Andem's lawyers oppose ruling by DPP
LAWYERS REPRESENTING 42-year-old reputed gang leader Joel Andem are opposing the decision taken by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) to try him with two other men for murder.
JSIF boosts training opportunities in MoBay
TWICE AS many students will be accommodated by the Montego Bay-based, Family and Parenting Centre due to a $2.3 million grant from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).
New system to speed up pension payments
FRUSTRATED PENSIONERS who have been receiving their pension payments late can expect an improvement as government moves to introduce a new electronic system that will update each pensioner's account at the island's post offices.
Labour Ministry restructures
ALVIN MCINTOSH, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, says it will not be "business as usual" as the ministry repositions itself to meet the changing labour environment.
McNeill upbeat about tourism prospects
STATE MINISTER for Industry and Tourism, Senator Wykeham McNeill, is upbeat about Jamaica's tourism prospects this year.
More Haitians arrive
A GROUP of 51 Haitian refugees landed at the Ken Wright Pier in Port Antonio yesterday morning, bringing the total to 288 to have landed in Jamaica since the start of the year.
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