6 Things You Need to Know – September 5, 2014
Keimo Wanted Revenge For His Mother’s Killers. May 24, 2010 is indelibly etched in the mind of Keimo Edwards; it’s the day his mother’s life was taken. ‘Pet’, as everyone called her, was shot during...
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Ja Embarks On Commercial Bamboo Production. Houses made from bamboo? Far-fetched? Not at all, for Jamaica is to embark on large-scale production of bamboo for the construction of low-cost houses and...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 10, 2014
Fight With Us – PM Urges All Jamaicans To Join Gov’t In Battling Health Emergencies. As Jamaica steps up its response to the chikungunya (chik-V) epidemic and preparations for Ebola with a $500-million...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 14, 2014
Government Flops – Gets Low Ratings For Job Creation, Crime Fighting And Road Maintenance. There is more bad news for the ruling People’s National Party as it continues to take a whipping from the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 15, 2014
Jamaica On High Alert For Ebola – PM. An integrated National Coordinating Team, headed by the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has been established to lead the country’s...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller provided details about the government’s plans to address the continuing spread of the chikungunya virus and the national emergency response and preparedness for...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 16, 2014
Unwelcome Patients. The Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) ability to deliver top-flight health care is reportedly being compromised by patients who are well enough to go home, but have made the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 22, 2014
Ja Not Ebola-Ready: Manchester Patient Who Sparked Virus Fears Lashes Government On Preparedness. The Nigerian man who set off alarm bells at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester last...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 28, 2014
Tivoli Enquiry Flaw: Lack Of Deadline For Statements Could Hurt Inquest, Says Lawyer. An attorney for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has pointed to a flaw in the procedures for the handling of witness...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 29, 2014
Cuba To The Rescue – Neighbour To Help Jamaica In Ebola Fight. The Cuban government is next week scheduled to begin a comprehensive plan to assist Jamaica with its Ebola preparedness and response as...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 25, 2014
NHT Board Adds Four. Resisting pressure to fire the remaining members of the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) amid the ongoing Outameni controversy, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller last...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 2, 2014
PNP’s Vaz Wins. People’s National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller said last night that she was surprised by the 2,452-vote victory Dwayne Vaz scored over Faye Reid Jacobs in the Central...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 3, 2014
PM Plays Catch-Up. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said yesterday that the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) has been instructed to keep her posted regarding developments at the cash-rich...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 19, 2014
‘We Believe In Jamaica’ – IDB President Marks 45 Years Of Partnership With Official Visit. Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), has indicated that the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 23, 2014
Fired Up Over Fuel. The state-run oil refinery Petrojam Limited has promised a fulsome response today to allegations by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) that it has consistently failed...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 14, 2015
ASTEP Fiasco – Failing Programme To Be Reformed, Says Thwaites. Education Minister Ronald Thwaites says changes are coming to the Alternative Secondary Transitional Education Programme (ASTEP) even as...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 29, 2015
Extradition Buzz: Alleged Scammer Yields To US Request – More Cases In Works. Almost two years after lawmakers in the United States (US) demanded that Jamaicans involved in the lottery scam – that has...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 11, 2015
Outbound! Poll Says J’cans Are Eager To Leave Country. Yet another study has found that a sizeable portion of young Jamaicans can’t wait to ditch the land of their birth for “greener pastures”… Read...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 12, 2015
Jamaicans Urged To Take Flu Seriously In Light Of Chik-V Combo. Residual effects of the chikungunya virus (chik-V) could be worsening the impact of the influenza virus several persons have been...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 19, 2015
Corruption Crackdown. A senior official at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is among more than 70 public-sector employees expected to be hauled before the court today in a fresh crackdown by the Corruption...
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