Bunting tackles Gov't on secret deals

CENTRAL MANCHESTER Member of Parliament Peter Bunting has accused the Government of engaging in a shady contracting system in breach of the procurement procedures. Bunting, who accused the Government of treating the Parliament as a rubber stamp...

Hanover homecoming heads into final days

The Hanover Homecoming Foundation (HHF) will wrap up its celebration of six years of nation building tomorrow with its Birds of Paradise Awards Dinner at The Grand Palladium Hotel in Lucea. Before that, however, will be today's conclusion of a two-day...

Thieves dog JUTC depot

Robbers are plaguing the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) depot in Rockfort, east Kingston. Four days ago, the robbers emptied the gasolene from more than 30 buses parked at the depot, in what JUTC officials describe as the latest in a series of incidents...

Live longer, live better - eat less

The energy we get from the food consumed is expressed in units called calories. Different foods have different caloric values. While proteins and carbohydrates supply four calories per gram (gm), fats provide over twice that amount...

More charged with cop killings

Police Investigators have charged two more men with the killing of the two policemen on Mountain View Avenue in eastern Kingston on the eve of the May 24 incursion into Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston to capture alleged drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus'...

State has outstanding Air Jamaica bill

NEARLY THREE months after the cash-strapped Air Jamaica was sold to Caribbean Airlines the Jamaican Government is yet to settle outstanding debts of $12.6 billion.At a meeting of Parliament's Public Administration...

Court of Appeal sets aside 'excessive' sentence

A sentence of four years' imprisonment or $6 million, which was imposed on a man who was convicted for possession of 19 rounds of ammunition, has been described by the Court of Appeal as manifestly excessive....

Cops look to build ties with West Kingston

Superintendent Terrence Bent, transitional commander with responsibility for west Kingston, says the police will be using new strategies in the inner-city communities of Tivoli Gardens, Denham Town, Hannah Town ...

Criminals on the run, Nelson tells Diaspora

MIAMI, Florida: Approximately 600 members and visitors at the Kendall Community Church of God in southwest Miami gave a standing ovation to Jamaica's Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson on Sunday as he reassured...

PAHO partners with Health Ministry to promote wellness

THE PAN American Health Organisation (PAHO) is partnering with the Ministry of Health to train 20 faith-based lay wellness promoters in response to the prevalence of chronic diseases and the need to promote healthy...

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