Financial Services Commission (FSC) beefs up security
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has beefed up its security measures amid its ongoing battle with high-risk investment schemes. FSC Deputy Director George Roper yesterday confirmed that the firm has intensified its security capacity. Mr. Roper was, however, unwilling...
Strachan demits office
ADRIAN Strachan, Jamaica's longest-serving Auditor General, stepped down from that post yesterday after 29 years. Mr. Strachan, 63, served the Auditor General's Department for 45 years. No announcement has been made on who will be Mr. Strachan's successor....
The prophetic word for 2008
The Word of the Lord as given through Apostle Steve Lyston, Prophetess Michelle Lyston, Prophetess Doris Hutchinson, Prophetess Marsha Creary, Prophet Donovan Creary, Prophetess Sophia Dawes, Prophet Donovan Edwards, Minister Nadra Daly and Minister Carolyn Grant-Hamilton....
Church plans more inclusive approach - 'The Church failed the people of Jamaica in 2007'
For the Church community, 2007 brought mixed blessings, as church leaders admit that despite some achievements, there was much more that could have been done in its approach to various social issues, particularly crime, illiteracy and poverty....
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) manifesto promises to get parliamentary preference
The new Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration will be going all out to enact as many of the laws as possible it promised to introduce in its election manifesto before the current legislative year ends on March 31. In confirming this, Derrick Smith, Leader of Government Business...
Buchanan ends stint as People's National Party (PNP) general secretary
DONALD Buchanan, whose rambunctious statements caused a stir during last year's general election campaign, ended his 14-month run as general secretary of the People's National Party (PNP) yesterday. Mr.Buchanan had announced in 2006 that he would be retiring from representational...
Police destroy 125,000 weapons
More than 125,000 weapons were destroyed in a smelting operation at the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd. yesterday, as the Government intensified its efforts to rid the country of illegal weapons. The weapons, weighing half a tonne, comprised an assortment of pistols...
Education stakeholders target school violence
If stakeholders in education have their way this year, violence in schools will receive priority national attention. Ruel Reid, special adviser to Minister of Education Andrew Holness, said the ministry is moving to do just that. At the same time, Sylvester Anderson, president...
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