Cement saga takes new turn - 40% tariff on imported brand
THE ANTI-DUMPING and Subsidies Commission has recommended an immediate combined 40 per cent tariff on the importation of Portland Grey Cement, despite continuing arguments about the Caribbean Cement Company Limited's...
Bloody rampage - Taxi driver allegedly chops up family then tries to hang self
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is now dead and her two older sisters and mother are now battling for life after her father, who attempted to kill himself after the act, went on a bizarre chopping spree between late Sunday night and early yesterday morning.
Air J boasts 89% on time record
WESTERN BUREAU: AIR JAMAICA is now boasting a new on time record that has put it ahead of its major competitors.
UNICEF takes on troubling issues
LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS in the education system and representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are expected to meet early next year to discuss troubling issues such as the continued under-performance of boys in the education system...
Green Island Bridge collapses
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JOURNEY from Montego Bay, St. James to Negril in Westmoreland is proving to be longer...
UWI names new vice-chancellor
THE COUNCIL of the University of the West Indies, at an extraordinary session held at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados last Saturday, appointed Professor Eon Nigel Harris to succeed Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford as vice-chancellor.
Change in Lotto tax position
THE GOVERNMENT has rescinded on its full-scale implementation of a 15 per cent tax on lottery winnings, as a result of the widely publicised fall in revenues brought in by the gaming industry...
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