TOURISM and Entertainment Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill says the sector is poised for major investments which will provide jobs and economic growth for the country.
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THE drafting of new regulation governing funeral homes and services is way advanced and will be discussed with stakeholders during consultations as soon as they are ready, said Health Minister Fenton Ferguson.
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An agreement between the Government and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) on a $4,000 per month pay increase over 2015/2016 is expected by the end of next week.
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OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Pearnel Charles yesterday severely criticised Government’s $4.9-billion deal with Israeli non-revenue water experts, Miya, questioning whether enough effort had been put into utilising the expertise available locally.
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MORE than 80 per cent or $187 million owed to the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) by the Government is three months overdue, it was revealed at Wednesday’s sitting of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of the House of Representative.
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THE 20th International Meeting of BirdsCaribbean opens in Kingston tomorrow at the Knutsford Court Hotel, with a focus on Jamaican birds and their importance to the economy, tourism, agriculture and national heritage.
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PARENTS of students attending Corporate Area schools will get uniform deals tomorrow at the back-to-school fair being hosted by the Jamaica College Parent-Teachers Association on the grounds of Jamaica College tomorrow.
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A Kingston man who reportedly beat his five-year-old daughter with a broom and broke her arm because she could not spell the words “mother” and “father” was denied bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident’s Magistrate’s Court.
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?THE Hanover farmer who tried to leave the island for Cuba using a missing female passport was slapped with a $300,000-fine when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this week.
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FRIENDS of Vaughn Moore, the soldier who was gunned down in the volatile community of Central Village earlier this year, are moving to launch a foundation to honour the life and work of the man who gave more than 15 years of service to his country.
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PAULA Llewellyn wasn’t in Jamaica when the justice ministry announced last Thursday that the daily stipend for jurors had been increased from $500 to $2,000. However, she told Rotarians at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Saturday night that when she read the report online, she breathed a sigh of relief.
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FORMER Cabinet Minister Senator Christopher Tufton says the Government’s failure to examine and report on a resolution passed in the Senate March 1, 2013 on legislating rainwater harvesting, is yet another example of a country that gives lip service to sustainable development, while citizens have to experience the hardships from a water crisis each year.
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PROVIDENCIALES, TCI — Charles Washington Misick, the finance minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) whose statement hitting foreigners celebrating their cultures in the TCI grabbed regional headlines recently, insisted he was taken out of context.
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Little Shinnia Porteous is about to get a new lease on life, after Paymaster Limited last week stepped in to sponsor a pacemaker, which the seven-year-old desperately needed to replace the old device, that has helped to regulate her heartbeat since she was 11 months old.
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