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Vendors got no warning, senior cop suggests to West Kgn Commission

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMLivern Barrett

A high-ranking member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has revealed that as members of the security forces took up positions in a section of the Coronation Market moments before their incursion into the west Kingston community of Tivoli...

Access CEO legal battle with former board ends

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 7:12 PM

More than a year after Access Financial Services’ directors and its CEO entered a legal tussle over spending on refurbishment of the company’s head office building at Half Way Tree Road, all lawsuits have been dropped. The move was...

UWIDEF contributes $90 million to critical health research

Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 3:43 PM

The University of the West Indies Development and Endowment Fund (UWIDEF) has now contributed a total of $90 million to the UWI Solutions for Developing Countries (UWI SODECO). The funding will go towards the refurbishing of a building on the UWI...

Relay For Life – a one night experience you won’t forget

Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 3:49 PM

The Jamaica Cancer Society's Relay for Life event is a life-changing experience that gives every Jamaican an opportunity to celebrate the lives of their loved ones who battled cancer and survived; an opportunity to remember loved ones who battled...

Your make-up could be dangerous to your health

Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Fake beauty products containing rat droppings, human urine and toxic chemicals are flooding markets around the world, endangering the health of consumers, international law-enforcement agencies are warning.In the United Kingdom (UK) alone, make-up,...

Mosquitoes spread diseases such as chik-V, dengue, ZIKV

Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse is reiterating the need for individuals to destroy mosquito-breeding sites, especially given the current rainfall being experienced islandwide, as mosquitoes are known to spread diseases...

Use protection for healthy skin

Published:Monday | May 25, 2015 | 12:00 AM

We are fast approaching the time of year when many of us spend more time outdoors. So here are a few reminders regarding facts about sun protection and sunscreens.1 Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) rays. Sunscreens...

Food, energy prices climb in May

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 9:13 AMCamilo Thame

Yellow yam might be more affordable now than it was a month ago, depending on where it is bought, but overall prices on vegetables and starchy foods leaving through the farm gate jumped this month, according to data published by the Jamaica...

More migrants reach Greece, approaching 1,200 in 2 days

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 9:42 AM

ATHENS (AP):Greek authorities in the eastern Aegean Sea have picked up more than 300 people who entered the country illegally in small craft from Turkey, raising the total of arrivals over the past two days to nearly 1,200.After Italy, financially...

Brides for sale: European women lured for sham marriages

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met.She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card. The...

Greece mulls levy on undeclared deposits to raise cash

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS: Greece is proposing to legalise tax dodgers' undeclared money for a fee, a way to raise money as the country tries to reach a deal with creditors to get more bailout money and avoid default.Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said yesterday he is...

Labour Day vibe declining

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 11:05 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Labour Day has lost its significance and has now become a marketing tool by corporate Jamaica. The pride and joy that residents generally display in Labour Day projects has decreased significantly over the years.Ten years ago,...

Nepal bans children traveling without parents or guardian

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

KATHMANDU (AP):The government said all children travelling in Nepal will need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian to prevent the trafficking of children who lost their homes in the country's powerful earthquakes.The Ministry of...

Buggery central to US foreign policy

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 11:17 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:As night follows day, the legalisation of buggery and same-sex marriage will inevitably be a norm in Jamaica. When President Obama visited Jamaica and spoke at the University of the West Indies town hall meeting, he made a commitment...

Shooting victim deserves every red cent

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 11:37 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:Approximately five years ago while I performed duties at the Office of the Public Defender, former Prime Minister Edward Seaga introduced me to a young lady, Latoya Brown, who was shot and injured in 2001 by a bullet believed to be...

In memory of John Nash - legendary economist

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

JOHN FORBES Nash Jr, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, died in a car crash last Saturday. Nash won the Nobel Prize following the significant impact of his innovative work in game theory over the last 50 years.Nash, a...

Letter of the day: Cut funding to 'murder music'

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

THE EDITOR, Sir:One of the more effective ways to strangle this so-called art form of 'murder music' is to hit these deejays where it hurts most - in their pockets.These deejays don't make most of their money from the...

Raymonds Community Centre gets facelift on Labour Day

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMShanique Samuels

MAY PEN, Clarendon:LABOUR DAY activities in Clarendon got off to a smooth start with the parish project beginning as early as 8:30 a.m.The Raymonds Community Centre was chosen as the main parish project because of the quadruple murder that took...

MoneyGram boosts Lasco Financial revenue

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

Increased lending and higher take-up of MoneyGram services boosted Lasco Financial Servicesí (LASF) revenue by 14 per cent, over the year to March 2015.The company recorded $680 million in income, derived from margins on buying and selling foreign currency; sending and receiving remittances...

Labour of love in St Ann

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2015 | 12:00 AM

OCHO RIOS, St Ann:LABOUR DAY 2015 in St Ann saw corporate Jamaica teaming with public-sector entities to give back to the various communities across the parish.For the eighth straight year, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ocho Rios...

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