The People’s National Party (PNP) wants the health Minister Rudyard Spencer to move quickly to stave off a possible strike by the island’s junior doctors.
Alumina producers (ALPART) last night sent its final conveyor of bauxite from its Manchester based plant to its refinery in St Elizabeth as it prepares to suspend operations.
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is to pay an official visit to the island from April 19-20, immediately following the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad.
Nearly three years after the murder of dancehall promoter Christine Hewitt-Gordon, police investigators have announced a major breakthrough in the case.
The Michael Lee-Chin led AIC (Barbados) Limited said it has been forced to restructure its obligation to creditors following significant liquidity pressures in the local and regional markets.
The President of the National Transport Cooperative Society, (NTCS) Ezroy Millwood, said he’s uncertain about the future of his company and bus operators.
The Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents is reporting that since the start of the year, 27 returnees have been attacked on their way home from the airport.
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), is advising the public that March 31 is the deadline to register for the next voter’s list, which is to be published in May 2009.
The Central Village Police in St. Catherine South are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man at his home at Browns Lane, Central Village this morning.
The National Security Minister Colonel Trevor McMillan has demanded a report from the Jamaica Defence Force regarding the conduct of two soldiers at a crime scene yesterday.
The body of 31 year old Kirk Headley of Paddington Terrace, Kingston 6 was found suspended from a length of rope from the rear patio of his home this morning.
Investigators are at this hour questioning reggae artiste Luciano in connection with yesterday’s shootout between a gunman and the police at his St. Andrew home studio.
There is no word yet as to whether the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will take action against two soldiers for their conduct while on duty at the crime scene yesterday.