Extortion rife - May Pen bus park racket labelled a 'serious problem'
MAY PEN, Clarendon: The multimillion-dollar extortion racket at the May Pen bus park is having a crippling effect on transport operators in Clarendon. Several bus and taxi operators who operate out of the two major bus parks in the parish capital, May Pen, fork out large sums...
'Hike not taking toll' - Managers claim no fallout from increase in highway rates
Jamaican Infrastructure Operators Limited (JIO), managers of Highway 2000, is claiming the recent hike in toll prices has not affected the flow of traffic for any of the three legs of the of the motorway. Desmond Levy, operations manager at JIO, told The Gleaner yesterday ...
Fire destroys 300 acres in St Bess
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: A massive fire destroyed more than 300 acres of farmland in St Elizabeth, yesterday, leaving millions of dollars in damage. The fire, which started about 1 p.m., was brought under control some time after 5 p.m. by fire units from Alpart...
Vasciannie appointed law school principal
Professor Stephen Vasciannie, former deputy solicitor general, has been appointed principal of the Norman Manley Law School, The Gleaner has learnt.His appointment takes effect in August. The Gleaner understands that Vasciannie, a professor of international law ...
Blythe eyeing St James seat
Western Bureau: Dr Karl Blythe, former minister of water and housing, is to return to representational politics. Sources close to the former People's National Party (PNP) member of parliament for Central Westmoreland say he is eyeing the West Central St James constituency...
Police officials still unaware of hit list
Assistant Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds, head of Operation Kingfish/ National Intelligence Bureau, says he has not yet seen the hit list of public figures that Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie has claimed exists."I am not aware of the hit list or...
Tuesdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
Men on the prowl 1. flight attendant was overheard complaining about her experience in Jamaica. As the story goes, she was working on a flight to Kingston and by the time she got to her hotel, she received a call from a man ...
Today's Port Royal
Port Royal was the centre of Jamaica's commercial shipping in the 17th century. During this time, it gained the reputation as the 'richest and wickedest city in the world'....
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