Jailed juveniles - Youth prison population explodes
AN INCREASING number of juveniles are spending time behind bars and in places of safety, according to data from the Correctional Services.
Old pay for new MPs
As a new session of Parliament opens on Thursday, there is little indication the five-year-long freeze on members' salary might end any time soon.
Construction sector losing out to foreign competitors
Citing a "big influx" of foreign contractors in the island, Michael Archer, president of the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ,) says the local construction sector is losing money to these competitors.
Buchanan confident of recount victories
By the time the magisterial recounts in the South East St. Mary and Eastern Hanover constituencies are concluded, Donald Buchanan, general secretary for the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) believes the party's seat count will increase ...
First-time People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament
When Portmore became a municipality in 2003, Colin Fagan entered history as its first deputy mayor.
Mammee Bay owners to sue hotel over beach breaches
St. Ann: Members of the board of Mammee Bay Beach Club, representing owners of properties in the Mammee Bay Estate, in St. Ann, say they will be taking court action against the operators of the Riu Hotel for breaches of the Environmental Act.
Drug money-laundering gang nabbed
British and Jamaican police collaborated for several years to bust a money-laundering scam being run by a Jamaican drugs gang, which was sentenced on Thursday.
Whither the Peoples's National Party (PNP)?
It is clear that a significant section of the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) has not yet awakened to the reality that the party led by Portia Simpson Miller has been beaten by Bruce Golding ...
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