Cuban cement is here
SOME 200,000 bags of cement finally arrived on the island last Friday from Cuba to supply the starved local market, Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), announced yesterday.
People's National Party (PNP) sets 30-day healing period
THE NATIONAL Executive Council (NEC) of the People's National Party (PNP), has ordered a 30-day healing and reconciliation programme in constituencies, following the selection of candidates for national and municipal elections...
Three-day-old left fatherless after gruesome car crash
A THREE-DAY-OLD baby has been left fatherless following a fatal accident on Hope Road on Saturday night. The father, attorney Ian Stewart, died shortly after his blue Subaru Legacy got out of control and hit a median before landing on top...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) confirms Omer Thomas
THE JAMAICA Labour Party's (JLP) Central Executive yesterday afternoon gave its final approval to the candidacy of Omer Thomas. The former Executive Director of the Bureau of Standards will represent the JLP in the Eastern St. Thomas constituency.
Spaldings High gets long overdue repairs
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: AFTER MORE than 10 years of waiting, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has finally started repair work on a dangerous quadrangle at Spaldings High School in Clarendon.
Lay Magistrates get royal treatment at the Pegasus
JUSTICES OF the Peace reigned supreme in the Grande Jamaica Ballroom of the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Saturday night, for the 21st anniversary celebration of the Lay Magistrates Association and the annual Golden...
Irish Regiment and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) stage war games
GUNFIRE AND exploding grenades shattered the peace and tranquility of the remote Cambridge Backland community in Portland on Saturday when heavily armed Irish and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers demonstrated the principles...
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