Montego Bay lotto scammer convicted - Hanover woman gets prison time
WESTERN BUREAU: A Hanover woman became the first person to be convicted for activities connected to the infamous multimillion-dollar MoBay lotto scam yesterday, when the verdict was read in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court...
Increasing attacks on women affecting firms
Increasing attacks on Jamaica's women are driving down productivity in some sectors that depend heavily on female labour.One of the country's leading janitorial service providers, Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited, is reporting that it has been hit by a rise ...
Cooke Street cries for help - Residents say water and roads in terrible condition
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: Milton Miles, councillor for the Savanna-la-Mar division in Westmoreland, will be trying to get the attention of Robert Montague, minister of state for local government in the Office of the Prime Minister, after a revealing walk through Cooke ...
Violence rekindles tensions between Jamaicans, Caymanians
WESTERN BUREAU: Tension is running high among the Jamaican community in Grand Cayman following a series of recent violent incidents, including the murder of a Caymanian woman which has been linked to Jamaicans...
Lee Chin receives honorary doctorate
Michael Lee Chin, chairman of National Commercial Bank (NCB), is imploring graduates of the University of the West Indies (UWI), to persevere, be bold, empathetic, aspire to greatness, become role models and have standards of excellence...
No Waite-and-see! - Senator pushes for 'preferred family' to exclude gay unions
A MEMBER of the Upper House wants a clear definition of the Jamaican family to prevent homosexuals from demanding such recognition.Senator Basil Waite told his colleagues in the Senate on Friday that there were particular groups in Jamaica...
$1 billion more to expand PATH
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ADDITION of 120,000 Jamaicans to a welfare programme will cost the Government $1 billion annually, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said.The rise in beneficiaries will bring the total recipients under the Programme...
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