6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 27, 2014
Road Projects Could Set Path To General Election. Works Minister Dr Omar Davies has hinted that the delivery of major road projects could be the pathway on which the governing People’s National Party...
View ArticleWestmoreland Central Is PNP Territory
Dwayne Vaz of the People’s National Party (PNP) replaced the late Roger Clarke as Member of Parliament for the central Westmoreland constituency yesterday with a 2,452-vote victory over the Jamaica...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 17, 2014
Politician Investigated For $500,000 Gift. The Integrity Commission, the body set up to police the annual statutory declarations of politicians to ensure they conform to the provisions in the...
View ArticleA Moment In History – Jamaica Is Granted Universal Adult Suffrage
Today’s historical moment is not related to just one parish, but is of national significance. Jamaica was granted full adult suffrage on November 20, 1944. Prior to that, the right to vote was...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 7, 2015
Two Children Disappear, One Said Abducted. For more than a day, Phaedra Martin, the six-year-old who was reportedly abducted in Tuesday’s brazen midday attack on Ransford Avenue in St Andrew, remains...
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Stop Counting Bodies – Commissioner Wants All To Help Fight Crime Instead. As the murder tally races towards the 600 mark in the first seven months of 2015, Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams said he...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 28, 2015
Almost There – JLP, PNP Advance Candidate Selection. The nation’s two major political parties are far advanced in selecting their slate of candidates for the 63 seats up for grab, as election...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 20, 2015
Goat Islands Project Still Alive. President and chief executive officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica Professor Gordon Shirley yesterday declared that plans for the development of a transshipment...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 25, 2015
Legacy Secured: Fraser-Pryce, Legend. Six World Championships and two Olympic gold medals in addition to four silver medals split evenly between the two events, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been laying...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 2, 2015
Court Awards Farmer $3.5m After He Was Forced To Ingest Laxative. A Clarendon farmer who was forced to ingest a laxative by a policewoman who accused him of being a drug mule has won a $3.5-million...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 18, 2016
Juliet Ready To Go – Holness Presented As JLP Candidate For East Rural St Andrew. Declaring that the “I tricked you” era is a thing of the past, the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) late...
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NIR – December 7, 2018
While everyone was tracking the arrival of Buju Banton’s plane, an important economic indicator was released by the Bank of Jamaica – the Net International Reserve number. As at the end November 2018,...
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Tourism Arrivals Gains Holding
New data released from the Jamaica Tourist Board revealed that Long Stay Arrivals were up 3.3% versus October 2017 to reach a new all-time high for the month of 162,552. That is considerable growth...
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Cooper’s Hill Primary Students Learn Innovative Agriculture Techniques
“Farming can be very creative,” said Aika Nakakomi, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteer, as she scooped up a handful of compost and sifted it in a plastic barrel cut vertically in...
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How Many Of These 12 Things Did You Know?
Jamaica is a land full of history and all sorts of interesting things to learn and know. Here are just a dozen of these things: 1. This town clock’s tower was paid for by one of Jamaica’s German...
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Inflation Unchanged For November 2018
The inflation rate for the month of November 2018, registered 0.0% – or completely unchanged. This is remarkably, the second unchanged reading of the year (with May being the first) and even more...
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5 Things to Know About Ms Universe Jamaica 2018
Following in the footsteps of Kaci Fennel and Davina Bennett, this year’s Ms. Universe Jamaica is Emily Sara-Claire Maddison. Here are five things to know: Emily is just 19 years old. She is a...
View ArticleNo Unfair Advantages With Plastic Ban – Senator Samuda
Government Senator Matthew Samuda says there will be no unfair advantages for manufacturers and distributors under the impending January 1, 2019, single-use plastic ban. He was speaking at a ‘Consumer...
View ArticleManagement Of HWT Transport Centre Transferred To Transport Authority
The Management of the Half Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew has been transferred from the Port Authority Management Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), to the...
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Outreach Outlet
Our aim as an organization is to build a better Jamaica by building those individuals who often have no one to build them. We hope to foster a nation of caregivers with kindness and compassion at the...
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