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AN ALLIANCE of health professionals is joining the island's nurses in harshly criticising the Government over the sector's yet-to-be implemented job evaluation and reclassification exercise....

THE POLICE High Command says it has not taken a final decision on transferring 75 personnel out of two stations in St Catherine. Communications director for the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Karl Angell, told The Gleaner yesterday that staffing...

A superintendent of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) confirmed last night that his United States (US) visa had been cancelled.The superintendent, who wished not to be named, told The Gleaner that he was written to in February about the new status...

THE CONTROVERSY surrounding the American Airlines (AA) deal deepened yesterday with Contractor General Greg Christie flatly rejecting the defence offered by Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett....

Contractor General Greg Christie has rapped the Ministry of Health and regional health authorities for breaching the Government's contract award principles by reportedly awarding contracts unlawfully....

A claim by the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) to recover more than $4 billion from its customers has been rejected by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).The claim had been filed by the company through its...

A UNITED States congressman who was honoured by Jamaica last October has taken leave from office following claims of unethical conduct.Democratic representative Charles Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means...

Jamaica is now winding up its operations in Haiti as CARICOM gets ready to switch focus in the earthquake-ravaged country from relief and rescue to reconstruction.Information Minister Daryl Vaz disclosed yesterday that medical and other relief personnel...

PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yuri Gala Lopez, is booming with confidence that ongoing talks with the board of management at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland will greatly enhance...

GOVERNMENT IS claiming the revocation of Wayne Chen's United States (US) visa is not related to the ongoing tussle over the extradition of alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke."The United States authorities have advised the foreign minister...

THE GOVERNMENT has taken note of the United States Narcotics Control Strategy Report of March 2010. The report, while acknowledging that cooperation between Jamaican and US law-enforcement agencies remains strong, reflects negatively...

Peace Day yesterday proved to be about more than corporate sponsorship, wearing blue and singing songs. Leaders from opposing factions in the Homestead and Morgan's Lane communities...