Abigail Christian of Kingston Technical High School was the 2018 winner of the Tennyson Palmer Scholarship award. The scholarship is given to an outstanding student from KTHS each year in memory of A. Tennyson Palmer a former president of Mutual Life and also former President of LICA (now IAJ) who gained his early education from [...]
In this February 1, 2018 photo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates take part in an interview with The Associated Press in Kirkland, Washington. (AP) Bill and Melinda Gates, as the world's top philanthropists, are rethinking their work in America as they confront what they consider their unsatisfactory track record on schools, [...]
Howard Johnson Jr, president of the Realtors' Association of Jamaica (RAJ) says that Jamaica is now experiencing a "quasi sellers market", with one indicator being the swift sale of units. Inventory is on the uptick, Johnson said, but so are sales. "Developers are building to meet the demand, which oftentimes results in the units being [...]
A medical doctor who admitted to conning an insurance company of over $5 million was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Friday. Dr Alvin Grant, who was on trial for numerous fraud-related cases, pleaded guilty to over 36 counts on his second trial day [...]
In this April 24, 2017, file photo, a motorcyclist winds his way through Kingston traffic. The road traffic bill has passed in the Lower House but must also be passed in the Senate and signed by the governor general before it can become law. The Road Traffic Act 2018, the RTA - which is still [...]
A St Elizabeth-based doctor, Alvin Grant was on Friday slapped with a 12-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to medical insurance fraud in the amount of $5 million. Grant, who was appearing before the St Andrew Parish Court, had earlier pleaded guilty at his trial last October. The medical doctor was charged in March 2016 after an [...]
Parliamentarians walk to Gordon House during the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament. – Gladstone Taylor Photo The Government is projecting to spend approximately $773.7 billion in the new fiscal year which begins on April 1. This is $31.8 billion less than the $805.5 billion budgeted for current fiscal year which ends on March 31. On the [...]
Mortgage rates are trending down, which means lower interest income, and banks are getting more aggressive at going after new business with the introduction of a teaser rate that rewards mortgagors for switching lenders. As the mortgage market adjusts to a new interest rate environment, long-standing mortgagors are turning out to be the winners, with [...]
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (left) listens as cardiologist and managing director of Partners Interventional Centre of Jamaica Limited, Dr Victor Elliott, explains the functions of a cardiac machine, during a recent tour of the facility at Medical Associates Hospital in St Andrew. Located on the second floor of the hospital at 18 Tangerine Place, [...]
EXECUTIVE vice- governor of Gansu Province in China, Huang Qiang, says his Government is ready to invest up to US$6 billion to develop an industrial park and special economic zone (SEZ) alongside JISCO/Alpart operations in Nain, St Elizabeth. Huang made the announcement at the signing of a framework agreement on February 1, which follows closely [...]
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