Q. I would like to apply for a seaman passport. Please advise me of the process, and if I could obtain a form online. If not, is it possible for you to email me a copy? I am presently on a cruise ship and expected to arrive... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: News (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Professor Stephen Vasciannie appears set to replace Audrey Marks as Jamaica's ambassador to Washington. Sandrea Falconer, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for information, said Marks' replacement has been identified. ... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

GOVERNOR GENERAL Sir Patrick Allen has apologised for the media being barred from covering the installation ceremony for Custos of Manchester Sally Porteous at King's House in St Andrew yesterday.... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has decided to abandon 'Jamaica House Live', the monthly radio programme which was introduced by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding. on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Students from 13 schools in Portland, St Mary and St Thomas picked up special wards at the United States (US) Ambassador's Academic Achievement Awards ceremony (AAAA) held at Titchfield High School in Port Antonio, Portland,... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: News (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

The case involving three former executives who are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Appliance Traders Limited (ATL) Group Pension Fund and Gorstew Ltd has been set for trial from March 24 to 26 in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

The shadowy Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) and its equally vague sister 'Jamaica Employ' - two job-creating schemes touted by the Portia Simpson Miller-led government - are expected to be fleshed out when Cabinet goes into retreat starting this afternoon.... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

The second phase of The 'Daegu to London' coverage has commenced with the launch of 'The Journey of Champions - 50 years of Jamaican Athletic Excellence', an archival exhibition that captures the history of Jamaica's participation at the Olympics.... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, Glenhope Place of Safety, and Musgrave Children's Home are three government-run institutions where fire has ravaged buildings and, in the case of Armadale, taken the lives of seven children entrusted to the care of the State.... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Veteran communications specialist Lincoln Robinson is the new press chief to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.Robinson, the chairman of Interlinc Communications, was ushered... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Lowly lives again 1.Some are now saying it's a case of from shad to caviar and back... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: News (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Thirty-seven young men from eight inner-city communities, including Denham Town, Rockfort and Olympic Gardens, were beneficiaries of a recent three-week residential camp at the Eltham Training Centre in St Ann, under the... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: News (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

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"He was one of the nicest bosses you could have.He was a nice person before he was a nice boss," said Gary Wallace, business manager for Leder Mode, as he remembered prominent Jamaican businessman Alexander Barclay Ewart yesterday... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Five months ago, Gifton Wright made a declaration which he reaffirmed many times after."I will win...I'm gonna win," the 13-year-old Kingston College student said shortly after winning the Kingston parish final of the 2011 Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee... on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

FLORIDA, USA (AP) — A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says. on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Observer (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

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SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting says he will be looking to develop the necessary policy on the use of non-lethal weapons for the security forces. on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Observer (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

THE Portia Simpson Miller-led Government is expected to provide specifics, at the end of a two-day Cabinet retreat which begins today at Jamaica House, how the much-touted Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) will be rolled out. on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Observer (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

KING'S House yesterday apologised for an embarrassing episode in which the media was barred from the swearing-in ceremony for Sally Porteous as custos of Manchester, saying the situation was the result of a "breakdown in communication". on 2012 Feb 02 by Jamaica Observer (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss