Phillips confident IMF agreement will facilitate growth
FINANCE and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillips is expressing confidence that Jamaica's discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will conclude with the signing of a new agreement that...
View ArticleAirlift secured from several European cities for winter season
TOURISM Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill yesterday announced that Jamaica has secured airlift out of several European cities, including a direct flight from Moscow, Russia, which it is hoped will bring...
View ArticleAnti-drug programme targets vulnerable five, seven-year-olds
THE National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) has launched a $8.5 million project that targets some 500 children between the ages of five and seven who are considered vulnerable to drug use.
View ArticleMontreal first Anglophone mayor in 100 years
MONTREAL, Canada (AP) — The French-speaking city of Montreal elected an Anglophone mayor yesterday for the first time in 100 years, following his predecessor's resignation over allegations of corruption.
View ArticleCongo: 151 rebels killed in clash with army
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two army officers and 151 rebels were killed in a battle in eastern Congo, officials said yesterday, in what the UN called the worst clash between the M23 group and the military...
View ArticleUS terrorist gets life sentence
NEW YORK, USA (AFP) — A US man convicted of being part of a New York trio planning to detonate suicide bombs in the city to avenge the US war in Afghanistan was sentenced to life in prison yesterday.
View ArticleChavez foes hope for 'political prisoner' amnesty
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition leaders are calling on President Hugo Chavez to grant amnesty to the country's self-proclaimed political prisoners.
View ArticlePOHTO: Overcrowded train
New Delhi, India — Indian people hang out from an overcrowded train to travel home for the Chhath Puja festival dedicated to the Sun God, at a railway station yesterday. Migrant workers from Bihar,...
View ArticleTransgender woman wins office in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Adela Hernandez, a biologically male Cuban who has lived as a female since childhood, served two years in prison in the 1980s for "dangerousness" after her own family denounced her...
View ArticleThis Day in History - November 17
Today is November 17, the 322nd day of 2012. There are 44 days left in the year.
View ArticleIslandwide rain expected today
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A trough across Jamaica and the central Caribbean is expected to persist until Monday the Meteorological Office says.
View ArticleSaturday Social - Digicel Media Pad 7 launch
We're back from with more snapshots from the Digicel Group and Huawei Technologies partnership launch of the Huawei Media Pad 7 Lite last Monday on the East Lawns of Devon House.
View ArticleBusinessmen in verbal clash at Marketplace
A verbal confrontation between two prominent Kingston businessmen brought business to a standstill at a section of the Marketplace complex on Constant Spring Road yesterday.
View ArticleSaturday Social - November 17
We're sharing more scenes from last Tuesday's reception held in honour of former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel.
View ArticlePHOTO: 'Fare' deal
Digicel Jamaica Chief Executive Officer Andy Thorbourne raps with passengers in a minibus on Oxford Road in Kingston yesterday. The company, during the launch of its Christmas campaign — Share Smile —...
View ArticlePHOTO: Santa's new wheels
'Santa Claus' shows off his new ride during the launch of the LIME Christmas promotion on Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston, yesterday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
View ArticleCop shot and killed
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A policeman was Friday evening shot dead along Constant Spring Road.
View ArticleTrial of cops resumes Monday
THE jurors in the trial of three policemen charged with the murder of two men abducted from a Corporate Area plaza were yesterday sent home until Monday to facilitate an application by the prosecution...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs lash Gov't, Opposition
BUSINESS owners attending a forum on entrepreneurship in Kingston on Wednesday scolded representatives of the both Government and the Opposition for abandoning the productive sector while facilitating...
View ArticleBills to abolish flogging tabled in Senate
THREE Bills seeking to accommodate Government's intention to abolish flogging for certain criminal offences were yesterday tabled by Minister of Justice Senator Mark Golding in the Senate.
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