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Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Enter the home of Carlton and Patricia (pseudonyms for privacy) and you plunge into a cacophonous orchestra, as their three children trade unintelligible sounds in a bedroom. The eldest child, eight-year-old Cadaisha, is the most active, but her brother...

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Former Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas signalled his entrance to representational politics on Sunday with a pledge to unite People's National Party (PNP) supporters in North West St Ann and win back a seat which party...

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A man went on a bloody rampage in Falmouth, Trelawny, Saturday night, stabbing three sisters, one fatally. The dead sister has been identified as 26-year-old Shakira Frame, while those injured are Donnette Grey-Lynch and Aneisha Edwards.

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Financial expert and businessman Roy Collister, who was conferred with the Order of Jamaica on March 19, died yesterday morning at his home in Temple Mead, St Andrew.

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Ministry of Health is still fine-tuning plans for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) health card, which is aimed at improving the accessibility of medication to persons who receive care at public-health facilities...

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With a drastic increase in the demand for pharmaceuticals at public-health facilities since the implementation of the Government's no-user-fee policy, the health ministry is now stepping up its efforts to better provide for the public...

Published:Monday | April 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Ministry of Health says it has not yet selected a new head for the Child Development Agency (CDA), a position which will be made available at the end of the month.

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICANS TRAVELLING to the United States of America (US) are concerned about the recent non-immigrant visa revocations of at least one prominent businessman and five entertainers, but are scared to comment openly about...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A scorching graffiti campaign has been waged in western Kingston against influential People's National Party member, Dr Peter Phillips.Phillips' outspoken role in the extradition controversy involving celebrated...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Members of the Marine Police yesterday intercepted a boat with 30 Haitians aboard, off the course of Bowden, St Thomas."They are here, right at Bowden," a senior subofficer confirmed yesterday evening.According to the subofficer, the group includes 14...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Several Jamaicans who are holders of United States of America (US) visas are postponing trips to that country out of fear that they could lose their visas.Others who are scheduled to have their visas renewed are...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE JUSTICE system came under judicial fire last week when Supreme Court Judge Marva McDonald-Bishop opened the Easter session of the Home Circuit Court and announced that the...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICA IS no stranger to conflicts, disagreements, or diplomatic rows with the mighty United States or powerful US-backed organisations. Past diplomatic stand-offs between the two countries have created graphic imagery...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MOSCOW (AP):Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died yesterday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97, officials said.Russian...

Published:Sunday | April 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE FIRST appointment is at 7 a.m., and The Sunday Gleaner strolls down Hope Road, St Andrew, towards the United States (US) of America Embassy at 6:30 a.m. last Thursday. Many early birds are out clutching well-packaged documents. Obtaining a US visa is no guarantee, but fears of refusal are heightened as news continues to surface about unexplained visa revocations.

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The public-health sector has given up more than $4 billion in potential income since the Government introduced the free health-care system two years ago.

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Twelve-year-old Lisaremembers being at the courthouse for a hearing and praying to God, asking to be able to go home to her mother...

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Religion Orville Plummer says a team approach is the ideal way to address challenges affecting the country.

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica's minister of Finance Audley Shaw says he has no reason to believe that the dissolution of the...

Published:Saturday | April 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

During a meeting yesterday between Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer, Labour Minister Pearnel Charles and Nurses' Association of Jamaica (NAJ) representatives at the labour ministry, a decision was taken for the nurses to meet with Shaw next week, but the parties are to return to the Ministry of Labour at a later date.

Published:Friday | April 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

What do you think of Audley Shaw's Budget presentation?

Published:Friday | April 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Finance Minister Audley Shaw has rejected claims that the delay in the transfer of Air Jamaica to Caribbean Airlines is linked to the Government's failure to complete negotiations with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT)....

Published:Friday | April 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security says it is willing to go to court to stop high levels of nurse absenteeism throughout the nation's public hospitals.Information from the ministry yesterday indicated that while no decision had yet been arrived...

Published:Friday | April 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICA HAS surpassed one of the major targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for it to qualify for a second drawdown of funds from the multilateral agency.However, Finance Minister Audley Shaw says it is too early to say...

Published:Friday | April 9, 2010 | 12:00 AM

AN OLD sore that Jamaica's senior security officials wish would heal quickly was aggravated yesterday by Contractor General Greg Christie's 60-page report on a mega...

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