Early elections loom - Court cases could force snap polls in Jamaica - JLP
THE GOVERNMENT says it will not rule out the possibility of early general election as a response to the potential crisis being fuelled by the removal of Daryl Vaz as member of parliament for West Portland and attempts to unseat other parliamentarians alleged to have dual citizenship.
Vaz to surrender citizenship papers
Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz yesterday apologised to the people of his constituency, even as he started the process of renouncing his United States citizenship. Vaz is to return to the US Embassy in Kingston this morning to hand in his American passport...
Zacca points finger at schools
Christopher Zacca, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), is blaming the poor performance of students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations on the management of schools and teacher training...
Coal heats up crab sales for vendors
Monday to Saturday along National Heroes Circle, you are bound to see crab and corn vendors on the streets ready and waiting for a sale. They go out as early as 7 o'clock and leave as late as 8 o'clock in the evenings religiously. As soon as they get to their spot in the mornings...
Bromley Armstrong - His early years facing discrimination in Canada
Bromley Armstrong experienced racial discrimination for the first time in his life in 1947 at a restaurant in the Miami Airport en route to Toronto. His brothers had served in the Canadian armed forces and tried for several years to gain Bromley's entry....
Keble Munn dies...Six months after receiving National Honour
Six months after receiving the Order of Jamaica, former Minister of Agriculture, Keble Munn, died yesterday at the Tony Thwaites Wing, University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew. Munn, 88, died of complications arising from a stroke...
Cash Plus boss may face charges today
Charges are expected to be laid against Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill this morning in connection with his failed alternative investment scheme. Attorney-at-law Hugh Thompson said yesterday that a bail application will be made tomorrow for Hill, his brother Bertram Hill....
Guyana allays rice fears
Amid reports of Guyana not committing to long-term contracts for the distribution of rice to Jamaica, Jagnarine Singh, general manager of the Guyana Rice Development Company is scheduled to visit the island tomorrow. Indera Persaud, honorary consul of Guyana, told The Gleaner ...
Tuesday talk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
1 'Former' means just that - People who have the word 'former' attached to their names ought to understand how others view them - someone who used to be but is no longer.Take this former beauty queen who turned up at the airport with heaps of attitude recently.
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