Work permit scam - Haitians obtain bogus documents from Labour Ministry staff
WESTERN BUREAU: Several employees of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security have reportedly been sent on leave following reports that a number of Haitian immigrants have been issued work exemption certificates to gain employment as security...
Nadiya Figueroa is this year's Rhodes Scholar
It was just after three o'clock in the afternoon and the seven Jamaican students who were short-listed for this year's Rhodes Scholarship to attend the Oxford University in England sat at King's House..
Jamaica back of Carib pack in human development - Barbados, Cuba, St Kitts heads above rest - Study
Jamaica trails all but one Caribbean nation in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2006 report released yesterday, registering an unflattering 104th in the 177-country document. The only Caribbean country...
Murders declining, but top 1,000 mark
FOR THE ninth time this year, there has been a reduction in murders when compared with last year, the police reported yesterday. According to the statistical department of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)...
SuperClubs, Issa win tourism awards
SuperClubs executive Chairman, John Issa, and his popular brand of Caribbean resorts have won two of the most coveted awards of Caribbean World magazine. Issa was named the 'Premier Hotelier of the Year...
'Put limits on political contributions'
Limits should be set for the amount of money persons or entities can contribute to political parties or their representatives, Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, recipient of The Gleaner's Silver Pen Award, said yesterday.
Students return to St Alban's Primary
Classes were resumed yesterday at the St. Alban's Primary School in west Kingston, following an outbreak of gun violence on Tuesday, which prevented more than 400 children from turning out for school.
Air Jamaica gets back plane
The leasing company that seized an aeroplane belonging to Air Jamaica's fleet has returned it after reaching an agreement for the repayment of debt owed by the island's national carrier.
Voters rate PNP accomplishments
Improvement to the country's road network as well as the opening of government's flagship project, Highway 2000, has been placed at the top of the list of eligible voters who have been asked to name some of the accomplishments ...
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