6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 2, 2013
JLP Begins Healing – Holness, Shaw Camps Seek Unity. Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leadership challenger Audley Shaw and his influential supporters – including former deputy leaders James Robertson and Dr...
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Hunger Pains: Underfed Children Fill Public Schools – In-Need Students Take Lunch Home For Dinner. The Government, through the Education Ministry and Ministry of Social Security, is currently saddled...
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Drug Lord Link – Money-Laundering Probe Connected To Former Jamaican Cop Jailed In US. The Kingston-based attorney now in custody as part of a multimillion-dollar money-laundering probe is being...
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T&T Job Magnet – Jamaicans Drawn To Employment Opportunities In Twin-Island Republic. Trinidad and Tobago – the twin-island republic in the eastern Caribbean – is truly the great Caribbean lure for...
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Christmas Downer – Shop Owners Mull Disappointing Yuletide Sales. With just one day left before Christmas, the owners and managers of several establishments in the Corporate Area have revealed their...
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Eastern Tragedy – PM Mourns With Caribbean Neighbours After Heavy Rains Take Lives. Prime Minister Portia Simpson has pledged Jamaica’s support to its neighbours in sections of the Eastern Caribbean,...
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Chaos At Customs – Auditor General Says Values And Duties Being Arbitrarily Applied To Imported Items At The Nation’s Ports. The Auditor General’s Department has confirmed a fear held by many Jamaicans...
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What a year 2013 has been! There have been many memorable moments, including a fractious political leadership challenge, a new IMF deal, shocking positive drug tests for some of our elite athletes,...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 16, 2014
State Squatting – Parish Council Unlawfully Occupying Railway Lands. The St Catherine Parish Council has been accused of squatting for several years on lands in Spanish Town belonging to the Jamaica...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 27, 2014
‘Flawed Study’ – Academics Respond To Prison Schools Research Findings. Amid the heated debate that has engulfed the nation following the publication of a report which linked the majority of adult...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 28, 2014
‘Parents To Blame’ … At Fault For Allowing Widespread Sexual Activity Among Kids – Nat’l PTA Boss. With several videos of schoolchildren engaging in sexually explicit activities surfacing online in...
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Cold case freeze – Thousands of unsolved murders are decades old – Retired cop says police talented, but have no time. Nearly a third of the more than 40,000 homicides committed in Jamaica since 1970...
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Teacher Caution! Educators Tell Legislators To Tread Carefully With Reform. Senior educators are imploring public officials to tread cautiously in the debate on rationalising the way teacher education...
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Weed Time – Paulwell Hints At Clearer Days For Ganja This Year. Marijuana advocates in Jamaica are on a high after Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Phillip Paulwell...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 11, 2014
‘Morrison Must Go’ – UTech President Under Fire For Breaches. Serious concerns have been raised about president of the University of Technology (UTech) Professor Errol Morrison’s management of the...
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Testing time – Thousands To Sit GSAT Today; Students Express Confidence Ahead Of Exam. Some went to early-morning church services, some played their favourite games, others did last-minute pop quizzes...
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Death Haunts Family – Tivoli Committee Collects Testimonies Ahead Of Enquiry. Tivoli resident Nadine Sutherland yesterday recounted the horror of two nephews being killed by members of the security...
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Simpson To Appeal Ban. Sherone Simpson is to challenge her 18-month ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). An independent disciplinary panel yesterday banned the Olympic medallist until...
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Dry Pipes – Water Crisis Forces Schools To Close. Several schools in Kingston and St Andrew were forced to close early yesterday due to a lack of water. And in fact, a number of principals have stated...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 6, 2014
Lights Out For EWI – Firm To Lose 381-Megawatt Power Plant Licence, Project Likely To Be Yanked From Paulwell. Energy World International (EWI) yesterday suffered the same fate as Azurest when a...
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