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St William Grant Park and the Ward Theatre will receive much-needed clean-ups on Labour Day. Town Clerk Errol Greene explained that both sites were the joint parish project for Kingston and part of a wider, massive clean-up…

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When Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips tells the nation how the Government will finance the Budget next week, among the keen listeners will be the Private Sector Working Group…

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Newly installed Anglican Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Right Reverend Dr Howard Gregory, is urging the church to dissociate itself from tainted money, which continues to circulate in the society where corruption is rampant….

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WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas is heading to the Ministry of National Security where he will take up the post of police welfare…

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WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is not the only Caribbean island experiencing an influx of millions of crabs. One of its closest neighbours, Cayman Brac, is also reporting the phenomenon….

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Gone are the days when tertiary and highschool students were guaranteed summer employment. Thankfully, a few are still available. Digicel Jamaica offers internship opportunities for university graduates under its annual Graduate Recruitment Programme…

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A review of the cases of death of children in residential homes by the Serious Case Review Panel of the Child Development Agency (CDA) has highlighted that the majority are related to children who suffer from neurodevelopmental disabilities….

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WESTERN BUREAU: With the prospects of visa facilitation creating some five million additional jobs in G20 economies, Jamaica has thrown its full support behind the drive to improve the ease of travel for international…

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Veteran educator Dr Ralph Thompson feels it is time to “defang” the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), describing it as “a militant trade union with great power”.”There seems to be nothing in the system to balance this power…

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THE top brass of the St Catherine South Police Division have been patting themselves on the back after two alleged top-ranking members of Portmore’s Umbrella Gang were convicted in the Gun Court division of the Corporate…

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