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May 08 Heroes Park named national Labour Day project for 2012
THE CENTREPIECE of Jamaica's heritage - the National Heroes Park - has been selected as the National Labour Day project for 2012, the year Jamaicans observe the country's golden jubilee celebrations...
May 08 Big Olint handouts
Two prominent local figures last night moved swiftly to either clarify or distance themselves from fresh claims outlined in a court document that they received millions of dollars in donations from convicted Olint boss David Smith...
May 08 Angels of Love grants wishes to sick, dying children
"Our relationship with the children is like a marriage. Once we take them on, we are committed." That's how Philip Liu describes the bond between Angels of Love and critically ill children across Jamaica...
May 08 Court finds Mavado guilty...fined $100,000 or six months in prison
WESTERN BUREAU: Almost a year after he was arrested for assaulting a St James man and his son and damaging their car in an apparent case of road rage, dancehall star David 'Mavado' Brooks was yesterday found guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court....
May 08 The caring crime fighter
Sombre faces and red eyes told the tale. Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) gathered at the May Pen Police Station in Clarendon yesterday, still trying to come to terms with the passing of divisional commander for the parish, Senior Superintendent of Police...
May 08 Man initially convicted in $44m heist case freed
One of the five people who were convicted for the theft of $44 million from a Guardsman armoured truck in January 2010 has been freed because he was convicted of an offence for which he was not charged.Steve Jordine...
May 08 Politicians react to being named on Olint's gift list
Two prominent local figures last night moved swiftly to either clarify or distance themselves from fresh claims outlined in a court document that they received millions of dollars in donations from convicted Olint boss David Smith...
May 08 Cops hit scammers out west - Deportee and 'fake' American arrested
Western Bureau: A deportee and a man the police identified as his brother were arrested and charged for unlawful possession of property and drugs during a police-military operation against...
May 08 JCSC wants tax reform committee to clarify position
The Jamaica Civil Society Coalition (JCSC) yesterday called for the joint select committee on tax reform to clarify its recommendations to Parliament and the time frame for the adjustments in the general consumption tax regime...
Apr 30 No evaluation on LNG bids - Zacca
Christopher Zacca, chairman of the Government's LNG (liquefied natural gas) steering committee, has sought to clarify what he calls misleading information which was published in The Sunday Gleaner yesterday.Zacca said information presented...
Apr 30 Tufton questions ambassadors recall
THE TERMINATION of the tenure of some Jamaican heads of missions before their tour of duty has been completed has Opposition Senator Dr Christopher Tufton seeking answers from the Government....
Apr 30 Dire consequences - Bunting warns of measures to be taken against delinquent motorists
IF YOU have outstanding traffic , which were issued before September 20, 2010, and you fail to take advantage of a soon-to-be-implemented amnesty, the consequences could be dire. National Security Minister Peter Bunting, in closing the debate of the Road Traffic...
Apr 30 Expo Jamaica serves up golden delight
Sixty-five years and still going strong, Expo Jamaica has come a far way in showcasing fine Jamaican products to the rest of the world.Brian Pengelley, president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA), said "We want Jamaicans to know...
Apr 30 Expo Jamaica maintains huge following
With an almost cult-like following, Expo Jamaica has won the heart of hundreds of persons both locally and overseas. Still decked out in her church garb and sipping on a drink of the good old Jamaican rum punch, 56-year-old Lorna Godfrey was one of hundreds...
Apr 30 A beacon of hope for East St Thomas
THE FULFILMENT of the promise of jobs and infrastructure development under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) is eagerly anticipated in sections of East St Thomas.
Member of Parliament Dr Fenton Ferguson has submitted 11 projects...
Apr 30 JFJ seeks to quash Hewitt's promotion
THE JUDICIAL Review Court has reserved its decision in the motion brought by the human-rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) over Senior Superintendent of Police Delroy Hewitt's promotion last year. JFJ is seeking an order to quash...
Apr 30 Nembhard not perturbed by audit
FORMER CHAIRMAN of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Oliver Nembhard, has declared that he is not worried about an audit of the entity that is now under way. Last Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, in a statement to the House of Representatives...
Apr 30 Gov't proposes fine increase for standard, food acts breaches
THE GOVERNMENT is proposing to increase the fine for persons who breach the Standards Act and Processed Food Act.At present, persons found guilty of an offence are liable on conviction to a fine of $500,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a...
Apr 30 Children's rights improving - Clarke
FORMER CHILDREN'S Advocate Mary Clarke said last Thursday that Jamaica has come a far way since Independence as it relates to children's rights,"These are things we must celebrate and recognise pertaining to children...
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