Lisa saga continues - Mixed reactions to candidacy of former Miss World
In an effort to quell the growing resistance to the candidacy of former Miss World Lisa Hanna in South East St. Ann, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday dispatched a high-level team of People's National Party (PNP) officials to meet....
GSAT students relocated
The Ministry of Education and Youth has reassigned 250 GSAT students who were to be placed in a school that was to be located in Dunbeholden, St. Catherine, to other schools in Portmore. According to the ministry, the plan for the school has been put on hold based on advice...
Solid Waste still paying Greene
Despite emphatic claims that executive director Errol Greene was dismissed from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), he is still being paid his salary. Dean Peart, the minister of Local Government and Environment, had said that Mr. Greene was fired. ...
Cousins should only kiss
After reading in The Gleaner that Government will still allow cousins to marry, Silver Pen award winner for March, Dr. Byron Wilson, was moved to write to this newspaper. A lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences, at the University of the West Indies, Mona...
Opposition wants Agricuture Ministry in Jamaica beefed up
The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party has joined the Beef and Dairy Producers Association of Jamaica (BADPAJ) in accusing Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke of damaging the local beef industry by allowing the importation of duty-free beef.
Cricket World Cup 2007 items on auction
Following Jamaica's failure to gain the expected lavish benefits promised by playing co-host for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, furniture and equipment valuing millions of dollars used at Sabina Park, the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium and in the Local Organising Committee's office ...
Christians clear the air on clean-up
Kingston and St. Andrew and several other parishes continue to benefit from a clean-up campaign courtesy of volunteers attached to HOPE 2007 Partners. Yesterday HOPE highlighted its accomplishments at a media briefing at the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS).
New player acquires cellular licence in Jamaica
The Government will by month-end rake in little more than $500 million from the sale of a new cellular licence to a local company. Solutrea Jamaica Limited, formerly Biscom, was granted the new mobile licence effective June 1, after an extensive due diligence ...
Cop's robbery trial for August
The trial of 37-year-old police constable Horace Roberts and two civilians charged in connection with a series of robberies involving returning residents will continue on August 7.The trial was set to continue on Monday in the Gun Court but was put off...
Power failures highlight Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) shortfall
Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers suffered power cuts across the island yesterday as the utility company struggled to make up for a shortfall in its generating capacity. One of JPS's larger generators was out for planned maintenance...
Veteran photographer Charles Kinkead dies
Veteran news photographer Charles Kinkead, O.D., has died in Florida where he had lived in retirement since the late 1980s. He was 93. Mr. Kinkead died in hospital last week Friday after suffering a stroke and falling at his home in Pembroke Pines.
Man to face housebreaking, larceny charges
A man who was remanded on March 28 until January 9 next year, is to face trial on charges of housebreaking and larceny and has been granted bail by the Supreme Court. He is 39-year-old labourer Derrick McLean, of Bloomfield Street, Mandeville, Manchester.
Post Corp has new stamp collection
Are you interested in the collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials? whether new or old? The Jamaica Postal Corporation has added a new design and product to the face of its stamp collection.The stamp was displayed at its stamp collection....
Businessman gets life for teen's murder
St. Andrew businessman, 33-year-old Steven Grant, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 17-year-old Dunoon Technical High School student Kymani Bailey. Justice Paulette Williams ordered yesterday that Grant must serve 17 years before he can be eligible for parole.
Stricter rules looming for bottled water
Stringent measures are coming for manufacturers of bottled water and providers of public drinking water. This, as the Ministry of Health will, by year end, introduce regulations for drinking water. "We are concerned about raw and bottled water...
Manchester 'closed to crime'
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: The Manchester Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the Ministry of National Security, the business community and other organisations on Wednesday, launched...
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