PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) Septimus Blake said the plethora of attacks on cash couriers and automated teller machines (ATMs) in recent months brings “national risks” which the security forces and…
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Hi-5 run/walk in Florida raises millions for Adopt-a-Clinic Programme
THE Riversdale Health Centre in St Catherine, and four other health facilities, are to benefit from a donation of just over $5 million (US$35,000) which was raised at the Jamaica Hi-5 5K Run/Walk…
Shortage of mental health specialists being addressed, says Longmore
GOVERNMENT Senator Dr Saphire Longmore says the Andrew Holness Administration will be seeking to encourage more people to work in the area of mental health as there is a great deficit of these…
No increase in number of children with autism, but…
Patron of the Jamaica Autism Support Association Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan says she is now diagnosing “many children” at the high school level with autism who had been under the radar because they had…
Split views on razing of MoBay’s People’s Arcade
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Councillor Richard Vernon (Jamaica Labour Party, Montego Bay South Division) has come out strongly against a call from one of St James’ top lawmen to demolish the crime-plagued…
Transport sector seeking fare hike as Shaw makes sectoral presentation
Transport and Mining Minister Audley Shaw is scheduled to make his contribution to the sectoral debate in the House of Representatives today, but it is unclear if he will address a fare increase…
Politicians express concerns over St James shootings
The St James police were kept busy on Monday as gunmen ran amok across the parish, triggering worry from representatives on both sides of the political divide. There were at least three shooting…
No one was sacked, says Sagicor Group Jamaica
The following is a statement from Sagicor Jamaica in response to a story on the company’s annual report published in our Sunday Finance magazine this week. Sagicor Group Jamaica (SGJ) completely rejects as…
Stokes urges police to target crime syndicates
DEVELOPMENT economist Dr Chris Stokes is urging the authorities to target crime syndicates to prevent further attacks on cash couriers. Addressing a meeting of the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights last Thursday,…
Boiling point
DRAPERS, Portland – It would not have been surprising to see a kitchen sink in all the debris strewn on the roads of several communities in eastern Portland on Monday morning as angry…