Price hikes ahead As dollar slide hits new low
CONSUMERS WILL have to dig deeper into their pockets as a result of the sharp fall in the value of the Jamaican dollar since the start of the year, private sector sources say.
Fingerprints, photographs or iris scans for US entry
JAMAICAN NATIONALS are among travellers to the United States who will soon be required to have themselves photographed, fingerprinted or subjected to an iris scan before being allowed access to that country.
'Broadway on Ice' will be cool
FOR THREE days, the Ward Theatre will be transformed into a sturdy ice rink when 'Broadway on Ice', dubbed to be the "most spectacular show on ice you will ever see", comes to the island.
Municipal status for Portmore hits snag
PLANS FOR municipal status for Portmore hit a snag in the Joint Select Committee of Parliament's deliberation yesterday at Gordon House over the issue of dual Council membership.
Eighty Clarendon teachers lauded
THERE WERE smiles aplenty on the faces of 80 educators from 110 schools in Clarendon who were yesterday lauded for their services to education.
Stalwart educators honoured
PLAUDITS RAINED at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston yesterday at a Teachers' Day function hosted by Kingston Bookshop to honour two educators who have given yeoman service to the education fraternity for periods spanning decades.
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