St Ann ravaged - Parish flooded, more rains expected
Hundreds of individuals from more than 50 homes and business places across sections of St Ann were yesterday left to battle flood waters after heavy rains lashed the parish between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. The Meteorological Service is forecasting that showers...
Scores affected by floods - St Ann lashed by rains from cold front
A Cold front that moved across the island generated moderate to heavy showers mainly over northeastern parishes. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public that extensive rainfall has resulted in flooding in some sections of St Ann....
Hills denied bail
Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill and his brother Bertram Hill will have to spend another month behind bars as they were yesterday denied bail in the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court. Resident Magistrate Glen Brown, however, offered bail in the sum of $5 million to their co-accused...
Protect the poor from food hikes - Simpson Miller
Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller yesterday urged the Government to take immediate steps to cushion the effects of rising food prices on the vulnerable in the society. Painting a picture of severe suffering being experienced by the dispossessed, who were unable to afford...
MOU3 to be signed today
THE GOVERNMENT is set to ink the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU3) with some unions representing public sector workers today at Jamaica House. A press advisory issued by the ministry of finance and the public service last night stated that Audley Shaw,...
'Leave NHT interest rates' - Simpson Miller appeals to Golding
OPPOSITION LEADER Portia Simpson Miller has urged Prime Minister Bruce Golding not to be tempted to increase interest rates on National Housing Trust (NHT) loans. Simpson Miller, whose presentation to the 2008-2009 Budget Debate was titled 'Protecting the Poor'...
Opposition split on user-fee issue
A PHILOSOPHICAL divide has opened up in the 70-year-old People's National Party (PNP) with the party leader and its general secretary enunciating contrasting positions on the abolition of user fees to access health care.One day after Peter Bunting...
Andem off murder rap - DPP cites dead witnesses and insufficient evidence
Reputed gang leader, 44-year-old Joel Andem, will not be tried for the murder of 48-year-old gas-station operator Sylvia Edwards. Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn, QC, decided not to prosecute the case against Andem because of insufficient evidence....
Honouring a
giant
medical field
One of the most outstanding members of the medical profession in Jamaica, Professor Charles Denbow, was on Wednesday bestowed with the national award for recognition of, and appreciation for, his continued commitment to the field of medicine....
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