Air Jamaica deal safe
Jitters over whether a merger of Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) would fall through were put to rest last night, as Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said her government would honour...
Fraser's fate hangs in balance
Olympic and World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser is now awaiting a ruling from the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) to know whether she will be able to compete for the rest of season after testing positive for a prohibited drug at an IAAF Diamond League...
Gun owners in FLA cross hairs
A POLICE superintendent and at least two lesser-ranked cops are among 70 licensed gun owners whose permits are now under the microscope of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), which is weighing whether it should...
Stink triggers new Benadryl, Tylenol recall in Jamaica
NEW YORK (AP): A number of over-the-counter drugs, including the popular Benadryl and Tylenol brands, have been recalled from Jamaica and six other nations because of a musty and mouldy smell...
Imagine that! NCU are Microsoft champs
Northern Caribbean University's (NCU's) Team Xormis have emerged champions of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Interoperability Competition. Team Xormis rocketed past 90 competitors from across the globe in preliminary contests before beating Brazil...
Kamla pledges aid for UWI
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has pledged to boost funding for programmes and research projects at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
No fear for living among dead
THEY HAD no unripe limes or horseshoes in their pockets. Nor did they wear their shirts inside out to ward off evil spirits. Such are the usual superstitions of the living among the dead....
Patois sign language? A weh yuh seh!
Parents of hearing-impaired children who opposed the use of Patois in sign language to teach deaf children have had second thoughts on what they saw as a controversial learning method. Since 2000, the Jamaica Association...
Agency needed to protect whistle-blower, says Mullings
GOVERNMENT BACKBENCHER Clive Mullings has argued for the establishment of a whistle-blower office to ensure the proposed law is effective.At the same time, other members of the joint select committee of Parliament examining the bill have suggested that...
Is it a free-for-all?
A PARLIAMENTARY committee expressed shock yesterday when it was disclosed that Jamaica had no legislative framework in place to impose sanctions on...
Custos praises prison officers for backbone
Correctional officers have been lauded for their commitment to country despite having to grapple with tough inmates and even tougher work conditions.Speaking at an award ceremony at Terra Nova Hotel in St Andrew yesterday...
Golding ready for CARICOM leadership
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has expressed confidence that he will be able to handle the taxing demands of leading CARICOM while tackling the many problems facing his administration at home."...
Creative Kids honours GSAT high performers
IT WAS all cheers at Creative Kids Learning Academy on Wednesday as the school celebrated its success in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).The institution, which produced several high performers, including a government...
LeBron set to turn up the Heat
LeBron James will join fellow NBA stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh at the Miami Heat.Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN television special from Greenwich, Connecticut, on Thursday night...
Schools urged not to increase auxiliary fees
THE MINISTRY of Education is advising that there should be no increase in auxiliary contributions and registration packages for students attending high schools when the summer holidays end.