Human rights jamboree for Emancipation Park in Jamaica
JAMAICA'S GROWING human rights community will observe International Human Rights Day on Saturday with an eight-hour jamboree at Emancipation Park. Joyce Hewitt of Woman Inc. and Nancy Anderson of the Independent Jamaican Council...
Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to broker street light agreement
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has convened a meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and the Association of Local Government Authorities of Jamaica (ALGAJ) for this Friday...
Zekes' trial postponed
THE DOUBLE murder trial of well known Matthews Lane resident, Donald 'Zekes' Phipps, has been postponed until January 16 next year. This is as a result of K. Churchill Neita, Q.C, one of Phipps' lawyers, being unavailable to appear...
Lydford Park residents served notices
RESIDENTS OF the gated upscale residential community of Lydford Park near Golden Grove in St. Ann will have to find another place of residence at the end of March next year.
Peter Phillips wants regional regime against drug trade
MINISTER OF National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips, has urged Latin American, Caribbean and Central American governments to forge a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Regime in the fight against the drug trade.
Antiretroviral drugs contracts approved
CABINET HAS approved the award of multimillion dollar contracts to procure antiretroviral drugs under the HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention and Policy project. Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, announced the contract...
330 students graduate from College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE)
A TOTAL of 330 students - the largest graduating class in the college's history - were presented at the annual graduation and prize-giving ceremony of the College of Agriculture Science and Education (CASE) held on November 24.
Man plunges to death over bridge in Portland, Jamaica
THE LOCAL fire department had to respond to a fire call from residents, after demonstrators set ablaze garbage receptacles and tyres, close to an electrical pole at Janga Gully road in Portland.
Food for the Poor to pay fines for prisoners
FOOD FOR the Poor (FFP) will be paying fines today and tomorrow, amounting to more than $600,000, for 22 prisoners in order to let them spend Christmas with their families. The 22 prisoners, who have all been incarcerated for non-violent offences...
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