WESTERN BUREAU: An outstanding accident report, which is to be provided by the Accident and Reconstruction Unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), is being blamed for a further delay in the almost one-year case against 47-year-old Delroy...
WESTERN BUREAU: NATIONAL SECURITY Minister, Dr Horace Chang, says CARICOM is facing an increasing threat from persons involved in the peddling of illegal drugs and uncustomed goods, and wants the matter addressed through passengers’ name records....
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Everald Warmington is urging his parliamentary colleagues to mirror the work being done by Heroy Clarke, Central St James member of parliament (MP), with...
Owen Speid, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), says efforts to place more bursars in primary schools need speeding up to ease the burden on principals, who have had to assume the...
Former president of the Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) Reverend Dr George Simpson has died. Simpson died this morning. He was 76. Simpson, who was conferred with the Order of Distinction (Officer) in 2003, retired from...
Omar Sweeney, managing director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), says although the construction work on the headquarters of the Montego Bay Fire Station on Barnett Street in the city is behind by three months, it will be completed...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says members of the religious community will not benefit from any special favours if they breach The Disaster Risk Management Act. The government has enforced the Act since March to manage the spread of...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica's finance minister says the country's healthy net international reserves (NIR), at nearly US$3.2 billion, has enabled for the timely servicing of debts. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke explained that Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU: The United States envoy in Jamaica says the prospects for greater investments by his country on the island have never been better, pointing to major improvements in the local economy and efforts by the government to make it...
Western Bureau: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang says the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be taking control of the Flanker Training Institute (FTI) later this month and will train and certify some 60 young men from the community and...
Western Bureau: Floor It Jamaica Plus, a distinguished flooring company which manufactures exotic hardwood furniture in Guyana, has used the just-concluded Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association’s (JMEA) third staging of the Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU:Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Dean-Roy Bernard has revealed that steps are being taken to ensure that the approximately 400 persons now employed to the ministry without degrees can attain them over a four-year...
