Published:Thursday | September 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM
NAMING AT least four parishes he says are now battling a full blown epidemic of chikungunya (Chik-V), senior medical practitioner and opposition spokesman on health Dr Kenneth Baugh wants the Government to move with alacrity to contain the rapid spread of the disease locally.
Published:Thursday | September 11, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Lynette 'Mama Lyn' Williams, the 83-year-old mother of Police Commissioner-designate Carl Williams, has only one wish, and it is that her late husband, Arnold, was still alive to see his son become the nation's chief crime fighter.
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
In the last few weeks, it seems everyone has been talking about the ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Ice Bucket Challenge, raising awareness of and funds for the debilitating disease.
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Reacting to an article which appeared in The Sunday Gleaner this week, the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has declared it is not aware of an impasse with its stakeholders.
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
The dry spell that has been impacting the country for the past few months has not yet come to an end, according to Jeffrey Spooner, director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, despite an increase in rainfall over the last few weeks.
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Western Bureau:Opposition Spokesman on foreign affairs and foreign trade and member of parliament (MP) for East Central St James, Edmund Bartlett, is calling for local universities to fund tertiary-level education, ultimately nullifying the need for the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB).
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Fishermen are claiming the recent unexplained deaths of hundreds of crab, shrimp and small fish in a nursery area at the New Causeway Fishing Complex near Jamworld in St Catherine is being caused by a toxic substance discharged from a processing...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM
THE LABOUR ministry has issued a warning that employers will not be allowed to breach employees' constitutional right to worship when the flexitime law comes into effect.
SOME OF Jamaica's major international partners have given their stamp of approval to the appointment of career cop Carl Williams as the country's next police commissioner, government insiders have revealed.
Four months after it was forced to roll back a 20 per cent hike in the price of its ripe bananas because of a fall-off in sales, JP Tropical Foods is again testing the market by asking customers to pay more for the fruit.
