PM's 'unfixable' problems - Golding challenges Opposition to debate, says job has been tougher than any year of PNP's stint
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has challenged the Opposition to a public debate to seek solutions for a country steeped in crisis and labelled by The Economist news magazine as "unfixable". Golding declared Sunday night, during a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Area One Council...
OUR gets ready for more renewable energy
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is awaiting the tabling of an energy green paper in Parliament before inviting proposals for the production of an additional 60 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity. Energy Minister James Robertson is due to table the green paper ...
Who is Jakaya Kikwete? - Tanzania's head of state on his way to Jamaica
Political stalwart, Jakaya Kikwete, the man who is to pay Jamaica a state visit in a few days, is one of a new generation of African leader championing a free market, stronger ties to the West and the ultimate unification of Africa...
Busy days ahead for Kikwete
When president Jakaya Kikwete and the First Lady of Tanzania, Salma Kikwete, visit Jamaica on a three-day state call, they will be confronted with a busy schedule.The visit is as a result of the Jamaican Government's efforts...
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Sickle-cell disease is a genetic condition affecting one in every 150 births in Jamaica. The disease comes as a result of inheriting abnormal haemoglobin genes from both parents. The Sickle Cell Trust's Manchester project is a venture designed to give teenagers...
Vindicated! - Education ministry clears school of wrongdoing in literacy test foul-up
The administration of Pembroke Hall Primary School has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the foul-up which resulted in 80 children not getting results from the last Grade Four Literacy Test. When The Gleaner broke the story more than a month ago...
PNP still worried over 'Dudus' issue
Peter Bunting, opposition spokesman on national security, says he remains concerned about the Government's inaction with regard to the extradition request for Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke."It is a matter that remains a major concern...
Prosecution tries to restart Kern's case today
Government prosecutors have not fulfilled a promise to furnish defence counsel with transcripts of audio tapes and supporting statements, which are believed to be crucial to the Kern Spencer trial. "We have had no word and we have received nothing further...
Lyns Trial - Forensic analysts weigh in
The badly decomposed bodies of Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn were identified by their dental records.Dr Errol Williams, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, made the disclosure yesterday when he testified at the trial...