A sense of déjà vu permeated the air yesterday as Marketing Counselors took the top prize once again at The Gleaner's Annual Advertisers' Appreciation and Agency Awards.... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has come out in strong support of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who on Monday was chastised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for allegedly making ill-advised statements regarding the ongoing impasse.... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

HealthSOME $18 million which was earmarked for the purchase of equipment for hospitals will not be disbursed this fiscal year.The second supplementary estimates of expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday, also indicate that another... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Peter Bunting, the minister of national security, says the difference in his approach to tackling the country's crime problem will be in the way his policies are executed."Talk is cheap and anything you can find has been said (before)... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

MORE THAN 5,000 Jamaicans are set to receive short-term employment under the much-touted Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), which yesterday received $4.2-billion worth of fuel to get the vehicle... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

FINANCE MINISTER Dr Peter Phillips has signalled his intention to swing a $21.6-billion axe into the national Budget. By way of a second supplementary estimates of expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

National Security Minister Peter Bunting yesterday sought to quash speculation that Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington is on his way out the door.Bunting, who was speaking during a Jamaica House press conference, insisted Ellington... on 2012 Feb 22 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

WESTERN BUREAU: Following the arrest of 30 people and the seizure of properties in raids across St James last weekend, Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green, head of the Major Investigation Task Force, says the police... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

After more than 40 years struggling with crack cocaine addiction, Clayon Chamberlain is giving God thanks for a second chance. No more do his neighbours refer to him as a crackhead. He is now 'Mr Chamberlain'. And that brings tears to his eyes.... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

MOUNTING PUBLIC pressure and fears that murders might once again surge out of control have forced the administration into action with National Security Minister Peter Bunting set to address a press... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

The Reverend Garnett Roper, president of the Jamaica Theological Seminary and newspaper columnist, has been appointed to head the board of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). A new managing director is also to be... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Danville Walker has scoffed at the cynical reactions of some members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over his decision to end his short stint in representational politics. Walker, who yesterday revealed he had only... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

NORTH WEST St Ann Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell says he supports the call for the establishment of a national insurance pool to fund health care in the public sector.Dr Ken Baugh, the opposition spokesman... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

DIRECTOR OF Elections Orrette Fisher has intimated he is still awaiting a key question from Government about his office's readiness for the local government elections."There is usually some consultation, so I would anticipate that someone will indicate... on 2012 Feb 21 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

WESTERN BUREAU: With Jamaica taking top position as the fastest-growing leisure destination for Canadians, a tour operator out of that country, Sun Wing, is forecasting that by 2013 it will deliver 100,000 visitors... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

NEW YORK (CMC): Hundreds of Jamaican and other Caribbean nationals paid their last respects on Saturday to an unarmed Jamaican youth gunned down by a police officer inside his Bronx, New York, home earlier this month.More than 500 relatives, friends... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

OPPOSITION LEADER Andrew Holness has said the fear of a proposed national health insurance scheme being seen as a new tax should not prevent the proposal from being considered."Suppose we were able to make it not burdensome, suppose we were able to make... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

Internationally acclaimed author and educator, Professor Orlando Patterson, has added his voice to those expressing concern about the level of poverty across Jamaica. Patterson, the honouree at the University of the West Indies' 2012 Commemoration Celebrations.... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

WESTERN BUREAU:With the Government pushing primary care as a means of easing the pressure on and improving the overall delivery of health services in public hospitals, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced ... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss

THE PARLIAMENTARY opposition seems desperate to paint Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as being incapable of answering impromptu questions.... on 2012 Feb 20 by Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories (0 Comments) - read more - - Discuss