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THE PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has thrown its backing behind the Govern-ment's $700-billion Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX). In a message from the PSOJ, it said "this transaction and the fiscal adjustment programme of which it is a part,...

The capacity of the Jamaica Fire Brigade to deal with fires on ships and other marine vessels, and buildings on the waterfront, has been severely reduced, as two of its three fire boats are out of commission. And according to deputy commissioner in charge of operations...

WESTERN BUREAU: Talks are reportedly at an advanced stage between the Jamaica Redevelopment Foundation Inc and the Jamaican Government for the acquisition of lands near Grange Pen in Lilliput, St James, to construct houses for tourism workers."Grange Pen...

The Jamaica Customs Department last week supervised the destruction of two million sticks of cigarettes with a street value of more than $40 millionThis was the latest in a series of efforts by Customs to prohibit the illegal flow of cigarettes...

In an apparent warm-up for tomorrow's parliamentary debate on the proposed debt-exchange programme, a no-nonsense Portia Simpson Miller, leader of the Opposition, yesterday lashed the Government for the economic burden with which pensioners and other groups will be saddled....

ONE WEEK after arriving in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Jamaican aid workers have vowed to go the full nine yards to help in the rebuilding of that country.

Jamaica is set to host the annual Diplomatic Week, which will see high commissioners and ambassadors accredited to Jamaica partaking in a set of weeklong activities, beginning today with a church service at the University of the West Indies Chapel, Mona.

At 40 years old Denise, a single mother of one, deeply appreciates the personal and financial progress she has made over the past 15 years. In 1995, she was working at a statutory organisation as a customer-service agent, earning $2,500 fortnightly, leaving the company in 2002 in a much different position, grossing about $1.2 million annually.

Barack Obama rode to the United States presidency on a wave of disgust with George Bush and the Republican party, with the failures of government that followed Hurricane Katrina, and weariness with the contradictions that filled the nation's ongoing war on terror.

CHAIRMAN OF the Scientific Research Council (SRC) James Moss-Solomon is calling on the private sector to use its financial and creative might to invest in alternative energy sources. This approach, according to Moss-Solomon...

LINSTEAD, St Catherine:More than 100 persons were presented with their land titles, under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), during a ceremony at the Linstead Baptist Church on Thursday.Board Chairman...

THE POLICE are going to be given additional powers to target gangsters as part of increased efforts to disrupt criminal gangs.