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The Gleaner's Children’s Own Spelling Bee Champion Gifton Wright is now in round six of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.

The Court of Appeal is to this afternoon to begin hearing submissions on the motion by the government challenging the 2 billion compensation bill to the National Transport Cooperative Society

An Ananda alert has been issued for 14 -year-old Kaydia Green of Prospect Close in Manley Meadows, Kingston 2.

A technical working group is to hold another round of talks today to fine tune proposals by tourism players, as they put forward alternatives to the government’s recently announced taxes on the sector.

Former industry minister, Karl Samuda, has declared that Jamaica should make it clear to Trinidad and Tobago that Jamaica will not continue to accept its goods with nothing in return.

"Me bwile up, man" could very well become the next catchphrase in the agriculture sector. This follows the strong audience response to 2012 Kingston and St Andrew Farm Queen Amelia Leveridge's talent presentation during Saturday's contest to select the Corporate Area's representative for the national farm queen competition at the annual Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show set for August 4-6.

TWO YEARS after the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) introduced its Residential Automated Metering (RMI) system as part of measures to control electricity theft, the company said persons have already found ways to tamper with the system.

EDUCATORS AND parents in western Jamaica have said a resounding no to the proposed imposition on printed material tabled in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure by the Government.

The Education ministry says Grade Six Achievement test results will be available online for the first time when they are released within the next three weeks.

Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke is questioning the extent to which the country will benefit from the sale of the government’s sugar assets to Complant International.

The Planning Institute of Jamaica has noted that more people were without a job in January 2012, than for the corresponding period last year.

The Gleaner's Children’s Own Spelling Bee Champion Gifton Wright has further advanced at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC