Hike relief call today
The Government will decide today on the distribution method of an approximately $500 million assistance package for the poor and dis-possessed to cushion the effects of rising consumer prices on the most vulnerable. Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced the $500 million...
Hundreds of kids went missing in '07
WITH MORE than 700 children reported missing last year, Children's Advocate Mary Clarke has urged children who are having problems at home not to run away, but instead seek help from a trusting adult."I am appealing to children, if they are having problems, please find an adult....
Obama opens up double-digit lead, Clinton turns up heat
NEW HAMPSHIRE (AP): Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton clashed yesterday in the homestretch to the critical New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, deriding each other's claims to be the true candidate of change.
Prime Minister urges support for cops, soldiers in Jamaica
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has urged Jamaicans to be more considerate of the plight of the security forces who battled to rein in the crime monster which made 2007 one of the bloodiest years in recorded history. While conceding that "sometimes we handle them bad and sometimes ...
Today is UWI Day
Today will be celebrated across the region as UWI Day. Governor-General of Jamaica, Sir Kenneth Hall, and Caribbean countries heads of state and government will sign a proclamation to this effect, as the University of the West Indies (UWI) begins a year-long programme of celebration...
Taiwan meddling in Bajan polls - Arthur
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):Prime Minister Owen Arthur has accused Taiwan of seeking to influence the outcome of the January 15 general election in Barbados by financing the campaign of the main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP)....
A bumpy first ride - Arrival glitches mar Half-Way Tree Transport Centre pilot
Kady-Ann Walker held on to her daughter, picked up her bags and began to walk the red, tiled pavement of the Half-Way Tree Transportation Centre in St. Andrew yesterday. Walker was about to leave, frustrated that she had been waiting for more than two hours for a No. 53 bus ...
Burglars hit Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU:Gunmen went on a burglary spree in Westgate Hills and Unity Hall in Montego Bay, St.James, on the weekend, taking with them a licensed firearm and more than half of a million dollars in cash and valuables. The most recent incident occurred shortly before 10:00 p.m...
Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) for metal detectors
AS THE new school term gets under way this morning, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) says it supports the Government's decision to place metal detectors in some schools by April, but argued that a more comprehensive security plan was needed....
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