Minister Clarke to focus on Food Safety Act
MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke says ensuring that exporters meet the requirements of the Food Safety Modernisation Act will be one of his immediate priorities.
View ArticleGuyana report says crashed jet overshot runway
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A preliminary report by Guyana’s government says a Caribbean Airlines jet that crashed in July touched down too late and ran off the runway while landing at the South American...
View ArticleNew thrust to position Jamaica internationally
MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A J Nicholson says the main area of focus as he embarks on his new role will be to restore Jamaica to its ‘rightful place’ within the...
View ArticleCuban light bulb trial to resume Jan 31
FORMER junior energy minister Kern Spencer and his former personal assistant Coleen Wright are to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on January 31 in the Cuban light bulb case.
View ArticleLabour ministry says no truth to Braco recruitment ad
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Security has denied reports of job recruitment at the Braco Resort, Trelawny, later this month.
View ArticleRemittance of payroll deductions for Dec extended to Jan 16
THE Tax Administration Department yesterday extended until next Monday, January 16, the deadline for submission of last December’s remittance of payroll deductions.
View ArticleHanna meets with CPTC execs
Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna (right) listens keenly as Robert Martin (left), permanent secretary in the ministry, makes a point during a meeting to discuss her vision for the Creative...
View ArticleSeaton awarded $5m in libel suit against Sunday Herald
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday awarded $5 million in damages to businessman YP Seaton in a libel suit he brought against New Generation Publishers Limited, the owners and publishers of the Sunday...
View ArticleHolness to name Opposition senators, spokespersons next week
OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness is to announce the names of Opposition members of the Senate and spokespersons early next week.
View ArticleStreet Scenes - January 13
1. A policeman directs morning traffic at the intersection of Molynes Road and Washington Boulevard in St Andrew. (Photos: Bryan Cummings)
View ArticlePriest with gambling habit facing prison in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, USA (AP) — A defense lawyer is seeking probation and prosecutors are seeking almost three years in federal prison for a Roman Catholic priest who admits siphoning $650,000 from his...
View ArticleBuzz around Beyonce as fly named in diva's honour
Just days after the singer and actress gave birth to a baby girl, Australian scientists said Friday they had named a rare horse fly from far northern Queensland in her honour because of its impressive...
View ArticleTwo charged for murder at JLP meeting
TWO men have been charged by detectives in Westmoreland for the December 27 murder of a man and injury of three others during a Jamaica Labour Party rally in Savanna la Mar.
View ArticleMore men being tested for HIV
MINISTRY of health officials are reporting an increase in the number of males coming in for HIV/ sexually transmitted infection testing in their mobile units.
View ArticleKartel fashion designer gets bail
CALVIN Haye, the fashion designer who was charged along with deejay Vybz Kartel, was granted bail in the sum of $1 million in the Home Circuit Court today.
View Article'It's like somebody has torn my heart out of my chest'
SCARLETT HALL, St Ann — Residents of the usually quiet community of Scarlett Hall in Runaway Bay, St Ann, were yesterday still trying to come to grips with the brutal murder of seven-year-old Delano...
View ArticleI was not fired — Mike Henry
MIKE Henry insisted yesterday that he was not fired by former Prime Minister Andrew Holness, but that he resigned from the Cabinet of his own volition because he was the minister with responsibility...
View ArticleA 'TEMP' to help engineers, technicians
PROJECT and Maintenance Management company TEMPS Solutions will this Thursday host a predictive maintenance seminar for engineers and technicians in major industries that have critical equipment to...
View ArticleLloyd B to be named deputy speaker
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Prominent Montego Bay businessman and Member of Parliament for the newly created Central St James constituency, Lloyd B Smith, will be appointed deputy speaker of the House of...
View ArticleJLP councillor dies
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — Fitz Albert Christie, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Ulster Spring division of the Trelawny Parish Council, is dead.
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