6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 20, 2015
Revenue Jump: Gov’t Eyes Huge Increase In Tax Haul. Recurrent tax revenues are projected to jump by 54 per cent in the next fiscal year, with the Government indicating it will be seeking to collect...
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Top Of The Class – CMI And Edna Manley College Getting Best Employment Offers Before Graduation. The top two tertiary institutions in Jamaica, which offer graduates the best prospects for employment,...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – April 21, 2015
UWI Plants Legal Weed, To Establish Cannabis Research Institute. Ahead of being granted a licence to cultivate marijuana for research purposes, the University of the West Indies (UWI) is set to...
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January 5, 1978 was one of the darkest, most controversial days in Jamaica’s history. On that day, a covert operation allegedly carried out by special forces in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) resulted...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – April 23, 2015
Shot In The Back – Simmons Disturbed By Tivoli Operation Post-Mortem Reports. Thirsty-five or nearly half of the more than 70 persons killed during the 2010 police-military operations in Tivoli Gardens...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 13, 2015
Yes To CCJ – Gov’t Urges Opposition To Cast Aside Party Lines And Vote For Bill. Even after seeing efforts to secure the parliamentary opposition’s support of three bills that would pave the way for...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 14, 2015
Firefighters’ Resources Depleted, Will Have To Watch Fires Burn. Resources employed to combat the Mavis Bank inferno are running at an all-time low, as the raging flames show no sign of retreating…...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 22, 2015
Justice Not Blind – West Kingston Woman Awarded $50m After Security Forces’ Bullet Robbed Her Of Sight. A WestKingston woman has been awarded close to $50 million in damages almost 14 years after a...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 29, 2015
$71m In Tivoli Damage. In the aftermath of the 2010 police-military operations in west Kingston, an assessment conducted by the Ministry of Labour found $71.8 million in damage to houses, furniture and...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 5, 2015
No Room In Private Sector For Displaced Government Workers. Chief Executive Officer of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Dennis Chung, has warned that there is no place in the sector...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 4, 2015
Relief – No New Water Restrictions, Says NWC. The National Water Commission (NWC) has indicated that it will not be introducing any new water restriction even as the drought continues to hold the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 8, 2015
NSWMA To Purchase New Trucks To Ease Strain On Waste Collection Operations. The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is set to purchase 17 new Renault trucks to complement its ageing...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 15, 2015
‘I Am Back’ – Kern Spencer Ready To Head Back To North East St Elizabeth If PNP Rejects Pryce, Redman. Kern Spencer has revealed that he is considering a return to representational politics, a career...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 16, 2015
No Room For Blackmail – Davies Issues Strong Warning To Air Traffic Controllers. Warning air traffic controllers that they will not be allowed to “blackmail” the Government, Transport, Works and...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 23, 3015
Prison ‘Cellfies’ – Hundreds Of Photos, Videos And Other Posts Give Rare Look Into Life Behind Bars. An accomplice in an armed robbery counts down his time remaining in prison on Facebook. “Freedom day...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 24, 2015
Mike Henry Wants Colleagues To Shun Cameron If He Doesn’t Talk Reparation. Jamaica’s Members of Parliament (MPs) are being urged by one of their own to turn their backs on British Prime Minister David...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 22, 2015
Momentum Driven – PNP Head To Westmoreland For Warm-Up. With the general election believed to be on the horizon, the governing People’s National Party (PNP) will on Sunday head to its safest parish –...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 27, 2015
University Hospital Of The West Indies Boss Resigns; First Casualty After Baby Deaths. The chief executive officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr Cecil White, is the first...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 25, 2015
Politics Responsible For Jamaica’s Diseased Health Sector – Dawes. Blaming politics for the reason Jamaica’s health sector is in its diseased state, Dr Alfred Dawes, immediate past president of the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 4, 2015
ZIKV Alert! – Health Ministry Issues Warning As Virus Spreads Through Americas. The zika virus is not to be taken lightly because if contracted, it can create serious complications, including death,...
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