Security beef-up -100 cars, 100 bikes for police, 'go-fast' boats for Coast Guard
THE GOVERNMENT plans to spend $4.4 billion during the next two years improving the capability of the island's security forces, purchasing equipment for them and...
Homeless man set ablaze
WESTERN BUREAU: FOR THE fourth time in a little over a month, a street person in Montego Bay has been set ablaze. This time, the incident is reported to have occurred at a refuge for street people...
Portland Eastern PNP set to hit the tape
THIRTY-TWO CONSTITUENCIES were fixed in the new Constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. Portland was among the 10 parishes that were divided into two constituencies and among six parishes with similarly...
House approves funds for housekeeping
THE HOUSE of Representatives on Wednesday approved the withdrawal of $27.8 billion from the Consolidated Fund to take care of housekeeping and capital expenses until the...
Gov't eyes natural gas programme
JAMAICA IS to seek assistance from Japan and South Korea towards setting up a terminal in Kingston, for the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as part of its fuel...
Today is World Water Day
THE DAY is being celebrated under the theme, "Water for Development" and aims to enforce a message from the United Nation's Atomic Energy Agency that "water is essential to life - not just human life but the life of...
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