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Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 6:45 PM

The police say the men were listed as persons of interest after attempts to contact them proved futile.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 6:39 PM

The CCN says the three men are required to report to police personnel at the Constant Spring Police Station by 2 o’clock on Monday.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 5:43 PM

Dancehall artiste Busy Signal has released a statement declaring that he has never admitted to being involved in drug running.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:28 PM

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed sadness at the passing of Olympian, Keith Gardener.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:12 PM

The police in St Catherine are now searching for a man who opened fire at a police team that was on patrol in the parish yesterday.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:10 PM

The curfews cover the divisions of Kingston Eastern, St Andrew North, St Andrew Central, St Catherine North and South, St James, Westmoreland and Hanover.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:06 PM

Jamaica is once again on track to record less than 300 road fatalities in a single calendar year.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 9:20 AM

Four men charged with the theft of 20 bags of oranges were sentenced in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 9:00 AM

Minister of Foreign Affairs A.J. Nicholson has announced the appointment of Ann Scott as the new High Commissioner to Nigeria.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 8:56 AM

Transport Minister, Dr Omar Davies says phase 1 of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme, which is in its final stages, has been reasonably successful.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 8:51 AM

Three of the country’s main private sector lobby groups have embraced Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips’ Budget presentation as an encouraging step in the right direction.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

DESPITE DECLARING in its election manifesto that it would "remove the general consumption tax (GCT) on electricity charges to ease the burden caused by electricity bills," finance minister Dr Peter Phillips is insisting the People's National Party (PNP) has delivered on its commitment to Jamaicans.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

HAVING ANNOUNCED his Government's intention to impose general consumption tax (GCT) on printed materials including school books, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips says measures are being developed to militate against the impact of the tax on schoolchildren.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

CAREER DIPLOMAT Ann Scott has been appointed Jamaica's new high commissioner to Nigeria. A.J. Nicholson, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade who announced the appointment yesterday, said Scott will replace Robert Miller who was posted to Abuja, Nigeria, in 2008.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

A 24-year-old Canadian man is in federal custody for rushing towards the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after the plane landed in Miami.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

AS NATIONAL security minister, it's probably not every day you have fun. But there was no doubt Peter Bunting was over the moon on Friday to be a passenger in an CF-18 Hornet, a jet similar to the one that wowed the crowd at the waterfront on Labour Day.

Published:Saturday | May 26, 2012 | 12:00 AM

HERMAN REID, head coach of Portland, said that the parish-based athletes were better prepared mentally and physically than their competitors, which enabled them to successfully defend their title in the recently concluded Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)/Sagicor National Athletics Championships.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 3:47 PM

A male passenger who had to be subdued by the crewmembers aboard an American Airlines flight from Montego Bay to Miami this morning appeared to be "disoriented", says the airline spokesman Dori Lopez.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 2:18 PM

Broadcaster Wayne Whyte and labourer, Safari Farr, were today remanded when they reappeared in the Gun Court in connection with the shooting of media personality Jody-Ann Gray.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 2:11 PM

The 24-year-old Christiana man who has been charged with assaulting two Chinese workers on the Christiana Bypass Construction project in Manchester has been granted bail in the sum of $100,000

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 1:56 PM

Thirty- six-year-old customs officer Sophia Simms has been fined a total of $1 million for illicit enrichment and making false declarations.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 12:50 PM

sain Bolt powered from a slow start in the 100 metre race in Ostrava Golden Spike a short while ago to run 10.04 to claim the race.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 11:38 AM

The Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips says the Government is working on an arrangement with the Education Ministry so that students do not have to pay the impending 16.5 per cent GCT on text books

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 9:53 AM

Today is the final day for applications for tertiary education funding from the Students’ Loan Bureau.

Published:Friday | May 25, 2012 | 9:50 AM

Broadcaster Wayne Whyte and Safari Farr are to return to the Gun Court today in connection with the shooting of media personality Jody-Ann Gray.

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