Knight in Ecuador for FTAA meeting
MINISTER OF Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K.D. Knight is in Quito, Ecuador to participate in the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) scheduled for November 1.
Cancer Society holds informative session through go-jamaica
REPRESENTATIVES FROM the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) had a lively and informative chat session on breast and other cancers in cyberspace through the go-jamaica web site on Tuesday night at The Gleaner's offices.
Four gunmen face ID parade today
CLARENDON: OUR men who were detained by the police for allegedly stuffing ballot boxes and attempting to steal one of the boxes from a polling station at the National Works Agency office in May Pen on election day...
Stoeckert loses another legal battle - Court dismisses appeal of former Paul Geddes lover
HELGA STOECKERT, co-owner of the Four Seasons Hotel, who was involved in Jamaica's first palimony suit, has lost another legal battle to get a stake in the assets of her former lover, the late Paul H. Geddes, co-founder of Desnoes and Geddes.
Three marine species make Wildlife's 'most wanted' list
THREE MARINE species that inhabit Jamaican waters have been listed on the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) top ten "most wanted" list in the run-up to next month's 12th CITES...
Jamaica to host Caribbean Community Tourism Conference
THE LARGEST international gathering yet, to discuss the fastest growing sector of the world's hospitality industry, Community Tourism, is expected to convene in Montego Bay, Jamaica between December 6 - 9, 2002.
KSAC to get tough with delinquent tenants
ALMOST $750,000 is owed in rent to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) by its tenants and the municipal council is again planning to get tough with those in arrears.
Lift Up Jamaica completes 480 projects
FOUR YEARS after the implementation of Lift Up Jamaica, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) the executing agency, is reporting that the programme has completed 480 projects with work continuing on another 135.
Woman kidnapped, ransom sought
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman who dropped off her son early yesterday morning at Meadowbrook High School, Meadowbrook, St. Andrew, was reportedly kidnapped, with a $100,000 ransom being sought from her family.
Michael Peart tipped as Speaker
MICHAEL PEART, former Minister of State for Finance, has emerged as the front-runner for appointment as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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