Gleaner Editors' Forum: 'We have the tape' - Nurses holding Shaw to salary promise
Members of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) are insisting that they will hold the new Finance Minister, Audley Shaw, to a promise to substantially increase their pay, in short order, saying they have this promise on tape and will be seeking early delivery on the commitment....
8-y-o saves friend from drowning
At eight years old, Don-Christopher Barnes may not have changed all his baby teeth as yet, but he has already saved a life. Revered as a 'hero' by the Stella Maris School community and his entire family for his courageous deed of rescuing his friend from a swimming pool...
'A caan believe' - Family mourns relatives who died in fatal crash
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: Dorothy Johnson wept openly as she did not know saying goodbye to her sister at her nephew's funeral would have been the last time she would see her alive. Now, she will have to prepare for the burial of her sister, who did not make it home....
Smith to speak on Woolmer findings
Minister of National Security Derrick Smith is expected to make a statement regarding the findings of Justice Ian Forte's administrative review of the investigation into the death of Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer. Justice Forte, a former High Court judge...
Six more Gov't senators named
The sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate will resume tomorrow with the swearing-in of persons appointed to sit in the Upper House, while the Lower House will carry out a similar exercise by swearing in Members of Parliament....
No injunction against Crown - PNP
Lawyers representing People's National Party candidate Harry Douglas took a legal point yesterday that Jamaica Labour Party candidate Tarn Peralto could not get an injunction against the Crown. Peralto, who was declared the winner, is seeking to bar Director of Elections...
Cement cess to be reduced -
Move to stimulate more imports
The Port Authority of Jamaica has accepted a Cabinet proposal to reduce the US$5 cess on imported cement, clearing the way for players in the industry to import 60,000 tonnes of the product to ease the current shortage affecting the construction sector....
East Hanover seat in limbo
The re-examination of the magisterial recount for the Eastern Hanover constituency has been halted following an order granted late yesterday afternoon by a Court of Appeal judge.The stay was granted to allow a judge to have a full hearing today to determine ...
Holness mute on cost-sharing money
Education Minister Andrew Holness yesterday dodged saying where the money would come from to finance the abolition of cost sharing in the nation's secondary schools, despite the Prime Minister's pronouncement last week that the nation would have known by Monday....
JLP senator stresses quality workforce
Ten years ago, Warren Newby was a teenager mapping his career path. However, on Thursday, the newly-installed Senator told some 200 students of the importance of being skilled and productive in an increasingly competitive workforce.
Smith speaks out at cop's funeral
St. Catherine: Minister of National Security Derrick Smith says that under his tenure, persons who kill policemen and other public servants will be paying fully for their actions. He said these persons show no regard for life. The National Security Minister was speaking..
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