Tivoli dead identified
Three days after a controversial fire fight between the security forces and gunmen in Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, the names of the five men who were shot and killed were released by the Constabulary Communication Network on Wednesday night. The dead men are identified as 23-year-old ...
Campaign financing a priority - Miller
Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Professor Errol Miller says the body has placed the issue of campaign financing at the top of its agenda for 2008.He said the commission, which has responsibility for electoral reform, would be...
E-learning - the way forward
WESTERN BUREAU: Executive director of the HEART Trust/National Training Agency, Donald Foster, believes merging technology with the education process is the way forward if Jamaica intends to develop and compete in the global market. He said yesterday...
Research Day to highlight UWI's relevance
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, will be hosting its annual Research Day on January 24-25 under the theme 'Caribbean Impact: Global Reach'. An opening ceremony marks the official start of the activities on Thursday, January 24, at 9:00 a.m. at the undercroft....
Jamaican gets five years for failed Florida robbery
One of two men arrested last year after Port St. Lucie police stopped the pair as they tried to rob a Port St. Lucie Checkers restaurant in Palm Beach, Florida, was sentenced this week to five years in federal prison. Omar Robinson, 20, of Jamaica...
Mixed views on St James cop transfers
WESTERN BUREAU: The large-scale transfers of some 40 rank-and-file members of the St.James Police Division has been met with mixed reactions from stakeholders in the parish. Clayton Morgan, president of the Cornwall Bar Association, believes the Police High Command needs...
$200b in investment schemes in Jamaica - Study
Approximately $200 billion has been invested by Jamaicans in local informal investment schemes, local researchers have found. The researchers are also pointing to a possible collapse of the schemes, but do not believe this will result in long-term economic damage...
Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) calls for businesses and unions to cooperate
The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) has called for greater synergy between business enter-prises and local trade unions in order to facilitate more constructive interaction.In light of the recent strike by Jamaica Urban Transit Company workers,...
Income tax changes to attract more self-employed
A bill to amend the Income Tax Act was passed on Tuesday in the House of Representatives.Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, who piloted the bill, said it seeks to allow for conformity with the Pensions (Superannuation) Fund and Retirement Scheme Act...
National Water Commission (NWC claims rate hike will increase efficiency
Corporate Public relations manager for the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, has said the increase in rates, being requested by the utility company, will put it in a better position to meet the increasing cost of providing water to new and existing customers. ...
Hylton dismisses Jagdeo's criticism of EPA benefits
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Anthony Hylton believes that Jamaican Government officials have done a 'commendable' job in informing stakeholders who may be affected by the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between CARIFORUM...
US Embassy to host info session on worker visas
The Visa Unit of the United States Embassy's Consular Section is hosting an information session, about short-term worker/performer visas, to introduce new processing information which will become effective February 1, 2008.A release this week said the embassy ...
Cabbies honk for insurance regulator
The Association of Hackney Carriages is asking the Government to establish a regulatory body for the granting of insurance for taxis. According to Willard Costley, president of the association, there is currently no regulatory agency to deal with the claims ...
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