We are winning the fight against crime - Phillips
AFTER A decade of record murder rates and runaway crime, National Security Minister Dr. Peter Phillips believes Jamaica's security forces are finally winning the fight against the country's criminals. He says a 25 per cent decline in serious crimes...
Government of Jamaica pays NHT with land - State still $6 billion in arrears
Government has transferred nearly 3,000 acres of land to the National Housing Trust (NHT) as part payment for the $7 billion in unpaid contributions it owed the trust and is seeking to identify more acreage to hand over to clear the debt.
Government ministers to rotate in west
WESTERN BUREAU: Government Ministers are to be rotated to take up duties at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) at Delisser Drive in Montego Bay, St. James on a monthly basis, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced.
Convention centre for Montego Bay ... finally
Montego Bay is poised to get its long-awaited convention centre, once the Chinese Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank signs off on the US$43.75 (J$2.8 billion) construction cost, says Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
New outlets for Jamaican Urban Transport Company (JUTC) Smart Cards
Jamaican Urban Transport Company (JUTC) Smart Card customers can now buy and recharge their cards at eight Jamaica Post outlets throughout the Kingston Metropolitan Area.
Apple Inc recalls batteries
Apple Computer Inc. is recalling 1.8 million batteries used in Macintosh notebooks approximately one week after Dell Inc. announced a similar recall. The batteries, as in the Dell recall, were made by Sony Corp. The United States Consumer Product Safety..
Cop found dead in barracks
With tears of pain filling their eyes, several members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) watched as the lifeless body of one of their colleagues was taken from the barracks of the Bog Walk Police Station, St. Catherine, yesterday morning.
Security tight for Sunday's Go-Kart Extravaganza
Senior Superintendent Rosie McDonald-Barker gave the assurance yesterday that the police will be out in numbers to monitor Sunday's Red Bull Go-Kart Extra-vaganza to be held in New Kingston.
Pepsi boosts Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM)
With three months to go until the end of this year's relatively dormant hurricane season, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) disaster preparedness and disaster relief activities received a...
Bill payment agencies may be sued
The Consumer Advisory Committee on Utilities (CACU) says it is not ruling out taking legal action against bill payment agencies that continue to charge customers who use their services.
People's National Party (PNP) manifesto nearly completed
General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP), Colin Campbell, says work on the party's manifesto is well advanced. Mr. Campbell told The Gleaner yesterday that a special committee, which was appointed to prepare the document...
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