Rain pain to wane - Flood warning lifted - St Thomas hardest hit
Near normal weather conditions are expected to return to the rain-soaked island today following the lifting of a flash-flood warning yesterday by the Meteorological Service. According to the Met Service, the combination of weather features which produced prolonged heavy rainfall...
Anti-crime policies get prime time
Analysts attached to the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) have agreed with the People's National Party's (PNP) identification of organised crime as the root of the country's rising murder rate in its recently launched manifesto....
Cracking down on crime
Jamaica does not have a major crime problem. This, some might say, ridiculous statement is actually true. Then again, it obviously is not. While our rates of burglary, fraud, or public mischief are not particularly alarming, where Jamaica continues, and embarrassingly so...
'Build your legacy now' -Lee Chin urges graduates to launch into big dreams
"Now is the best time to start thinking about the legacy you are going to leave behind and build the best reputation, because that will be your passport for life." So urged National Commercial Bank Chairman Michael Lee Chin in a motivational address...
'Government learning along the way'
Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has sought to explain why her party has not achieved 100 per cent literacy by this year, as outlined in its 2002 manifesto. In its party manifesto, launched on Thursday, the governing People's National Party (PNP) said...
People's National Party (PNP) pledges tax breaks for small hoteliers
The People's National Party (PNP) is promising special tax incentives for small players in the tourist industry if it forms the next administration.In its 2007 manifesto, launched on Thursday, the PNP proposed that it would amend the relevant...
A murder most 'fowl' - Hundreds of chickens die in heartbreaker
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters):Three hundred chickens died in panicearly yesterday when a drunken German teenager on a joyride crashed a van into their shed, police said."Apparently, some of the chickens were so desperate to get away that they ran into the wall ...
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