WESTERN BUREAU:ANTHONY SMIKLE, the chief executive officer of Cornwall Regional Hospital, St James, has said the hospital's administration will continue to fight for the acquisition of resources that nurses require...
The Ministry of Health revealed last night that its heightened surveillance system has detected a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus.In a release from the health ministry, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kevin Harvey said the case was an...
National Security Minister Peter Bunting has lost his bid to have a contempt of court case against him thrown out. Yesterday, the Full Court - comprising justices Lennox Campbell, Sarah Thompson-James...
JAMAICA'S FLEDGLING ornamental fish industry got a significant boost following the recent signing of a grant agreement under which US$500,000 will be provided to improve its ability to efficiently deliver quality...
MORANT BAY, St Thomas: THE PRICE of most agricultural produce has doubled in the Morant Bay market due to the shortage of crops caused by the prolonged drought.Vendors say they expect the situation to worsen as consumers ...
THE MINISTRY of Health has urged the public to get rid of mosquito breeding sites in a bid to prevent the spread of the chikungunya virus, which has colonised some countries across the Caribbean.The ministry has been training...
THE MINISTRY of Health has urged the public to get rid of mosquito breeding sites in a bid to prevent the spread of the chikungunya virus, which has colonised some countries across the Caribbean.The ministry has been training...
MORANT BAY, St Thomas: THE PRICE of most agricultural produce has doubled in the Morant Bay market due to the shortage of crops caused by the prolonged drought.Vendors say they expect the situation to worsen as consumers ...
JAMAICA'S FLEDGLING ornamental fish industry got a significant boost following the recent signing of a grant agreement under which US$500,000 will be provided to improve its ability to efficiently deliver quality...
WESTERN BUREAU:ANTHONY SMIKLE, the chief executive officer of Cornwall Regional Hospital, St James, has said the hospital's administration will continue to fight for the acquisition of resources that nurses require...
The Ministry of Health revealed last night that its heightened surveillance system has detected a suspected imported case of the chikungunya virus.In a release from the health ministry, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kevin Harvey said the case was an...
National Security Minister Peter Bunting has lost his bid to have a contempt of court case against him thrown out. Yesterday, the Full Court - comprising justices Lennox Campbell, Sarah Thompson-James...
Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson is lauding agencies and individuals who assisted in the aftermath of the bizarre shooting death of 38-year-old Donovan Stewart at the Mandeville Regional Hospital yesterday morning.Ferguson met with the affected staff...
Western Bureau: Relatives of two missing St James children were overcome with grief yesterday morning as they gathered at a pond in an isolated area off the Hague main road...
More than four years after the Praedial Larceny Prevention Programme was launched, a unit is to be established in the Ministry of Agriculture, staffed by at least two persons and dedicated to addressing farm theft....
JAMAICAN law-enforcement units have lost funding from international partners due to allegations of human rights abuse by members of the security forces, portfolio minister Peter Bunting confirmed in Parliament...
ENERGY MINISTER Phillip Paulwell has declared it is highly unlikely that the funding ghost of Energy World International (EWI) will haunt the implementation of three renewable energy projects that are set to add 78...
FINANCE Minister Dr Peter Phillips has indicated that the Government is considering putting in place a facility to enable local businesses to be able to remain viable despite the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar."We are looking at things like trying...
More than one year ago, we pointed to the problem of bus operators who seem to have established an unofficial terminus on Heywood Street in the vicinity of West Parade...
After almost eight years behind bars, one of the four persons accused of the murder of Jamaica AIDS Support coordinator, Lenford 'Steve' Harvey, has been freed. Before the start of the trial in the Home Circuit Court...
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has responded to a charge made by Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson that hoteliers believe they are above the law in relation to compliance with smoking regulations...
The increased police presence in downtown Kingston has lifted the confidence levels of some shoppers. Safe, at last. But this safety, shoppers say, comes with a high price...
Despite delays, the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) pushes to complete projects.
A delay in the release of grant funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has forced the KSAC to pause the refurbishing work on the Queens Market on Heywood Street ...
Twenty residents of Breezy Castle and surrounding communities in downtown Kingston are to be introduced to online learning and basic computing when they participate in the LIME Foundation Community Computer Summer Camp....
Farmers in north Clarendon say they have felt the full effect of the drought that has been affecting the island over the past several months.According to the farmers, they have no water for their crops and, as a result...
