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Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) are to officially confirm two of their marquee new candidates tomorrow.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) yesterday indicated that it would be turning over information in its possession about the admitted breaches of the scrap-metal ban by the Customs Department to the contractor general's office.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

A MOVEMENT which started out with Jamaicans reminiscing one evening in Florida, United States, is now bearing fruit in Highgate, St Mary, where the group is making a positive change in the lives of residents and the town.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

JUNCTION, St Elizabeth:TAXI OPERATORS in Junction, St Elizabeth, are calling on the authorities to build a suitable taxi stand in the rapidly growing town.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:With repeated success with their literacy and numeracy programme at Santa Cruz Preparatory in St Elizabeth, principal Robert Stubbs is urging the Government to explore...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:An avid reader, former dexterity driver, and budding photographer, Sheldon Falconer, also known as DJ Dutch, is about developing himself as a brand through music.He is the website and social-media coordinator...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MORELAND HILL, Westmoreland:The Locke family, formerly of Moreland Hill, Westmoreland, which relocated to Delve, was gifted with care packages by the Rotaract Club of...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MONTEGO BAY, St James:Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be in Montego Bay on Sunday for a second consecutive weekend to address the joint conference of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) North West and...

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Epileptic seizures, also known as fits, have always generated a great deal of curiosity, mystery, and myths in almost all cultures, no less so in ours.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

FARMING IS the lifeline of the community of Junction. An integral business connected to the livelihood of the people of Junction is the Junction Farm Store, which has been operating in the town for more than 28 years.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

JUNCTION, St Elizabeth:THE MOBILE phone and Internet explosions have combined to send postal services the world over into a tailspin.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

JUNCTION, St Elizabeth: FROM WEDNESDAY to Saturday, Tony may be found at his stall, located beside Kinkaid's Plaza in Southfield Square in St Elizabeth, selling papayas, pineapples, sugar cane, coconut jelly, and oranges.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MONTEGO BAY, St James:Montego Bay's Sunday night entertainment will get a boost this weekend with the staging of The Return of Appleton Icebreaker Sundayz.

Published:Saturday | November 5, 2011 | 12:00 AM

With Sharon Hay-Webster indicating she intends to resign as member of Parliament for South Central St Catherine, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he does not intend to call a by-election to fill the vacancy created by her departure.

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU: MINIMAL REVENUE and significant management costs were among the options considered by RBC Royal Bank and National Commercial Bank in making the decision to close ...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PROFESSOR HOPETON Dunn has been reappointed chairman of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) for another five-year term.According to a release from the Broadcasting Commission, Dunn's appointment took effect on November 1....

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

"COME HOME, Lisa, come home," beckoned Government Member of Parliament James Robertson to Opposition member Lisa Hanna.Hanna, who had stood with her then husband David Panton in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) affiliate...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

RAINFORD 'PERRY' Bloomfield of the class of 1988 was elected president of Kingston College Old Boys' Association (KCOBA) USA Inc, (NY) recently.He succeeds Robert A.

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Students islandwide sitting their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) principles of accounts and principles of business subjects in June 2012 will have their examination fees paid for in full by the National Commercial Bank (NCB)...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PRICEY POWER has been plaguing the productive sector. The cost of electricity is sky high and everyone's feeling the pinch. Consistently high electricity bills have triggered bitter complaints and howls of protest among consumers, both commercial and residential. ...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PERSONNEL FROM the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), representing the next generation of the institution, have vowed to be uncompromising in their quest to change the image of the force. Sergeant Alton Cardoza...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Lawyers for popular Jamaican entertainer Vybz Kartel last night downplayed surprising new claims by police investigators that they have audio and video...

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has appealed to Jamaicans to rid themselves of the traditional cultural practices that he says have held the country back from becoming a modern nation and kept its people poor....

Published:Friday | November 4, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WESTERN BUREAU:From being told they cannot read and will just have to pass through the education system to now being fully literate, students at Rose-Heart Preparatory School in Montego Bay, St James, are getting a new lease on...

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