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The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that it has commenced the multimillion-dollar lighting component of works along the road from Harbour View, St Andrew to Yallahs in Thomas under the highway project. The 17-kilometre stretch, which forms...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness has urged controversial Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament, George Wright, to be “an excellent husband” as she congratulated him on his recent marriage. While introducing...
The ex-girlfriend of Gregory Roberts, the man being tried for the 2017 murder of schoolgirl Shineka Gray, today testified that he sent her a text message containing the word sacrifice. The woman told the St James Circuit Court that the message was...
The case of two policemen charged for a fatal shooting which occurred over 15 years ago continues to face delays. When the matter against Sergeant Gurvin Leachman and Constable Dane Lawson was called up in the St Catherine ...
Petrojam Limited says it has instituted several measures to get its workers to file their statutory declarations. The state agency says each of its 255 employees has an individual responsibility to file his or her declaration. This comes amid a...
Teams from the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) have, so far, counted more than 3,600 vessels from 110 fishing beaches on the island. Data collected comes through the ongoing Vessel Census, which aims to count all fishing vessels islandwide....
Residents of Mocho and surrounding communities in Clarendon are to benefit from the establishment of a modern police station. The facility will increase the safety and security of citizens, while improving the work conditions of Jamaica...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Circuit Court has set January 19, 2024 as the next hearing date for the trial of Jason Rose, the St James-based pastor accused of raping a teenage girl in 2021, and his two co-defendants, in order for the authorities to...
On Monday, November 20, the debate community was treated to the grand final of the inaugural #WeareaBigDeal Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) High Schools’ Debate Competition. The Montego Bay High School for Girls staved off all opposition...
Diaspora organisation, the Jamaica Progressive League is facing an uphill struggle to survive as it has failed to attract new members and is unable, at times, to carry out its business. Sadi Campbell, president of the League, has acknowledged that...
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland KC, will lead the Commonwealth delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai to call for accelerated action on the climate crisis in light of intensifying threats to...
PARENTS ARE being encouraged to play a more active role in educating adolescents about their bodies, sex and their sexual and reproductive health. The call comes from senior lecturer and head of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at...
BLAISE, A Frenchman living and working in Germany, has heard so much about Jamaica that he thinks he now knows the entire country. Hearsay knowledge was not enough for him, however, so the plein-air artiste recently came to the country as a tourist...
New York-based Espoir Foundation, which runs a number of after-school projects in the United States (US) as well as several other countries, including Haiti, is to launch an after school programme in Rose Town, St Andrew, in conjunction with the...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Tuesday began a four day trade mission to Antigua and Barbuda. TTMA chief executive officer, Dr Mahindra Ramdeen, is heading the mission that includes 14 companies...
An American businessman, who allegedly purchased five of the weapons that were discovered in a massive gun find in a warehouse at the wharf in Kingston in March last year, has been offered bail in the sum of $500,000. The 32-year-old defendant,...
