Public sensitisation drive on for HIV vaccine
Jamaica has been involved in HIV-vaccine research for the past three years. Since 2005, the Epidemiology Research and Training Unit (ERTU) on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston has recruited volunteers for two vaccine trials. The first trials began in August 2006....
Boxing plant now home to squatters
PORTLAND: More than 30 persons occupying a boxing plant facility at Shrewsbury, Portland, could face the courts after they were caught stealing electricity from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). The issue was brought to light after contractors assigned to the JPS....
Blocking the electoral rats
Growing up in Kingston, young Danville Walker worked in his parents' bakery in his spare time. He, therefore, had a good vantage point from which to observe his seniors' untiring efforts to block the entry of rats, bent on eating their way through the supplies...
Political Families - A tradition of representation
In Jamaica's Parliamentary history, the first father and son to sit in the Legislature were Phillip Redwood, who was a member of the House of Assembly from 1756 to 1781, and his son Stephen who served in the House from 1790 to 1803. In that latter year he was the Speaker....
WHAT ONE SAYS ... WHAT THE OTHER HEARS - Breaching the code
TOPIC: Recent breaches of the Political Code of Conduct ahead of the August 27 elections, most notably violence perpetrated by political supporters. VIEWPOINT: Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, in a joint statement...
Clarendon couple receive gun bail
A Clarendon man and woman who were arrested and charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition while on their way to the People's National Party Rally at Half-Way Tree on July 8, appeared in the Gun Court yesterday. They are Vanceta Edwards,...
St James man on murder charge to return to court
WESTERN BUREAU: A 21-year-old man implicated in two murders and the wounding of a woman in Montego Bay, was denied bail in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The accused man, Keris Doyle of Crawford Street in Mount Salem, St.James...
Advocacy groups take issue with Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) review
LOCAL ADVOCACY groups, Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) and the Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (IJCHR) have taken issue with aspects of the Government's strategic review of the police force. In a joint statement, issued yesterday, JFJ and the...
1988 - 'Wild Gilbert'
Hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica on September 12, bringing heavy winds of up to 265 km (160 miles per hour) and rain which destroyed hundreds of houses and farms. It left behind a death toll of 45. It was the first hurricane in 37 years to hit Jamaica directly.
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