Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited says the Port of Kingston is now able to accommodate the extra large container ships with the completion of upgrades on section one of the Kingston Container Terminal. Kingston Freeport says the upgrading, along with the completion of dredging to deepen the shipping channel, makes it
MINISTER of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw has welcomed the 1.1 per cent growth in the economy for the October to December quarter in 2017. “It's still a modest growth figure but at least we are going in the right direction. And I think that what we have
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (foreground) is pleased as he completes the race. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) A total of 26,519 people participated in yesterday's Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run, the largest number yet in the annual 5K road race held to raise money for charity. Organisers said they realised the $50-million target
Contract workers concerned for years about the interpretation of their form of employment in local industrial relations legislation, should find some relief in the new Occupational Safety and Health Bill. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, has noted that the Bill advances an expanded definition of “worker”, in
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
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
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
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
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
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
