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Some 30 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been working fulltime on the investigation into the murder of Pakistani Cricket Coach, Bob Woolmer, in addition to two officers from the Pakistani police who arrived in the island last week. Deputy Commissioner of Police for Crime, Mark Shields made this disclosure at a press conference at the Police Officers...

State Minister for Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson has revealed that $158 million would be spent to upgrade the Essex Valley water supply scheme in St Elizabeth. The announcement was made recently by the State Minister during a tour of National Water Commission (NWC) projects located near the South Manchester and Northeast St. Elizabeth border. "We have...

More than 300 teachers participated in a conference hosted by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay from April 11 to 13. The conference, held under the theme - 'Teaching for Success: Reaching every Learner' - was aimed at motivating and empowering the teachers. President of the JTA, Hopeton Henry, described the conference...

Jamaican born writer, Anthony C. Winkler, will headline the third staging of the Caribbean Classic Stage and Screen Series from April 15 to 21 in New York City. Produced by the Brooklyn-based Caribbean Cultural Theatre, the series celebrate the artistry of some of the Caribbean's most illustrious writers and actors from the last Century. "This multi-faceted programme highlights these writers'...

Organisers of the Penn Relays have decided to reserve a section of the north grandstand of the Ben Franklin Stadium for Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), a New York based independent outfit that has been providing for students/athletes from Jamaica and the Caribbean community. The 113th running of the Penn Relays will take place at the Ben Franklin Stadium, University of...

President of Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Irwine Clare, Sr., has said that volunteerism has fueled the growth of the group over the 11 years since it was established in New York and Philadelphia in the United States. Speaking at a fund-raising reception at the corporate offices of PECO Energy, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 10, Mr. Clare told an audience...

The Police have now received partial toxicology results in the Bob Woolmer murder case. Mr. Woolmer, the Pakistani Cricket Coach, was found unconscious in his hotel room at the Jamaica Pegasus on March 18 and was later pronounced dead at the University Hospital of the West Indies. A pathologist report revealed that death was due to asphyxia as a result...

The Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank proposes to on-lend more than $4 billion over the fiscal year 2007/08.This was announced yesterday (April 12), by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, when he opened the 2007/08 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives. "This figure, it is projected, will be disaggregated as follows : manufacturing will receive $1.9 billion; tourism and...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said any agreement to conclude the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations should give consideration to the needs and special circumstances of people in the developing world. She made the comment on Friday (Apr. 13) during talks with Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO who paid a courtesy call on her...

The government will be increasing grant assistance under the Student Loan Programme for the 2007/08 academic year, with the number of beneficiaries to move to 3,600 from 2,290 last year. Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, who made the announcement in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 12), where he opened the 2007/08 Budget Debate, noted that grants to...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, has said that during this fiscal year, an additional 15,500 poor and disadvantage persons will receive benefits under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The Minister, who opened the 2007/08 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 12), informed that this increase would bring the total number...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has said there would be no change in the income tax threshold or the treatment of special allowances during the current fiscal year. Opening the 2007/08 Budget Debate in the House yesterday (April 12), Dr. Davies said the issue had received significant publicity "with charges of betrayal of a solemn promise," but...