WESTERN BUREAU:Government's plan to gradually reduce the nation's $1 billion import bill is set to get a boost within the next eight weeks as Caribbean Broilers (Jamaica) is set to start reaping its 25-acre red peas...
Two of Jamaica's most celebrated women, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Tessanne Chin, created history yesterday when they were chosen as the 2013 Gleaner Honour Awards Women Of The Year during a gala awards luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston....
Defence lawyer Tom Tavares-Finson yesterday raised concerns at the murder trial of entertainer Vybz Kartel that a computer expert for the defence was detained by the police on Wednesday and items to assist the defence were seized by the police.However,...
The ravaging effects of violent crime ripped into yet another educational institution when gun-toting hoodlums killed a father of seven yesterday before three of his children, sending shockwaves through Tarrant Primary School in St Andrew and the adjoining community....
A policeman from the Cybercrimes Unit said under cross-examination yesterday at the Vybz Kartel murder trial that he could not speak to the integrity of the two compact discs which Detective Sergeant Patrick Linton, the...
Western Bureau:The man the Negril police took into custody yesterday in connection with the death of American tourist Tomas Torres Castillo, who was killed in a jet ski accident on Tuesday, was released without charge after...
On 'The Voice', Tessanne did things nobody else did. Her rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water hit number one on the iTunes charts, and so did her rendition of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing...
In joining the debate on fees and charges levied by commercial banks, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called for Jamaicans to be fair and avoid what he terms "sensationalism and populist tendencies"...
Sagicor Group Jamaica has confirmed it will be acquiring RBC Royal Bank (Jamaica) Limited and RBTT Securities Jamaica Limited from Royal Bank of Canada, subject to regulatory approval.
CHAIRMAN OF the National Housing Trust (NHT) Easton Douglas has rejected claims by Opposition Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw that the institution was having challenges paying its contractors on time.On Tuesday in Parliament, Shaw claimed information...
United Kingdom barrister John McKendrick is urging Jamaican firms which do business in the United Kingdom to put in place adequate procedures now to prevent bribery and other forms of corruption, given Britain's relatively new Bribery Act...
Farmers will now be able to access the weather forecast and environmental information once they have a smartphone.Jeffery Spooner, director at the National Meteorological Service of Jamaica, said the initiative, known as the...
THREE HUNDRED students enrolled at the grade-three level at the DuPont Primary School are now beneficiaries of textbook supplies, through the efforts of the Rescue Package (RPF) Foundation and the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Foundation.At a...
HUNDREDS OF community members on Monday gathered at Thornton Primary School, St Elizabeth, to pay their final respects and show their support for the families of 15-year-olds Ashnell Coke and Desrick Williams...
THE FOUR new Provisional Development Orders recently promulgated by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) on behalf of the Town and Country Planning Authority (TCPA) have addressed many of the challenges faced by residents and commuters...
The Francis Isabella Road in Mount Salem, Montego Bay, which has been refurbished by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of $6.7 million, was officially opened on January 24 by Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing...
Three policemen were taken before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday to face charges in relation to the fatal shooting of Constable Ricardo McKenzie at the Jamaica Police Academy during a training exercise almost a year ago.Charged...
Western Bureau: Tomas Torres Castillo, an American tourist from Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, yesterday when a jet ski slammed into him while he was swimming at the Travellers...
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) announced yesterday it had signed an agreement with Portmore Marina Develop-ment Limited (PMDL) for the sale of the Forum Hotel located in Portmore, St Catherine.The UDC said the deal, inked at a cost of J$350...
Propelled by the steady performance of the Government's Economic Reform Programme that has brought encouraging outcomes to critical benchmarks in 2013, Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service Dr Peter...
Parliamentarians on the Government benches cheered and jeered yesterday as Audley Shaw coolly returned to sit beside Opposition Leader Andrew Holness, the man he challenged for the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) just...
A parliamentary oversight committee is expressing fears that customers of the various banking institutions will remain at the mercy of some financial entities in relation to increased banking fees as the proposed...
WESTERN BUREAU:Senior Superintendent of Police Egbert Parkins, the commanding officer for the St James police, says the three men recently arrested in connection with the 2011 rape of five females in Irwin Point have still not been charged as...
Former head of the Cybercrimes Unit, Detective Sergeant Patrick Linton, yesterday denied making disparaging comments on his Facebook page about Vybz Kartel.Kartel's lawyer, Tom Tavares-Finson, suggested...
Western Bureau:Detective Inspector Linton Bailey yesterday told the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court that while executing a search warrant at the home of a fellow cop, Constable Faye Falconer, last year, he found...
