Record arrivals expected from newest cruise ship
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ISLAND is poised to receive an additional 100,000 cruise ship passengers in the next six months from Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's (RCCL) mega liner Freedom of the Seas, pushing the arrival figures to record-breaking numbers.
Free? Think again - Government of Jamaica pushes for law to quash faulty acquittals
PLANS ARE now being put in place for legislation to be passed which will give the court power to quash verdicts which have been obtained by fraud, intimidation or misrepresentation. The disclosure was made yesterday by Patrick Foster, Deputy Solicitor...
Infighting a premonition of further drop in PNP support
DESCRIBING THE 14 per cent decline in Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's popularity among Jamaicans as phenomenal, based on the results of a recent Gleaner-commissioned poll, political analyst Troy Caine says...
'Bring some private firms under Access to Info Act'
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Professor Trevor Munroe wants private entities, which exercise public power, to be brought under the Access to Information Act. Citing monopolies such as the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd., the Jamaica Public Service Company as well...
Television Jamaica Limited (TVJ) to launch sports channel
TELEVISION JAMAICA Limited yesterday announced that on Saturday morning it will launch a second channel. TVJ Sports Network (TVJ-SN) will take to the airways at midnight. In what the company says is a "soft launch", and with plans of rapid growth...
Copyright agency gets tough
THE JAMAICAN Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY) has signed agreements with two educational institutions as part of a bid to protect the copyright (and income) of authors and publishers, locally and internationally.
Early intervention system for children
CHILDREN WITH behavioural and developmental disorder will soon benefit from early monitoring as the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) will be implementing a screening, referral and early intervention system. A regional conference, to be held June 20...
Portia's 'colour' creating disunity, say colleagues
WESTERN BUREAU: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) president Portia Simpson Miller has dismissed comments from party colleagues criticising her for continuing to wear yellow, her presidential campaign colour, instead of the party's traditional orange.
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