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Western Bureau: Holders of United States visas living in western Jamaica will soon no longer have to travel to the embassy in Kingston to have their visas renewed.Head of American Citizens Services at the United States...

JUST MORE than 3,000 deportees were sent back to Jamaica last year, with the vast majority heading to the parishes where crime is most rampant.Kingston, St Andrew, St James, St Catherine and Clarendon - which accounted for the majority of the 1,680...

President of the People's National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, and Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson will spearhead the launch of a peace initiative in six affiliate communities within the PNP's Region Three next Sunday....

A policeman whose murder case has been dragging on for more than nine years is seeking a court order to quash a new indictment served on him this week.Senior Puisne Judge Gloria Smith heard lengthy submissions yesterday from...

Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey will be hearing submissions from the defence team today to determine whether Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn should reveal notes she allegedly took during a meeting between her and...

Jamaica has managed to make huge strides over the years in achieving high immunisation rates, which have contributed to a steady decline in childhood diseases....

OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Dr Omar Davies is cautioning the Government against setting up what he claims are unrealistic fiscal targets and has stopped just short of advising the administration to prepare for mass protests if a tax package is announced this year....

Noted peace activist Horace Levy has sought to clarify his position on graffiti in Western Kingston attacking the People's National Party's (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips. The graffiti grabbed public attention on the weekend as they were sprayed in both Jamaica...

The parliamentary Opposition is today expected to attack the budgetary plans of the Government when its Finance Spokesman Dr Omar Davies responds to the $503-billion package presented in Parliament last week....

Three children are now in hospital nursing gunshot wounds after two brazen gunmen opened fire on a Toyota Coaster bus on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston yesterday afternoon. Reports reaching The Gleaner are that the men attempted to stop the bus...

Mrs Walker-Huntington: Good afternoon. How are you? I have an issue which I hope you'll be able to assist me with. I have a child with someone who lives in the United States (US). At the time when the child was born...

Jamaicans have been urged to quit overloading hospitals with minor health issues and instead attend community clinics islandwide."Many health centres are well equipped to handle much of the demand on public hospitals...