BEIJING (AP):A knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China as students were arriving for classes yesterday, police said, the latest in a series of periodic rampage attacks at Chinese schools and...

THE LOCAL coffee industry is facing a serious threat from the coffee leaf rust, a disease caused by the fungus (Hemileia vastatrix) and which is one of the most potentially devastating threats to the coffee industry worldwide.

OCHO RIOS, St Ann:CRUISE-SHIP workers are being urged to empower themselves by obtaining knowledge about their rights to benefits from their employers.

Almost 10 years ago, Jason Rodriques had just left high school and, like many people in their late teens, wasn't sure of his next move.

THE OFFICE of the Contractor General is indicating that the Office of the Cabinet and/or the Cabinet of Jamaica has refused to comply with a requisition of the contract oversight body and as such could be in flagrant violation of the rule of law.

Tax Administration Jamaica has advised that the deadline for business persons and companies to make fourth-quarter payments of estimated income tax for 2012 has been extended to Monday.The payments were initially due today but the time was extended...

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The Ministry of Education is looking into ways to transform the Alternative Secondary Transition Education Programme (ASTEP).