(Jamaica Gleaner ) A court battle is looming between the Government and UC Rusal over Jamaica’s decision to revoke the mining licence that was issued to the Russian owners of West Indies Aluminium Company (Windalco) nearly 18 years ago.
(Jamaica Observer) Ernest Smith, lawyer for Tommy Lee Sparta, says he is moving forward with proceedings to sue the government of Jamaica on behalf of his client.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica yesterday steered clear of endorsing Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s opposition leader, as interim president, even though the politician declared himself so in a defiant speech amid widespread protests against putative head of state Nicolas Maduro.
(Jamaica Observer) After a relatively short but debilitating battle with stage 3 breast cancer, all the relatives of 48-year-old Sandra Rhone wanted was to ensure that her request to be laid to rest beside her mother at Melrose Cemetery, in Manchester, was granted.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Melissa Harriot, the St James woman accused of stealing a three-week-old baby at Cornwall Regional Hospital on January 4, was given a stern warning by Parish Judge Kacia Grant when she had her bail extended in the St James Parish Court yesterday.
(Jamaica Observer) With the idea of becoming a professional footballer appearing a pipe dream, Jamaica’s retired track superstar Usain Bolt says he is placing greater emphasis on cultivating business ventures.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus has revealed that it now has thousands of uncollected certificates for students with arrears.
(Jamaica Observer) Government Representatives, as well as other dignitaries, are celebrating the appointment of Jamaican-born, Dr Rosemary Moodie, to the Canadian Senate.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Kamala Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of United States President Donald Trump’s nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday.
(Jamaica Observer) Even as the country accounts for one of the highest rates of lupus worldwide, according to noted rheumatologist Dr Desiree Tulloch-Reid, Jamaican doctors are not equipped to properly diagnose the autoimmune disease because of the unavailability of a particular type of testing equipment on the island.
(Jamaica Observer) Leading Jamaican architect Evan Williams is bemoaning the demise of the Jamaican construction and architectural industry as a result of major projects being awarded to Chinese firms.
(Jamaica Gleaner) For many Jamaicans, the mesmerising pull of soca music is undeniable.
(Jamaica Observer) A man who was hauled before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court for reportedly punching his child’s mother repeatedy in her face, claimed that the complainant was lying on him and was doing so because he told her he was not ready to get married.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Some of the nation’s children are still experiencing, and witnessing, cases of child abuse in the classroom daily despite the Government’s directive that corporal punishment is prohibited in schools.
(Jamaica Observer) Munga Honorebel delivered an emotional performance at the University of Technology’s party series, College Rave Thursdays, held at the institution’s St Andrew campus on Thursday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica continues to pay dearly for corruption, with an estimated five per cent of the gross domestic product lost each year to the practice, amounting to millions of dollars.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Annette Hannan, the mother of four-year-old Rihanna Rupon, who died from dengue fever last week, says she’s left angry and devastated by the death of her child.
(Jamaica Observer) A Canadian man, who reportedly attempted to smuggle just more than seven pounds of cocaine out of the island last November, is likely to plead guilty to breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act when he reappears in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today.
(Jamaica Observer) THE management for Grammy-winning deejay Buju Banton is confident that the National Stadium in St Andrew will be filled to capacity for the March 16 concert to start his Long Walk to Freedom Tour.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Catherine man, who served his wife a forged divorce certificate before marrying another woman, has pleaded guilty to bigamy.
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