Opposition MP backs DNA technology to curb farm theft
AN OPPOSITION member of parliament on Tuesday advised his colleagues not to laugh at the idea of using DNA technology as part of an effort to fight farm theft.Noel Arscott, the parliamentary representative for South West Clarendon, was following up on a tame jab...
Guard freed of cop hold-up
A security guard, who in April last year was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for robbing, at gunpoint, a policewoman of her motor car and firearm was freed Tuesday. The Court of Appeal freed 25-year-old security guard Norman Holmes, of Kitson Town...
Rain pain, drought bout collide on Tufton's plate
AGRICULTURE MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton is praying for rain. And at the same time, he isn't. The contrasting weather patterns being experienced in central Jamaica, where there is drought, and Westmoreland, where there is too much rain...
Tempers flare after PNP contest
The weakened People's National Party (PNP) machinery is being put to the test, with many of its senior officers unavailable to soothe raging tempers stoked by the hotly contested selection process on Sunday. The largely unpublicised contest for the vacant East...
Islands turn up heat on global warming
FEARFUL THAT their lands might in the future be submerged, the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS), of which Jamaica is a member, is demanding stringent restrictions on levels of global-warming activities that are permitted...
Shake-up at GM
The leader of the new General Motors was done in by an old problem at the largest United States carmaker, change wasn't happening fast enough. GM's board and CEO Fritz Henderson parted ways Tuesday, the board upset that the automaker's turnaround wasn't...
Portmore police fleet boosted
Head of the St Catherine South Police Division, Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, said the acquisition of seven new vehicles will significantly improve service in the Sunshine City. "These vehicles will work to the betterment of policing in Portmore...
Sarge charged with corruption
Police Sergeant Karl Morrison from the St Catherine South Police Division was charged Tuesday with three counts of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act. The policeman was arrested on November 25 following a sting operation carried out...
Show Your Card and Save really saves?
The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) has touted its Show Your Card & Save programme as bringing great discount value to beneficiaries. The building society and its subsidiaries have a collection of four cards...