Jamaica votes - Parties agree more on Jamaica's education
In a country where seven out of every 10 Jamaicans fail to achieve five or more passes at CXC, the education debate is always a lively one in election year. In this season, tongues have been wagging heatedly around the issue of whether or not high school students should pay fees.
Pondside residents in sinister waters
A health hazard is looming at Pondside Drive, in Eight Miles, Bull Bay, St. Andrew, as children and adults have to walk in flood waters, reportedly contaminated with sewage, to get out of their homes. Separated from the sea by the Eight Miles main road...
T&T offers Jamaica US$3.2m in hurricane aid
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday said it would provide TT$20 million (US$3.2 million) in financial aid to Jamaica to assist the fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state to recover from the destruction caused by Hurricane Dean...
Jamaica Public Service (JPS) restoration marred by death
Spanish Town, St.Catherine: One of two employees of a contractor working with the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd. (JPS), who was electrocuted while carrying out emergency repair work for the light and power provider at the Tredegar Substation, has died in hospital....
Green card holders to pay hefty sum for new documents
WASHINGTON (AP): Legal residents whose green cards lack expiration datesmay have to pay US$370 to replace them, the Homeland Security Department said yesterday.Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the department, has proposed requiring...
Westport residents putting their lives back together
Like crumpled paper, zinc from rooftops of the Westport Housing Scheme in Portmore lay in the centre of the development, testament to the furious winds of Hurricane Dean. Residents on Wednesday recounted the shock and terror they endured, during the hurricane which ripped roofs...
Looters pounce on Caribbean Villas
Apart from having appliances and other items damaged as a result of storm surges associated with Hurricane Dean, Junior Leslie, proprietor of Caribbean Villas and Lounge, had several of his television sets and liquor stolen as looters invaded his property early Monday morning....
Mean 'Dean'
It's been said that St. Thomas is one of the parishes that got the worst of what Hurricane Dean had to offer. The winds and rains associated with the monster Category Four hurricane did a great deal of damage to almost every community in the eastern parish.....
Something Extra
Residents of St. Thomas pick up the pieces after Hurricane Dean's onslaught, while agri-sector players ponder future.
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