OUR to issue RFP for renewable energy plants
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell says that next week, investors in renewable energy projects will be able to bid for up to 115MW of electricity...
View ArticleRapist to know fate Monday
THE sentencing of a St Andrew man who pleaded guilty to raping a young woman two years ago has been postponed until next Monday.
View ArticleGuard shot dead at Riverton
A security guard assigned to the city's dump at Riverton in St Andrew was yesterday shot and killed by a gunman.
View ArticleSaturday Social: The Final Saga
RYDE Entertainment brought out ‘Twihards’ in their numbers last Tuesday at Odeon Cineplex in Mandeville, for the fund-raising premiere viewing of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2. In-between sips of...
View ArticleMPs could face penalties when farm workers 'run off'
MEMBERS of Parliament could soon find themselves hit with sanctions when persons who they recommend for the overseas work programme take a leave of absence without notice or "run off" when they land in...
View ArticleAwards banquet for St Elizabeth's best
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth — An awards banquet to honour more than 50 people who have made outstanding contributions to St Elizabeth and the wider Jamaica will this evening be hosted by the St Elizabeth...
View ArticlePATH awards scholarships to 17 tertiary students
A total of $16.5 million will be disbursed to 17 tertiary students, under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), over a three-year period, having excelled academically at the...
View ArticleBreak for Buju - Artiste granted evidentiary hearing by Florida court
IMPRISONED reggae artiste Buju Banton has been granted an evidentiary hearing by United States Magistrate James Moody.
View ArticleJustice minister promises more tools to fight lottery scam
MINISTER of Justice Senator Mark Golding says he is expecting the first draft of a bill to deal with lottery scammers by month end.
View ArticlePioneer preacher passes
REVEREND Dr Hyacinth Boothe, one of the first female Methodist ministers ordained in the Caribbean 37 years ago, was hailed as a pioneer for female Caribbean church ministers.
View ArticlePHOTO: Break the Silence, End the Violence
Members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God on Hagley Park Road yesterday marched from the church to Half-Way-Tree where they staged a peaceful protest against abuse against women. They...
View ArticlePHOTO: Showing off good health
Seventy-seven-year-old Joyce Bolton enjoys a dance with Maximillan Campbell, Group Human Resources Manager at Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) during a Wellness Health Fair hosted by JNBS at...
View ArticlePHOTO: Logging tragedy
NORWICH, Portland — Derrick McKenzie, a 54-year-old woodcutter of Prospect Land Settlement in Port Antonio, was killed when a tree fell on of him as he worked in a wooded area.
View ArticleEurope mulls banning 'boxes' for abandoned babies
BERLIN (AP) — German pastor Gabriele Stangl says she will never forget the harrowing confession she heard in 1999. A woman said she had been brutally raped, got pregnant and had a baby. Then she killed...
View ArticleGuyana authorities clamp down on loud music on mini buses
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it will clamp down on loud music on mini buses after a newspaper reported that drivers were not prepared to adhere to the laws “without a fight”.
View ArticleANANDA ALERT! Dakota Stewart missing
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Dakota Stewart of Woodland Circle, Red Hills, St Andrew, has been missing from home since Friday, November 23.
View ArticleKilling of pig lands men in RM court
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court erupted in laughter Friday when a father and son appeared for killing a pregnant pig.
View ArticleUS Powerball jackpot at record $425m
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials say nobody has won the Powerball jackpot and the top prize will now increase to about $425 million for the next drawing, the largest jackpot ever for the game.
View ArticleYoung Aussies take netball series 2-0
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's Under-21 netballers suffered their second defeat in as many games at the hands of their Australian counterparts at the National Arena Saturday going down 51-25, and losing...
View ArticleWindies defeat Bangladesh 2-0
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Marlon Samuels received the man-of-the-match award as the Windies defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets at Khulna in the second and final Test, taking the series 2-0.
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