Election watch - JLP seeks to take advantage of PNP strife
As disquiet continues to rattle the Opposition, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is gearing up to capitalise on the momentum from recent landslide by-election victories in local government polls scheduled for next year. Derrick Smith, deputy leader of the JLP's Area...
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Registrar General's Department (RGD) to boost phone service
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) will be introducing Internet protocol (IP) telephony at its locations to improve client access. The system will kick off at its Twickenham Park, St Catherine, head office by September...
- High court judges free to get more pay
- Parish councils urged to seek more revenue
- Jewish congregational leader to conduct workshop this week
Paymaster, Bill Express finally head to court
The multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by bill-payment company Paymaster Jamaica Limited against its competitor, GraceKennedy Remittance Services Limited, will proceed after eight years of gestation. Paymaster has accused the remittance company of allegedly copying ...
Windies hopes washed away
GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC): West Indies were denied a chance of earning a drawn series when rain forced an abandonment of the final ODI against India yesterday.West Indies had reached 27 for one from 7.3 overs after India won the toss and chose to field...
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EDITORIAL - Financing Jamaica's courts
Last week's action by the Government to decouple the salaries of the top judiciary from those of other legal officers in the Jamaican public service will allow the administration to meet its immediate objective of substantially increasing the pay...
LETTER OF THE DAY - The divestment dilemma
The Editor, Sir: Over the years, we have seen Jamaica's political administrations formed by our two major political parties divest most of Jamaica's businesses and institutions to foreign entities. The experts involved state that the reasons for such actions...
Dances on the edge for charity and more
To some people, the physical shape of the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, located on the Mona campus at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is similar to that of an oven. If their analogy is true, then Stephanie Belnavis' fundraiser...
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- One month to go - ATI, Dream Weekend promise the best Independence parties
- Something extra
Jamaican 'Survivor'?
No matter where we go in the world, as Jamaicans, we are never afraid to try something new. The latest adventurer is MaryKay Mullally, a Jamaican who now lives in San Diego, California. Survivor is a popular reality television show. In the show, contestants are isolated...
- Weight-loss boot camp
- Kelly's world - Mike, Madoff and miscreants
- Sex and Relationship - Stop annoying me!
ENGLAND - 'Homosexuals should repent'
LONDON (AP): A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that the Bible defined marriage as the union of a man...