'More jobs' - Employment focus under Golding gov't
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding has cited job creation as one of the major planks on which a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration would focus its attention to heave the country out of its current economic plight. Mr.Golding argued yesterday that the creation of jobs...
Shaw blasts licence plate hike
Opposition spokesman on finance Audley Shaw has lambasted Finance Minister Dr.Omar Davies for what he describes as a cowardly attempt to unsuspectingly increase motor vehicle registration fees. In a release to the media yesterday, the Tax Administration Services Department...
Pakistani detectives to return home
Two senior Pakistani detectives sent to Jamaica to assist in the investigation into the death of their national cricket team coach, Bob Woolmer, were set to return home yesterday, having expressed satisfaction with the work of local police. Speaking during a press conference...
Cornwall old boys give back
WESTERN BUREAU: The Cornwall College Class of the 1980s handed over more than $500,000 to their alma mater, at a ceremony at the St. James school's auditorium yesterday. This gesture was part of the Old Boys' Association's commitment to give back to the school.
Collapsed bridge victim released from hospital
Two months after being hospitalised from injuries received when the large swing bridge linking Broadgate and Mahoe Hill in St. Mary collapsed, 22-year-old Ann Marie Reid was released from hospital yesterday. Ms. Reid was released after undergoing several operations...
JLP distances itself from 'Jezebel' statement
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is distancing itself from the controversial 'Jezebel' statement by Joan Gordon-Webley, the party's parliamentary candidate for South East St. Andrew. It was reported this week that Mrs. Gordon-Webley had characterised Prime Minister..
'Full income disclosure for MPs', party officials'
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding is calling for a new regime under which Members of Parliament and political party officials will be required to fully disclose their income and assets.This, he says, must be an integral component of a system to govern the financing of political...
Treat patients with care and respect - PM
Staff members of the Kingston Public and Victoria Jubilee hospitals were on Wednesday commanded by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to treat every patient with care and love despite their socio-economic background. Speaking at the commissioning of diagnostic equipment...
Bill to safeguard ballot
Legislation intended to put a stop to the bribery and intimidation of voters, by making it an offence for an individual to display his ballot after marking it, is to be tabled in Parliament soon. Director of Elections Danville Walker said yesterday that it was the practice...
JCC gives scholarship to top participants
When 18-year-old Andrea Walker and 21-year-old Swayne Brown from St. Thomas signed up for the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) youth leadership training programme, they never knew they would be awarded scholarships for being top students in the six-week-old programme.
LETTER FROM LAURA - Colourful Rajasthan: Jodhpur, the Blue City
Leaving Jaipur, we depart for the Blue City of Jodhpur known for the Brahmin homes painted in this sacred colour. The 206-mile, seven-hour drive has little to recommend it, passing brick works and marble mines.
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