Published:Sunday | December 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The chronic shortage of space at the Savanna-la-Mar Public Hospital will soon be a thing of the past as plans are in the pipeline for a new block to be constructed, the hospital's chairman, Eric "Busha" Clarke, has said.The new block will take the...
Published:Friday | December 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
While some persons are allowed unfettered access through checkpoints in the Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO)-controlled Denham Town in west Kingston, others are properly searched before leaving or entering, as per the terms of the operations.This...
Published:Friday | December 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
No stone will be left unturned in the search for the killers of retired Detective Sergeant Trevor Williams, whose body was found in the back of his car yesterday morning, the police hierarchy has said.Police Commissioner George Quallo has instructed...
Published:Friday | December 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The new paint job on the world-famous 'Redemption Song' statue at Emancipation Park in New Kingston has not gone unnoticed by members of the public.The statue received a facelift recently, and some members of the public are calling it majestic and...
Published:Thursday | November 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The chronic shortage of space at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland will soon be a thing of the past as plans are in the pipeline for a new block to be constructed, the institution's chairman, Eric 'Busha' Clarke, has said....
Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says the lack of innovation in the agriculture sector could spell doom for the industry if the right policy mix is not employed."We need to face the fact that if we don't devise the means of being innovative and...
Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Residents, business operators, and motorists in the Barbican area of St Andrew will have to put up with three more months of dust and traffic congestion, as the December deadline for work to be completed on road expansion has been pushed back....
Published:Monday | November 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Visiting Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina Sanchez said it was important that Jamaica and his country continue to forge greater ties, citing the commonality of a regional space and economies of size to be the bedrock of cooperation."I urge...
Published:Thursday | November 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Errol Greene, chief executive officer at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) says that action taken by the island's nurses to stay off the job in protest of the Government's latest wage offer has affected service delivery but that contingency plans...
Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade yesterday confirmed the appointment of Sheila Sealy Monteith as Jamaica's Ambassador to Belgium and the permanent representative to the European Union and UNESCO. She will also serve as the non-...
Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Mayor of Kingston Delroy Williams says that plans by his municipality to effect well-needed road repairs, as a result of continued rainfall in recent weeks, will run into millions of dollars.The roadwork is to be undertaken in tandem with the...
Published:Thursday | November 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Three icons of the Caribbean tourism and hospitality industry will be awarded and celebrated for their respective roles in the development of the sector at a Gala Dinner and Awards Extravaganza next Tuesday.The black-tie event will be held on the...
Published:Sunday | November 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
China's huge population and ready-made market can potentially absorb all the coffee Jamaica produces, says Chinese ambassador to Jamaica, Niu Qingbao.The Chinese diplomat said that even though the Japanese have done a good job importing Jamaican...
Published:Friday | November 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
News about the passing of J.A. Lester Spaulding, the late chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group, has triggered immediate reactions from political leaders, including Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Peter Phillips....
Published:Friday | November 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Amid continued concerns about the prevalence of child labour in Jamaica, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the new Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA - formerly the Child Development Agency and the Office of...
Published:Wednesday | November 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital, which serves nearly 360,000 persons per year, is to benefit from an $8.2-million grant contract being implemented under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Programme of the government of Japan.The...
Published:Tuesday | November 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has called the credibility of the Government into question, after a clause in the National Identification System (NIDS) Bill that was removed in the House of Representatives was rehashed in the version that was...
Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
A plan to restore the fire-damaged Half-Way Tree clock has hit a snag, according to the mayor of Kingston, Delroy Williams.He said that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) was working closely with a private company on...
Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
British Minister of state with responsibility for the Caribbean, Commonwealth and the United Nations, Lord Tariq Ahmad, has warned that a failure to leverage the common heritage between Britain and Jamaica would be a mistake of massive proportions....
Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
The Embassy of South Korea will host a reception next week to celebrate Korea-Jamaica Friendship Week and commemorate the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.The reception, set for November 14, will be held at the Mona...
Published:Thursday | November 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
While the Jamaican society has been showing an increased appreciation for persons with disabilities, there remains a sizeable segment of the citizenry that is unaware of the tremendous potential of the disabled to the society, Minister of Labour and...
Published:Wednesday | November 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Twenty-two students from the Haile Selassie High School received cash grants from the Sanmerna Paper Products Foundation to assist them in paying for two Caribbean Examinations Council subjects of their choice.Mark and Robert White, brothers and...
Published:Monday | October 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke
Fritz Pinnock, president of the Caribbean Maritime University, is urging the Ministry of Education to move quickly to revise the education system in order to take advantage of Jamaica's deepening involvement in world trade as a logistics hub.Pinnock...
