The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) wants Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to act immediately upon her return to the island later today, in relation to the growing controversy regarding Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell's handling...
The number of babies being born to girls under 15 years old in Jamaica has led to a call for citizens to break their silence and demand greater care for the nation's children.Although there is a downward trend...
The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for the Government to terminate the employment of Viralee Latibeaudiere as commissioner of Tax Administration Jamaica...
CROOKED RIVER, Clarendon:OSBOURNE STERN has been a small-business proprietor in Crooked River, Clarendon, for as long as he can remember and has been selling The Gleaner for 64 years.Stern said The Gleaner was already being sold in Crooked...
MANDEVIILE, Manchester: IMAGINE HAVING to leave the urban environs of your house where newspapers were delivered promptly, to go to the rural area where it seemed civilisation was yet to reach and news timeliness was just...
The Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica (AAAJ) has declared that its members strictly adhere to the guidelines in the Code of Advertising Practice and ensures responsible commercial communication for all clients and products including alcoholic...
WESTERN BUREAU: The much-anticipated trial of Ivan Taylor, the man charged with the 2012 murder of Trinidadian school-teacher Michelle Coudray-Greaves, began in the St James Circuit Court yesterday with four witnesses...
ENERGY WORLD International (EWI), the favoured company to undertake the baseload project to supply power to the national grid, could see its power plants and other related assets sold for 75 per cent of value ...
The International Misery Index has ranked Jamaica as the fifth most miserable country in the world, with the interest rate as the source of the nation's misery.The Misery Index was first developed by prominent economist Arthur...
A multipurpose business and recreational centre for workers at the Montego Bay Free Zone will be launched on Friday, May 2.With an investment of US$21,000 (J$2.3 million), Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited, operators of the Flow and Columbus...
THE JAMAICA Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has said it has no difficulty going to court to defend itself in light of a recent disclosure by attorney-at-law High Wildman who is representing private operators who have grouses...
THE PARLIAMENTARY internship programme, which ended in 2012, is to be resumed.The programme, which is an initiative between the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Parliament, will see graduate students...
ENERGY MINISTER Phillip Paulwell is seeking to nudge Contractor General Dirk Harrison's office into conceding that it erred when it concluded that the decision of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to facilitate the acceptance of Energy World...
THE DECISION by the Government last year to raid the National Housing Trust (NHT), requiring it to provide $45.6 billion over four years to assist the country's economic recovery effort, is the chief reason loan ceilings have not been increased....
NOTED PSYCHOLOGIST and chief executive officer of Family Life Ministries, Dr Barry Davidson, has said that more mechanisms should be put in place in ensuring that members of the security forces live a balanced life and find effective ways of dealing with stress....
WESTERN BUREAU:A police witness yesterday testified that the correct procedure was not followed when a prisoner, Greg Taylor, was released from custody on January 30, 2013, in a bizarre case in which it was subsequently reported that he had escaped...
FINANCE MINISTER Dr Peter Phillips will today announce changes to the $6.7-billion tax package, which he announced in the House of Representatives two weeks ago.Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said during her contribution...
WESTERN BUREAU: GOVERNOR GENERAL Sir Patrick Allen has said local justices of the peace (JPs) should unite and adopt a proactive approach to bring about a positive transformation of the society.Allen made the call while...
DECLARING THAT he will no longer "stay in the back seat" when it comes to the issue of procurement, Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell yesterday vowed to take a new policy to Cabinet next week to give the minister a defined role in the process...
MORANT BAY, St Thomas:MINISTER OF Health Dr Fenton Ferguson has said he plans to tackle prime time alcohol advertisements.Addressing the St Thomas Lay Magistrates' Association parish church service at the Church of the First Born...
New date set for 'Bunny' Francis murder trial - The murder trial of the four men charged with killing of prominent Kingston businessman, Roderick 'Bunny' Francis, failed to start in the Home Circuit Court yesterday....
IT APPEARS that Leon Thomas, the acting mayor of Portmore, will remain in that position until local government elections due next year."There is a concurrence between the Government and the Opposition that, given that the local elections are due in less...
FORMER State Finance Minister Fitz Jackson has indicated he is not against the withdrawal tax proposed by Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, but objects to account holders paying it."What I object to is the structure...
A warning was issued yesterday by Senior Puisne Judge Gloria Smith that no further adjournment would be granted to the prosecution in the murder trial of three men and a woman whose case has been on the Home Circuit Court...
