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Almost 21 months after an inferno led to the death of seven girls at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, at least 30 survivors are set to receive hefty financial compensation as the Government has finally accepted liability for the fire.

Male nurse Roy Wallace's aim is to be "first and foremost, an ambassador for Jamaica" while working in Canada. He was among a group of pre-university school-trained practical...

A licensed firearm holder relates an experience of an encounter on a public-passenger vehicle that could easily have resulted in a shooting.

One objective of the Firearm Licensing Authority is to reduce the number of shootings involving licensed firearm holders.

A MISUNDERSTANDING by the public about the purpose of yesterday's farmers' market is the main reason some potential customers were disappointed, according to Cecil Thoms, director of communications at the agriculture...

An ERRONEOUS reading in the emergency signal in the cockpit was blamed for the emergency landing of a Jet Blue aircraft at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday night.

BRUCE GOLDING was the engine behind the engagement of United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz was the man carrying out his instructions.

WELL-KNOWN crime fighters Wray Palmer, Terrence Bent, and Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight lead the latest list of promotions announced by the police force.

THOMPSON PEN, St Catherine:THE OLD adage 'patience is a virtue' truly applies to residents of Thompson Pen in St Catherine, who recently received the keys to their newly refurbished and expanded pre-school, God Bless Basic School, courtesy of the...

LESS THAN five minutes after members of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) went into their monthly meeting to examine additional strategies to reduce road fatalities, news broke yesterday that four more persons had lost their lives in yet another motor-vehicle crash....

HEALTH MINISTER Rudyard Spencer says the time has come for the repeal of the Leprosy Act of 1949.Spencer, in piloting the health and allied professions and services miscellaneous penalty provisions bill in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said...

The accuracy of the statement filed by Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne to the Dudus-Manatt commission of enquiry was brought into question yesterday. Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions...