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TO SAY Jerico Hanson is a saver does not do justice to the life he has built on a simple philosophy - no matter how little you earn, save something.

Funding is being sought to restore several buildings in Emancipation Square, Spanish Town, St Catherine, at a cost of $600 million."We are looking at UNESCO and the European Union to fund the project," said Christopher Powell, secretary manager of the...

The Government has tacked on $31.5 billion to its Budget for this fiscal year which ends in two weeks. With nine days to go before he presents the 2010-2011 Budget, Finance...

Still jolted by Monday's gun battle between the police and gunmen, residents of Hannah Town yesterday feverishly sought to distance their community from the clash which claimed the lives of three men. Three policemen were injured....

The Government has increased its financial allocation to regional health authorities, which have been struggling to survive under the pressure of free health care.The health ministry and the Bellevue Hospital have also had their budgets topped...

Less than two days after The Gleaner reported that pressured Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett had been transferred from the national security ministry, an interim prison boss has been installed....

Seven crew members and two passengers aboard a US Airways flight bound for Jamaica were taken to a hospital in North Carolina yesterday after complaints about strong odours kept the jet grounded. Two pilots, five flight...

Jamaica Defence Force soldiers use a fence to shield them as they prepare to enter the fray, as police and gunmen locked horns in Hannah Town, west Kingston, yesterday.Inside the firefightInjured cop tells colleagues of his ordealBarefooted and still...

THE CROWN scored a major victory yesterday in the Kern Spencer trial, as Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey ruled that the cellphone recordings between Spencer and star witness businessman Rodney Chin should be played and become part of the evidence....

CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER Dr Lloyd Barnett is advising the legislature to conduct detailed studies and carry out extensive consultations before altering constitutional provisions to facilitate parliamentary representation by members...

IN A turnaround from the previous year - when it posted a loss of nearly $445 million - The Gleaner Company reported net profit of $208 million for 2009, including $48 million it booked in the group accounts...

Crime and violence has been identified as the number one concern among adolescents and youth in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to a report from the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development. This matter was associated with poverty...