inner-city residents.The building, situated at the corner of High Holborn and East Queen streets, once housed a similar facility.

Jamaicans have lost confidence in the ability of the authorities to enforce the country's laws - and not just in relation to murders, of which there have been at least 466 so far this year. There have been...

Investigators probing last December's incident involving American Airlines flight 331 have turned their attention to four key areas.One of those areas, according to director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Lt Col Oscar Derby, is...

More than 50,000 Jamaicans lost their jobs last year and it is not clear how many of this number are looking to find new employment or have given up on the labour market. The latest data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicate that...

Eighteen Jamaicans, including two women, were extradited last year, even as the Bruce Golding administration tussled with the United States government over its extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher...

DETERMINED TO battle the turbulent tides of the global economic environment, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett yesterday boldly forecast a six per cent growth in tourist arrivals this fiscal year, after trumpeting a 3.6 per cent spike in visitor arrivals...

BUSINESSMAN AND politician Patrick Roberts has been charged with breaching the Firearms Act. Roberts, who is the People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for West Central St Andrew, was yesterday charged by the Hunts...

Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey will rule tomorrow on whether the trial against former Junior Government Minister Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright should continue. Spencer's defence attorney, Patrick Atkinson...

The Police Federation will be taking its grouse to Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson and Labour Minister Pearnel Charles. A Gleaner investigation revealed...