Kingston City Run donates $2 million to charities
Kingston City Run last week handed over a total of $2.125 million to five charities from proceeds of its recently held run/walk. Here, Kingston City Run chair Nicola Madden-Greig (centre), along with...
View ArticleHealth ministry to procure radiation treatment machines
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The Ministry of Health will be acquiring two state-of-the-art linear accelerators, which will eliminate the cost of radiation treatment for some types of breast cancer.
View Article19-day wait for death certificate from KPH
AFTER a desperate 19-day wait, the children of 71-year-old Kenneth Salmon are finally able to make preparations to bury him.
View ArticlePM calls in mayors
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) appears to be getting its teams ready for local government elections.
View ArticleJudge rules no consent given, but upholds no-case submission
SENIOR Resident Magistrate Lorna Shelly-Williams yesterday upheld no-case submissions against three former ATL executives charged with fraud, but found that they had no consent to distribute $1.7...
View ArticleIt’s important to answer all questions truthfully
Question: I was arrested when I was very young but the charges were dropped. Question 38 of the visa application form asks if I have ever been arrested or convicted of any offence or crime. Do I have...
View ArticleDonnie McClurkin donates $60m in medical supplies to Ja
The public health sector received a gift of medical supplies valued at more than $60 million from well-known American gospel singer Donnie McClurkin Monday afternoon.
View ArticleJPS steps up anti-theft its campaign against businesses
ONE business operator was arrested in Kingston Monday as the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) intensifies its efforts to reduce electricity theft among businesses.
View ArticleBig pitch for 'mobile money' at IDB microfinance confab
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — A strong case is being made for Jamaica to fully embrace mobile money — a business model that is transforming the lives and the financial landscape in countries like Kenya and...
View ArticlePrimary schools to lead climate change discussion on World Environment Day
PRIMARY school students in the parish of Westmoreland will today have their say on whether protection of the famous Negril coast should solely be Government's responsibility when they face off in a...
View ArticleAlleged killer of senior citizen pleads self-defence
A driver who reportedly stabbed a senior citizen to death, while claiming self-defence, is scheduled to return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on July 7.
View ArticlePAHO urges Caribbean to raise tobacco taxes to save lives
WASHINGTON, United States, CMC — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is calling on Caribbean countries to raise taxes on tobacco to encourage users to stop and to prevent other people from...
View ArticleMike Henry raps banks’ money transfer services
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition MP, Mike Henry (Central Clarendon), has questioned the withholding of foreign cheques and bank drafts by commercial banks for more than 21 days, before they are cleared.
View ArticleGunman kills 3 Canadian cops, manhunt on
MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) -- A manhunt for a gunman suspected of killing three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounding two others passed the 12-hour mark, with a large section of the...
View ArticleWorld Environment Day: Play your part to help, Pickersgill urges
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- On the observance of World Environment Day today, June 5, environment minister Robert Pickersgill is encouraging Jamaicans, from the man on the street to private sector entities,...
View ArticleTwo Westmoreland men electrocuted while picking breadfruits
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – Two men were electrocuted in Westmoreland Wednesday in separate incidents after sticks they were using to pick breadfruits became entangled in Jamaica Public Service (JPS) high...
View Article50-y-o St Catherine woman hit by motorcar, dies
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Fifty-year-old Audre Binns died after being hit by a motorcar Wednesday morning along Cyprus Boulevard in Keystone, St Catherine.
View ArticleUS Navy veteran struggling after deportation to Jamaica
BOHEMIA, Jamaica (AP) — Howard Bailey joined the US Navy straight out of high school in Brooklyn figuring he would see the world. He didn't expect to end up back in his native Jamaica, raising pigs and...
View Article‘Babsy’ Grange calls for decriminalisation of small amounts of ganja
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Opposition spokesperson on Youth, Culture and Entertainment, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, is calling on Government to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana and erase...
View ArticleJSIF to hand over $98-m community centre in Bucknor, Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon – A newly-built community centre, costing just over J$98 million, will be handed over by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to residents of the Bucknor and Rectory Lands...
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