With at least one branch of the agro-park initatve shaken because of an ill-fated onion crop at the Plantation Garden River, St Thomas, the parliamentary Opposition is urging Government to review the concept being...
DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS and dodgers are being put on notice that the State will be coming at them with unrelenting force this year as it seeks to secure revenues due to the national...
CARVEL STEWART, president of the Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica, says local contractors who do business with the Government are viewed with jaundiced eyes by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) and has expressed hope that the separation of...
School is out, and summer is in, but it is no holiday for parents who have to make back-to-school preparations, not only to get books, uniforms and accessories, but also to get medicals done for their...
Glendon Harris, president of the St James branches of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), said farmers in the parish should immediately seek to take advantage of the value-added opportunities which are available in the agricultural sector.At the...
Local Germany fans celebrated yesterday as the SportsMax Zone ended its month-long showing of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a sold-out crowd at its Hope Road, St Andrew, venue.From as early as noon, supporters of the two teams...
The Jamaica Employ initiative, which was launched less than two years ago to tackle the unemployment issue, has been abandoned.Everton Pryce, who the labour ministry put in charge of Jamaica Employ,...
Though many persons look forward to fun and excitement during the summer holidays, various stakeholders have highlighted plans geared towards creating job opportunities for youths.Reverend Conrad Pitkin, head of the Umbrella...
Head of Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Angela Brown Burke, has defended the expenditure to refurbish the mayor's parlour at the downtown Kingston offices of the council.
THE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition wants definitive statements to be made in the House of Representatives on the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) as well as the state of discussions with Canada for a trade regime.
Newly released findings of a comprehensive United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) survey show that while much has been done to improve the lot of Jamaica's children, much more still needs to be done.
Recently appointed executive director of Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), Kay Osborne, and other members in the leadership of the human-rights group seem set to being kicked out as the bickering in the organisation intensifies.
The nation has started to pay tribute to, and recognise the contribution of, former Governor General Sir Howard Cooke who died last Friday at the age of 98.
The new Road Traffic Act has been laid before Parliament, and given its potential impact on the lives of all Jamaicans, it deserves careful study and frequent mention until we have a document that best serves the interest of the average Jamaican.
Despite hours of intelligence-driven operations by local law-enforcement agencies and their United States (US) partners, Jamaican scammers are continuing to con millions of dollars from unsuspecting Americans.
Bus owners waiting for their share after Government pays millions to lawyersErica VirtueSenior Gleaner WriterAn impasse among members in the National Transport Co-operative Society (NTCS), the transport cooperative body which was awarded billions for...
National Security Minister Peter Bunting said the time has come for Jamaicans to take a firm stand against the subculture of violence and the tolerance for criminality.Speaking at a Unite for Change workshop at the Montego Bay Community College...
Former Governor General Sir Howard Felix Hanlan Cooke died yesterday afternoon at the age of 98. Born on November 13, 1915, in the community of Goodwill in St James, Cooke was installed as Governor General of Jamaica at King's House on Thursday, August 1, 1991...
Whenever I go to downtown Kingston, I am disturbed by the fact that especially near the Supreme Court, there are lots of homeless and mentally unstable people hanging around....
CONCERNED PENSIONER - Spanish Town, St CatherineI am concerned about the Government Pensioners Administrative Services (GPASO) health plan operated by Sagicor.
A lack of adequately skilled individuals is being given as one of the main reasons the country is slow off the mark in its quest to become the fourth node in the global logistics chain.Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton said plans...
WESTERN BUREAU:The two St James men who were arrested after 66 kilograms of cocaine was reportedly found in a Guardsman service vehicle in which they were travelling last April will return to court on September 26 when...
Hi Doc. I am 18 and I have given oral sex to several guys in order to avoid having full sex. But a friend has told me that a girl can get chlamydia that way. Is this true?
