Friends and family members of disgraced foreign-exchange trader David Smith have submitted letters to the United States District Court in Orlando pleading for mercy for the man who led the Olint Ponzi scheme. In a memorandum filed in court last week...
CHRISTIANA, Manchester: Little did Floretta Smith and husband Jeremiah Smith know, when they bought their house at Straun Castle in Christiana, that in their twilight years, at 80 and 84, respectively, they would be living in misery....
CUSTOMERS OF the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) are expected to see a five per cent reduction in their electricity bills for August. A decline in oil prices on the international market has resulted in a drop in the fuel and Independent Power Producer (IPP)...
FINANCIAL ANALYST Anne Shirley says the Government should spearhead bipartisan talks with the Opposition and engage the private sector and other stakeholders to examine the possible implications of the historic Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgrade of the United States...
Blondel Cluff, current chief executive of the West India Committee, is seeking to make the organisation's presence felt again in Jamaica.The West India Committee, founded in 1735, is one of the oldest continuously active institutions working...
EWARTON, St Catherine: THE NATIONAL Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on Monday took legal action against the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) following the unauthorised release of improperly treated trade effluent on July 29, which resulted...
With less than four weeks to go before the start of the new school year, Education Minister Andrew Holness is warning principals that he will not tolerate failing schools in the education system. Addressing the Ministry of Education's Region Six Back-to-School Conference...
As merchants predict difficult days ahead because of the hike in sugar prices, some consumers are planning to cut back on their intake, as they believe the 19 per cent increase in cost on the local market is far too high....
FALMOUTH FISHERMEN who were relocated in order to facilitate the development of the pier and have been forced to pay lease, now have attorney-at-law Patrick Atkinson in their corner. The fishermen, through their president, Fritz Christie...
The Jamaican police yesterday refused to discuss an incident in the upscale St Andrew community of Jacks Hill, last Friday, in which a United States (US) diplomat was robbed at gunpoint of cash and "sensitive" US Embassy documents...
LONDON (AP): A few miles from the worst violence to hit the city in 25 years, beach volleyball players dived headlong in the sand, the most summery of Olympic sports on display less than a year before the London Games....
WESTERN BUREAU: Assistant Commissioner of Police Denver Frater is to make his exit from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to begin early retirement after a 34-year stint in the organisation...
A BRAVE woman from Hackney spoke out against 'yobs' (uncouth or thuggish working-class people) responsible for bringing devastation to her beloved area, in a passionate outburst Monday night. The woman, thought to be Pauline Pearce, cursed the "copycat"...
United States Air Force General Douglas Fraser, commander of the US Southern Command, is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica today for a two-day visit.General Fraser has served in various operational capacities across the US Air Force...
United States prosecutors have asked the court to throw the book at former Olint boss David Smith when he is sentenced on Thursday. Lawyers representing Smith, the mastermind behind the Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of more than US$220 million, had written to the court...
Just three days after riots started in Tottenham, at least 16 boroughs of London in the United Kingdom were yesterday reporting either small or large-scale looting of several shops, homes and businesses, and widespread destruction of property...
CHIEF EDUCATION Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean, has urged young people to take risks in their search for educational opportunities and career paths."Your whole life...
THE MINISTRY of Tourism says it is to embed road-safety issues related to tourists in its national programmes and to advocate for the inclusion of road safety as an integral aspect of planning and development for the tourism sector, as it collaborates...
Vincent Morrison, president of the National Workers' Union (NWU), says the organisation he leads would support the establishment of a contributory pension scheme in the public sector."In spite of the difficulties...
THE MINISTRY of Justice (MOJ) along with CUSO-VSO and United Nations Children's Fund recently launched the first phase of the Children in Court - Court Prep programme.The launch took place at the Mandeville Hotel, in Mandeville and had in training 48...
Despite remedial efforts to improve student performance, an increasing number of schools that are deemed to be failing have been referred to the National Education Inspectorate (NEI) for in-depth evaluation...
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has hinted that the move by his administration to "insulate" the office of the attorney general from the political directorate could become the norm...
A team from CL Environmental Company, the consultants handing the neutralisation of cyanide at the Ausjam gold-mining facility in Crawle, Clarendon, will return to the site today to complete that process. This was deemed...
Minister of Finance Audley Shaw yesterday appealed for goodwill among Jamaicans as he signalled that difficult times loom on the nation's economic landscape. Shaw was addressing Jamaicans in a national broadcast as he sought to silence the chorus of claims that the Government...
Scores of people from the Christian community marched through sections of Lauriston, St Catherine, yesterday to give hope to residents crippled by fear. The group started at the Shiloh Apostolic Church....
