Genetically engineered fish safe for environment, says FDA
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - Federal health regulators say a genetically engineered salmon that grows twice as fast as the normal is unlikely to harm the environment, clearing the way for the first approval...
View ArticleTwo shot and killed in Norwood
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Two men are dead and another injured after they were attacked in St James on Wednesday.
View ArticleContinental Baking Co, Rainforest fete kids at 'Pickney Sinting'
CHILDREN living in the environs of the Rainforest Distribution Complex on Slipe Road in Kingston were the special guests at a treat staged by Continental Baking Company, producers of the National...
View ArticleCourt reserves ruling in Al Miller appeal
REV Al Miller is to know on February 8 next year whether the Court of Appeal will throw out his gun-related conviction.
View ArticleCays Management Policy coming
A Cays Management Policy is scheduled to be completed in 2013, State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, has disclosed.
View ArticlePHOTOS: A World Party indeed!
ATL staged its World Party in Montego Bay last Saturday, and from all indications it was attended by the who's who in the country. Here are a few highlights.
View ArticleNew fee structure for yachts
THE current customs duty and user fee, environment levy and General Consumption Tax (GCT) on yachts registered in Jamaica are to be replaced with a prescribed annual fee, as per Cabinet approval.
View ArticlePusey/Llewellyn verdict expected in new year
THE Court of Appeal is expected early next year to rule in the appeal brought by Senior Corporate Area Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey against a Judicial Review that overturned her decision against...
View ArticleWill Buju get a new trial?
FOUR witnesses yesterday testified in the evidentiary hearing of imprisoned Grammy-winning reggae artiste Buju Banton in Florida.
View ArticleFinsac debtors demand meeting with Phillips
THE Association of Finsac'd Entrepreneurs (AFE) yesterday appealed to Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips to meet with its members to discuss the future of the Finsac Commission of Enquiry.
View ArticleNew wing, operating theatre open at Tony Thwaites Wing
THE University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Private Wing Limited (Tony Thwaites Wing) officially opened its new wing and operating theatre on November 30, more than doubling the patient beds and...
View ArticleFormer exec takes Caribbean Airlines to court
CARIBBEAN Airlines is now being prosecuted in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court for failure to comply with an Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) ruling to reinstate a former vice-president.
View ArticleHelpAge official says State's social policies leaving seniors behind
WITH the ceiling for pension deductions under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) set to increase come January next year, Jeffrey James, regional director for HelpAge International Caribbean believes...
View ArticleProsecutor calls defence case a side show
SENIOR prosecutor Dirk Harrison yesterday labelled the defence's case "a side show" as he continued his address to jurors in the murder trial of the three policemen charged with the murder of two...
View ArticlePHOTO: Enough is Enough
Allahabad, India — An Indian woman shout slogans during a protest in Allahabad yesterday. Indian officials announced yesterday a broad campaign to protect women in New Delhi following the recent gang...
View ArticleMargaret Thatcher in UK hospital after operation
LONDON, England (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recuperating at an unnamed hospital after an operation to remove a bladder growth, a friend said yesterday.
View ArticleActor Hugh Grant settles hack claim with Murdoch paper
LONDON, England (AP) — Actor Hugh Grant has settled his phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid for a "substantial" but undisclosed sum of money, his lawyer...
View ArticleSenate approves use of computers, smartphones
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Gordon House is finally going fully digital.
View ArticleBearer on $700k fake cheque charge
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A bearer who reportedly succeeded in defrauding a bank of almost $700,000 after depositing more than $500,000 worth of fraudulent cheques was granted bail in the sum of $700,000...
View ArticleMan accused of stealing car from Commissioner’s office remanded
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A man involved in a case surrounding the disappearance of a SUV from the Office of the Police Commissioner is scheduled to return to court on January 10 next year.
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