Gun control for Ja - UN will implement programme as safety measure
With an election approaching and political tension threatening to spill over into violence in some inner-city communities, the United Nations (UN) is readying a gun-control programme for Jamaica.The programme is not deliberately...
EDITORS' FORUM - Little growth in agri project
Jamaica could miss its target to complete the European Union (EU)-funded three-year National Organic Agriculture Enhancement project because of failures at the government level.
US extends CARICOM duty-free privilege
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will continue to enjoy duty-free access to the United States market until 2011.This follows a decision taken by the United States Senate on Thursday to extend the Caribbean Basin...
Tufton has big plans for Black River
WESTERN BUREAU:Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for South West St. Elizabeth, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says he has already created a vision plan for the social and economic development of Black River, if elected to Parliament at the upcoming polls.
Golding promises unbiased divide of resources
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding says the inequitable distribution of resources to carry out infrastructure works in constituencies would be a thing of the past under a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration.Addressing supporters in Mocho, Clarendon...
Portland's most wanted convicted
Portland's most wanted man, 54-year-old farmer Charley Junior, was yesterday convicted of charges of abduction and rape.Justice Lennox Campbell will sentence him in the Portland Circuit Court on June 28.A jury found Junior guilty of abducting a...
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