Spanish Town tense Police, PMI, politicians take charge
A STRONG police presence will remain in Shelter Rock, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, where four people were shot dead Saturday night. This, as the long arm of the law attempts to bring warring gangs under control.
BoJ cuts rates again
THE BANK of Jamaica (BoJ) slashed interest rates again, a move, which industry experts believe, contributed to the Jamaica Stock Exchange's (JSE) main index moving up by 0.31 per cent.
Christopher's dream of walking nears reality
HE LOVES to sing and is learning to read but there is one other thing that five-year-old Christopher Bandoo has always dreamed about - being able to walk.
A father's support
HE SAT at the back of the church hall the entire time. Judging by the stripes on his shoulder, I thought that he was a policeman doing his civic duty and watching the Trelawny parish finals of the Spelling Bee out of curiosity.
Blood Bank cuts back - Reagents used for testing unavailable due to cash crunch
DESPITE THE usual requests for blood and its by-products from various health facilities, the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) has been forced to cut back on the amount of blood it processes by 50 per cent...
Cop shot dead in Clarendon
A 52-YEAR-OLD police corporal attached to the May Pen trafffic department in Clarendon was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting in the parish yesterday morning.
Gov't seeks NCB loan to fund wind farm
THE GOVERNMENT will be going to Parliament to seek approval for a US$16 million Government of Jamaica (GoJ) loan guarantee for the construction and establishment of a wind farm in Wigton, Manchester.
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