Fire rages at Riverton landfill
MINISTER of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill, is to meet with Minister of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott, regarding a fire that is now raging at...
View ArticlePhillips to head team to Washington, NY
FINANCE Minister Peter Phillips today announced that he will head a team of technocrats on an expedition to Washington DC and New York to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund and...
View ArticleGov't to reform tax waivers
FINANCE minister Peter Phillips today announced that the government is committed to the re examination of the way tax waivers are granted.
View ArticleGas prices go up for the sixth straight week
FOR the sixth straight week motorists will have to pay may for fuel when they go to gas pumps to fill up.
View ArticleTA grants extension for bus men to wear badges
THE Transport Authority (TA) has granted a two-month extension, for public passenger vehicle operators in rural Jamaica to become compliant with the badge requirement.
View ArticleNew discoveries raise Dom Rep migrant toll to 41
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have recovered 20 more bodies of migrants who were aboard a boat that capsized, raising the death toll to 41, officials...
View ArticleStop complaining and get to work, Shaw tells Phillips
OPPOSITION spokesman on finance, Audley Shaw, has called on Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips to "stop complaining and deal decisively and transparently with the issues of underperformance of revenue...
View ArticleDaren Powell to represent PNP in Malvern Division
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — He is new to representatiional politics, but Daren Powell believes his seven years as a West Indies cricketer has given him "a solid base" as he prepares to run on the ruling...
View ArticleMan saves physically challenged woman from fire
FAIRY HILL, Portland — A physically challenged woman was saved by a neighbour yesterday as a fire destroyed a five-apartment house just after midday yesterday in this district, leaving eight people...
View ArticleLet's make computers cheaper and expand ICT training
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Calls for Government to remove General Consumption tax (GCT) and import taxes on computers in order to widen and deepen Internet access for Jamaicans are very familiar.
View Article'Don't prescribe the medicine in one dose'
BUSINESS operator Ena Wong Sang, has urged the Government to consider phasing the proposed application of General Consumption Tax (GCT) on the now exempt and zero-rated items given the potential impact...
View ArticleEwart hailed as nationalist
BUSINESSMAN Barclay Ewart was on Wednesday hailed by the Government and industry leaders as a nationalist who made significant contribution towards nation building.
View ArticleAlleged gang leader seeks bail
ELDON Calvert, the reputed head of the deadly Stone Crusher gang, on Wednesday began his bid for freedom in the Home Circuit Court following his acquittal last week of murder.
View ArticleMarket update
Papine Market manager Lorna Brown tells Government parliamentarians Andre Hylton (3rd left) and Damion Crawford (2nd right) about some of the problems affecting the market and its vendors during a tour...
View ArticleMore jobs for seafarers
Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) Executive Director Dr Fritz Pinnock (right) signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Captain George Kontageorgis, managing director of Aegean Jamaica Limited, for the...
View ArticleEx-GGs among 62 'legends' honoured
FORMER governors general, Sir Howard Cooke, Sir Kenneth Hall and reigning Governor General Sir Patrick Allen were among 62 distinguished Jamaicans dubbed 'Living Legends" who were honoured with Living...
View ArticleUS to give Jamaica non-lethal weapons for cops
THE United States Government has pledged to provide the Ministry of National Security with non-lethal weapons to assist the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in its efforts to reduce the number of...
View ArticleHeavy smoke from city dump triggers emergency response
THICK plumes of smoke covered large sections of the Jamaican capital yesterday as a fire at the Riverton City Landfill raged for a fourth day, posing a health risk to tens of thousands of residents.
View ArticleWilmot Perkins is dead
VETERAN journalist Wilmot ‘Motty’ Perkins died peacefully at his home shortly after 1 o’clock this morning, Power 106 radio reported a short while ago.
View ArticleSmoke from dump not affecting Tinson Pen flights
DESPITE a serious smoke hazard flights are still in operation at the Tinson Pen aerodrome this morning.
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