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Proposed Parliament building won't cause wide-scale demolition - PM

Published:Wednesday | October 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett/ Senior Parliamentary Reporter

Residents of Allman Town and adjacent communities in central Kingston who are worried about possible dislocation because of the proposed construction of a new Parliament building at the National Heroes Park are being given assurances by the...

Corporate Area state of public emergency extended to January

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 7:26 PM

The state of public emergency in sections of the Corporate Area has been extended for three months to January 7. The extension was unanimously approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. On September 23, Prime Minister Andrew...

Violence, robberies prompt meeting of principals

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:52 AMJason Cross

A recent spate of robberies and violence against schoolchildren has prompted a meeting today of the heads of some Kingston high schools at St George's College. The meeting will include representatives from schools in and around Central Kingston...

Lack of 'links', address keeps us from getting jobs, say Jones Town residents

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

It is a complaint of inner-city residents from Negril Point to Morant Point. They think they are being blocked from employment opportunities because of their addresses. And residents of Jones Town in south St Andrew have the same cry.And for Jones...

Mentors needed - Jones Town wants former residents to be role models for community youth

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines/Gleaner Writer

The South St Andrew community of Jones Town is home to many bright but impressionable young minds, and 23-year-old resident Tremaine Spragg is convinced that a mentorship programme is what is needed to steer them towards success and away from...

Damion English pins hopes on ball breakthrough

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Damion English, a 22-year-old resident of the south St Andrew community of Jones Town, is convinced that football is the glue that holds the sometimes volatile area together, but more important, the sport offers him hope.The St Joseph's High School...

Shocked into silence - Mom of road accident victim has not spoken since tragedy

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

At just 17 years old, the world was just about to open up in all its majesty for Shawn'd Ferguson. He had big dreams of being a success but was taking his time deciding what career path to take. Then tragedy struck.Ferguson was among a group of...

NESol’s board chairman’s presence is required – PAAC

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AM

Oswald Williams, chairman of the board of the National Energy Solutions Limited (NESol), has been summoned to appear before tomorrow's sitting of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament.He is to answer questions...

Missed death by centimeters, says Heroes Circle survivor

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

Two of the survivors of the vehicular crash in the vicinity of Heroes Circle, Kingston, last Friday night, which claimed the lives of two of their friends, say they too could have easily been killed if it weren't for quick thinking."I had to jump up...

Jobs on the line as BITU, Scotia meet

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMSyranno Baines/Gleaner Writer

Any decision by the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) to go through with a proposal that would see three sections of its Jamaican operations being moved to the Dominican Republic can be viewed as "chasing corporate greed", one trade unionist has suggested....

No dengue outbreak, says health ministry

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMNickoy Wilson/Gleaner Writer

With at least 192 suspected cases of dengue reported since the start of the year, principal medical officer and national epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr at the Ministry of Health said based on most recent statistics, there is no outbreak of the...

Crime Stop devastated by cop's murder

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMErica Virtue/Gleaner Writer

Mellissa Edwards-Whyte would have celebrated her 46th birthday yesterday."Next week, she would have travelled overseas for her daughter's wedding. She was the mother to the children of other Crime Stop counsellors. She volunteered and could be...

Suspected tourists rapist was wanted by the police

Published:Tuesday | October 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMDamion Mitchell/ Integration Editor

It appears that the RIU Resorts did not carry out adequate background checks on 24-year-old Demar Scott, the entertainment coordinator now arrested for raping two guests at gunpoint at its Montego Bay Riu Reggae Hotel last Thursday night.Scott is...

JNHT declares the Blue Lagoon a national monument

Published:Monday | October 1, 2018 | 12:06 AM

The Blue Lagoon is the latest site to be declared as a National Monument by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT).The Portland-based landmark was declared as a National Monument by reason of its aesthetic and scientific values and the site...