Seven kisses for Derrick Smith
Derrick Smith opened his mouth and got the rewards - seven kisses from Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday. Mr. Smith, the Member of Parliament for North West St. Andrew and Jamaica Labour Party deputy leader, said at the symbolic signing of the Political Code of Conduct...
PNP education policy nothing new - Opposition
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has accused the People's National Party (PNP) of being "intellectually dishonest" in announcing it will pay the tuition fees for children at the secondary level whose parents cannot afford to pay. Andrew Holness, Opposition...
'Commit to peace' - Political candidates urged to be true and sincere
WITH NATIONAL elections drawing near, all political aspirants have been told to be sincere in their claims that they are committed to a peaceful election. Pastor Renard White, a member of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), yesterday told Prime Minister Portia...
Repatriation to repair damage - Rastafarians
The Rastafarian movement wants repatriation to be included as part of claims for treatment during slavery,from Britain. The group raised the issue at a specialselect committee on reparation for slavery, which met at Gordon House yesterday....
Emancipation celebrations unveiled
Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Aloun Assamba, has invited Jamaicans 'to pull out all the stops' this year in participating in the celebration of Emancipation and the abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade....
Summer employment programme expanded
The number of participants in this year's National Summer Employment Programme has been increased by 25 per cent.Reverend Adinhair Jones, executive director of the National Youth Service (NYS), told The Gleaner, that "This year's summer programme is part of a proposal...
Former FINSAC employee faces fraud charges
A former employee who is charged with defrauding the government-owned FINSAC of $26 million appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Nicasha Edwards, 27, who was employed to FINSAC as an accounting officer, is accused of committing ...
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