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Absence of community projects could hamper crime fight in Trelawny
The Trelawny police believe the absence of social-intervention programmes in troubled communities could render crime-fighting efforts meaningless. Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum in the parish last Thursday, Detective Sergeant Keeble Simmonds said projects...
Understanding the breathalyser test
What is the legal alcohol limit? - The legal alcohol limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, or a blood alcohol level of 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. Control the amount of alcohol in your blood by controlling the amount...
Forstmayr backs local agri sector
WESTERN BUREAU: Adding their voices to the national call to 'eat what we grow and grow what we eat' are tourism stakeholders and chefs, who stressed the importance of self-sufficiency, especially as food security has taken prominence in a year...
Dabdoub vs Vaz - Citizenship duel nears end
A DECISION is to be handed down early next year in the dual-citizenship case which People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub has brought against West Portland Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz. President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Seymour Panton, and Justices...
Introduction to Istanbul (Part 2)
The sadness of autumn when one recognises the earth will recall you at an end you'll never know. It's raining in Istanbul heavily. Thick fog shrouds the Ataturk Bridge over the Bosphorus straits, rain so heavy, fog so thick that the Eurasia Marathon, October 26, 2008...
JMA backs rescue plan - Dollar skid worries Wisynco
The Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) said it supports the multibillion-dollar rescue plan, announced by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, to boost the production sector.Golding on Sunday revealed a raft of measures aimed at limiting ripple effects...
Equipment woes hobble Spanish Town dialysis centre
As part of efforts to speed up access to kidney-dialysis services at the Spanish Town Hospital, the Ministry of Health and the Environment has recruited a United States company to examine and correct problems identified in the water...
'St Bess' council swears in municipal police
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: The first set of municipal police for St Elizabeth was sworn in last Thursday and will take up duties in the main commercial centres and bus parks in the parish.At the installation ceremony for the nine officers held ...
A schism looms in the ranks of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) as some guidance counsellors are fuming over a salary reclassification exercise which they say will decrease their compensation. Teachers in the public sector had their salaries...
Tourism uptick - December arrivals soar 15% - Bartlett
WESTERN BUREAU: A double-digit percentage increase in December tourist arrivals has bolstered hopes that the industry will weather the shocks of a global economic recession, despite earlier fears that reduced travel would send the sector into free...
Jewellery sales fail to sparkle
Despite Bank of Jamaica projections that up to $50 billion will be in circulation in the lead-up to Christmas, jewellery merchants are not expected to woo many holiday shoppers."Right now, that (jewellery) not even important," said Keisha, who preferred...
Alcoa gives millions to charities
MAY PEN, CLARENDON: The Alcoa foundation through Jamalco in Clarendon has given grants of over US$200,000 (J$15.9 million) to numerous charity organisations this year.To cement the gifts, a presentation, which included letters of commitment ...
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