GOLDEN BOY - School, family elated at Dexter Lee's 100m world juniors success in Poland
WESTERN BUREAU: BROAD SMILES ruled supreme at the Herbert Morrison High School in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday, as the school family reacted to news that Dexter Lee had won the 100m gold medal at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland...
OCG to probe JUTC contracts
THE OFFICE of the Contractor General (OCG) has launched a probe into several contracts recently awarded by the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). Among the contracts to be examined are a multimillion-dollar deal granted to a security firm...
Sangster's Book Stores to begin home deliveries
COME MONDAY, Sangster's Book Stores will be rolling out its new home-delivery service. Customers will be able to fax a list of the books they want to some Sangster's branches and then have the books delivered right to their front doors.
Up in smoke! - Riverton landfill fire affects businesses, workers sent home
Valuable production time was lost yesterday as some top-end businesses along Spanish Town Road in south St Andrew were forced to send employees home as thick smoke continued to rise from the Riverton City landfill. Sections of the landfill remained under fire up to yesterday afternoon...
National Chest Hospital consultant under probe
The Ministry of Health is now reviewing the contract of a senior medical doctor at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew, following several complaints by other doctors and patients at the institution. Dr Dennis Pyne, a consultant vascular thoracic surgeon who has been registered...
Figueroa retires
Professor Peter Figueroa has retired from the Ministry of Health and Environment after serving for more than 30 years.Figueroa, who was chief of epidemiology and AIDS in the ministry, will be replaced by Dr Kevin Harvey, who served as senior medical...
Judge to rule on 48-day detention
SENIOR RESIDENT Magistrate Glen Brown is to make a ruling today in connection with a man who has been detained at the Half-Way Tree Police Station lock-up for 48 days.The man, who is a security guard, has not been taken before the court since he was...
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