Attorney-at-law Abe Dabdoub is adamant that the Government had no option but to allow the appeal by Bengal Development Limited to conduct mining and other developments in the Puerto Bueno Mountains, also called Dry Harbour Mountains in St Ann.
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Gov’t had no option in Dry Harbour Mountain issue, says Dabdoub
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — Most Republican lawmakers have yet to acknowledge Joe Biden as America’s next leader, a departure from political norms that suggests President Donald Trump retains an iron grip on his congressional flock.
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Republicans shun Biden’s win, but to what end?
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton is calling on young leaders across the island to get into “activist mode” against the novel coronavirus.
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Youth leaders urged to be activists against COVID-19
President of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA)Norman Grant is seeking Government intervention to the tune of $200 million for a recovery programme for the country’s coffee farmers.According to Grant, during a recent meeting of the JCEA, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green committed to contributing $80 million to the coffee recovery programme through the Jamaica Agricultural Commodity Regulatory Authority.
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Coffee exporters seek $200m gov’t support
MINISTER of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment, and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr has announced that a multisectoral task force will be established by his ministry to support and advance the country’s development agenda and to ensure that climate change adaptation efforts are sustainable.
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Task force to advance country’s development agenda
Baking company Honey Bun is focusing on the welfare of its staff members as they continue to grapple with the fall-out of COVID-19.Last week the company launched its Staff Wellness and Support Programme, offering professional confidential counselling, and empowerment services for its permanent and short-term employees.
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Honey Bun launches staff wellness support programme
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says that thousands of Jamaican hospitality workers will benefit from the protection of an amendment to the Shipping Act, which is expected to be passed in the House of Representatives today.The Bill, titled ‘An Act to Amend the Shipping Act’ or the ‘Shipping (Amendment) Act 2020’, was tabled by Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague in the House of Representatives last week Tuesday.
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Bartlett sees huge benefits from Shipping Act amendment
HEAD of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Infant and Primary Schools Violet Thomas-Thompson has commended the education ministry for the distribution of tablets to students, but says she is concerned that the devices are not outfitted with SIM cards.She says students and parents will still face a challenge, in instances where there is no access to broadband connection at home.
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Provide SIM cards with tablets, principal urges Gov’t
New Fortress Energy has donated tablets to 53 grade six students at Barracks Road Primary School in St James in response to an appeal from Principal Maxine Coates-Brown for assistance.Coates-Brown had made the appeal after bringing attention to students who, because they did not have a mobile device, were unable to effectively participate in classes being taught online as schools were shut to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus.
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New Fortress Energy donates tablets to 53 students
SPALDING, Clarendon — Five people are now in custody as the police investigate the murder of their colleague, Constable Kirkland Plummer, and the fatal shooting of one of his alleged attackers in the deep rural community of Harwood, in northern Clarendon, on Saturday night.
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Five arrested after cop killed at illegal party
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips jousted in Parliament yesterday over the interim appointment of Colonel Daniel Pryce as executive director of the Integrity Commission.
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Holness, Phillips joust over Integrity Commission appointment
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) agriculture ministers have been presented with a study that analyses the weaknesses and opportunities in intra-regional food trade and transportation, the Guyana-based Caricom Secretariat has said.
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Study examines weaknesses and opportunities in intra-regional trade
PARIS, France (AFP) — World leaders gathered under driving rain in Paris yesterday to lead global commemorations marking 100 years since the end of World War I, at a time of growing nationalism and diplomatic tensions.Around 70 leaders, including US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, marked the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital at 11:00 am local time (1000 GMT).
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World leaders mark 100 years since WW I Armistice in Paris
Hundreds of people from communities in Mandeville and its environs received a range of health services during a four-day health and wellness fair hosted recently by Northern Caribbean University (NCU) at its main campus.
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Hundreds benefit from NCU health fair
Jamaica and the World Bank have highlighted the importance of understanding disaster risks and the need to have a robust financial plan to manage them.The issue was the subject of discussion at a public forum, titled ‘Facing the Fiscal Risk of Natural Disasters’, held last week at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
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Jamaica, World Bank point to importance of disaster risk management
