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The Real Estate Board has hailed the conviction of real estate developer Devon Evans as a major victory after he was found guilty of fraudulent conversion arising from the sale of an apartment unit on Wellington Drive, St Andrew. Chief executive...

KAHIRA JONES, one of three men handed mandatory life sentences alongside dancehall star Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer in 2014 for the beating death of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams three years earlier, was yesterday found guilty of the 2009 shooting of...

Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, has said that the Lucea Drop-in Centre will officially open soon. “Plans are now in place to open our drop-in centre. The centre will provide for homeless persons warm meals, a place to shower, and...

Having missed out on a qualification spot at the last Olympic Games in 2016, Robert Scott, secretary general of the Jamaica Rowing Federation, said his organisation is putting all the necessary tools in place to ensure that the country secure a...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), Sharonmae Shirley, has said that the organisation is targeting the accreditation of 50 inspection bodies for 2019. Shirley said that they are aiming to get the...

Without fanfare, Grammy-nom­inated reggae artiste Protoje kicked off a school tour on January 15. Figurehead of the In.Digg.Nation Collective, the Kingston Be Wise singer has already made stops at St Andrew High School for Girls, Campion...

Java Immanuel-I’s introductory Reggae Calendar was ­published in 1984 in the hope that it would one day be accepted as a source of historical reference of the musical genre that has been acclaimed the key element of Jamaica’s...

Reggae singer Utan Green says that so much has been happening for him recently that he is confident that 2019 will be a great year. Following a dry spell musically, in which he took time to watch his kids grow and welcome his grandchildren, the...

Stories of people who find the church to be contrarian and sometimes damaging are many, and though not all religious institutions are guilty, most churches have hurt someone at some point. While it is true that church hurt, as it is called,...