Fish exodus looms - Climate change could drive away species from Jamaica
Jamaica and other regional countries stand to lose many valuable species of fish because of warmer temperatures in the Caribbean Sea, according to one leading climate-change specialist in the region. Kenrick Leslie, executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in Belmopan...
First-formers most vulnerable to getting hooked on drugs
WHILE THE gender gap between drug abusers in the nation's schools is narrowing, another worrying trend has emerged. The National Council for Drug Abuse (NCDA) reported in the National School Survey 2006 that the age for drug-use initiation is falling, with more than 39 per cent...
Jamaica aiming to tap European tourist market
BERLIN, Germany (CMC): Jamaica has embarked on a new drive to drum up business from Europe's lucrative tourist market. Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett was among government officials, hoteliers, aviation experts and other industry stakeholders who attended the just-concluded ITB Berlin...
Flow injunction extended
Telecommunications firm Flow has been further barred by a Supreme Court order from acquiring the assets or ownership of any other cable television distributor without the approval of the Broadcasting Commission. Justice Roy Anderson last Friday extended the injunction until March 28...
Migratory criminals fuel Clarendon murders - cops
Head of the Clarendon police, Superintendent Radcliffe Lewis, is blaming easy movement across parish borders for the influx of murders in Clarendon. Speaking with The Gleaner on the weekend, the candid cop said rural sections of the parish were now the worst affected....
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