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Published:Monday | January 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ALREADY SADDLED with the burden of losing their daughter nearly three years ago, a St Mary family is begging for the opportunity to give her a peaceful burial. Fifteen-year-old Donna-Lee Scott disappeared in 2007 and has been presumed dead since....

Published:Monday | January 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With more than 35 years of service in the air industry, Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby is accustomed to the dynamics of turbulence. But not even that experience could have prepared him for the challenges he faced in his first full year as director general...

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With the country facing undoubtedly tough times this year, Dr Leahcim Semaj is urging Jamaicans to look for the opportunities which might emerge.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The usually serene town of Alligator Pond, at the border of Manchester and St Elizabeth, erupted into the first major protest for 2010 ...

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

"It's been another bloody year in Jamaica," seems to be a bad cliché that just won't go away.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

While the country enters 2010 with many economic challenges, most analysts agree that reducing the fiscal deficit should be priority number one.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

With the job prospects at home for Jamaicans looking dim this year, persons are looking overseas for work and it appears that many could find the jobs they seek.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Cash-strapped independent schools will be faced with more pressure to keep afloat this year.The global economic meltdown has dealt them a severe blow and Karlene Bisnott, president of the Jamaica...

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Undoubtedly, one of the most eagerly awaited announcements this year will be the Government's decision on the extradition request for west Kingston area leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke...

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE GOVERNMENT could be hard pressed to get the best price for several assets it plans to place on the divestment block this year.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The economic tsunami of 2009 did not spare the education system and many administrators are hunkering down for more battering this year.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Dear Santa,You must think it is kind of strange to be getting letters this early in the year.

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:Already under Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) scrutiny for three concurrent botched landings, the American Airlines accident at the Norman Manley International Airport on December 22 will result in even...

Published:Sunday | January 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The police argued that the fiery protest was unfortunate and needless as it was a clear case of the men being shot after they attempted to avoid arrest following calls from residents about a robbery.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

FOUR JAMAICANS died violently less than 10 hours into the new year. Twenty-two-year-old Ricardo Goulbourne of Spring Village, Old Harbour, St Catherine, became the island's first murder victim for 2010.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The police are looking forward to the implementation of a new policy aimed at stemming the increasing numbers of missing children across the island.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE REGISTRAR General's Department (RGD) is reporting a sharp increase in the number of babies being registered immediately after birth, and chief executive officer of the RGD, Dr Patricia Holness, is crediting the bedside-registration process for the increase.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

HOPE SHONE brightly for a couple at 1:58 yesterday morning when Rihanna Stacey-Anna Wilson was born at the Spanish Town Hospital, filling a void that was created two years ago when they lost their seven-year-old daughter in a motor vehicle accident.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Florence Gordon-Howard is a deeply religious woman who believes that God plays a role in our daily lives. As such, the heroics of her youngest daughter, Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus driver, 32-year-old Annette Howard, in assisting injured persons at the crash site of the American Airlines (AA) Flight 331 on the Palisadoes Road on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, was God's doing.

Published:Saturday | January 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THERE SHALL be "weeping and wailing in Jamaica" this year, according to prophetic utterances by a group of church leaders. Prophesies concerning politicians, business leaders, church leaders, investments, turf wars, healing and deliverance are also highlighted in the Prophetic Word for 2010 and Onward.

Published:Friday | January 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

After more than eight years of giving to the firstborn child in some public hospitals, Wynlee Distributors is making plans to return to at least six of the institutions today to give away several thousand dollars worth of baby items."...

Published:Friday | January 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Several new tax measures take effect today as the Government dips deeper into the pockets of most Jamaicans in an effort to finance its bills. However, not all the measures will result in the Government taking more as at least two are designed to put...

Published:Friday | January 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says just over 160,000 of its customers will be affected by the special general comsuption tax (GCT) rate of 10 per cent on the consumption of more than 200kWh of electricity per month...

Published:Friday | January 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

TODAY MUCH of the world is celebrating the day that seems to be filled with endless possibilities, myths and new beginnings. Late yesterday afternoon, many Jamaicans began preparations to greet the New Year in a positive frame of mind and with much...

Published:Friday | January 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Firsts for D'Jaughn Brown are not unfamiliar, although he is only a year old. These include being the first baby born in the island last year at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston, at 12:14 a.m., being the first child for his mother Sandrina Davis ...

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