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Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A claim by the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) to recover more than $4 billion from its customers has been rejected by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR).The claim had been filed by the company through its...

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Government is banking on handing over national carrier Air Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago-operated Caribbean Airlines by April 12, says Bruce Nobles, president and chief executive officer of the national airline....

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A UNITED States congressman who was honoured by Jamaica last October has taken leave from office following claims of unethical conduct.Democratic representative Charles Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means...

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Caribbean disaster response organisations are proposing that a Caribbean tsunami warning system be put in place. This update was provided to Prime Minister Bruce Golding during a meeting with heads of emergency response organisations at Jamaica House...

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica is now winding up its operations in Haiti as CARICOM gets ready to switch focus in the earthquake-ravaged country from relief and rescue to reconstruction.Information Minister Daryl Vaz disclosed yesterday that medical and other relief personnel...

Published:Thursday | March 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles has secured a 14-day injunction from the Supreme Court of Jamaica to prevent further industrial action by the island's nurses.A release from the ministry yesterday...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

PORT ANTONIO, Portland:Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yuri Gala Lopez, is booming with confidence that ongoing talks with the board of management at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) in Portland will greatly enhance...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has accused the United States (US) government of using illegally intercepted telephone conversations for the basis of drug and weapons trafficking charges against west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke....

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

GOVERNMENT IS claiming the revocation of Wayne Chen's United States (US) visa is not related to the ongoing tussle over the extradition of alleged drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke."The United States authorities have advised the foreign minister...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica's refusal to extradite Christopher 'Dudus' Coke will not strain the country's relationship with the United States, says Prime Minister Bruce Golding. Responding to questions posed by West St Andrew Member of Parliament Anthony Hylton in Gordon...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE GOVERNMENT has taken note of the United States Narcotics Control Strategy Report of March 2010. The report, while acknowledging that cooperation between Jamaican and US law-enforcement agencies remains strong, reflects negatively...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

AT LEAST one human-rights body continues to express concern about the delay by Government in taking action against those fingered by the sole commissioner, Paul Harrison, for their role in the fire that claimed the lives of seven girls at the Armadale...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Peace Day yesterday proved to be about more than corporate sponsorship, wearing blue and singing songs. Leaders from opposing factions in the Homestead and Morgan's Lane communities...

Published:Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Contractor General Greg Christie has found that the multimillion-dollar air service agreements between Jamaica and American Airlines (AA) were "improperly and irregularly awarded".

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Professor Carol Baxter, head of equality, diversity and human rights at NHS Employers, was inducted to the 2010 Nursing Times Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London....

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JAMAICAN DRUG lords are spreading their wings throughout the Caribbean, the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, released by the United States (US) Department of State yesterday, claimed....

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

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Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

After months of warning that the United States would not take kindly to Jamaica's delay in signing the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, University of Miami Professor David Rowe...

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

THE BARACK OBAMA-led administration has signalled that "trust in the (Jamaican) Government to provide peace and security" for its citizens is waning by the day.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

ACTING COMMISSIONER of Police Owen Ellington could be destined for failure, the Inter-national Narcotics Control Strategy Report said yesterday.

Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Since his appointment to the post of president of the University of Technology (UTech) in March 2007, Professor Errol Morrison has proved he has the Midas touch....

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A computer engineer who offered a woman a ride home and then raped her has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment.A jury more than a week ago convicted 39-year-old Michael Reid, of a St Andrew address of the rape charge...

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

JLP saddened by councillor's death - General secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Karl Samuda, has expressed sadness and shock at the sudden death of Caleb Lewinson...

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Ongoing controversy fuelled by a policeman's use of a tear-gas canister during a riot at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in St Ann last year has sparked yet another reaction from the Police High Command...

Published:Monday | March 1, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Nestled in the cool hills of Mafoota in St James is Grace Smith's farm. She has been tilling the soil for the past 20 years and, through innovation, dedication, commitment and sacrifices...

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