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-- // Mobile Site | About Advertise with us A-Z E-Paper Buy Photos Site map Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Blackberry App Contact Us | Newsletter | E-Paper HOME | NEWS | BUSINESS | SPORT | LIFESTYLE | ALL WOMAN | REGIONAL | ENTERTAINMENT | HEALTH | CLASSIFIEDS PLACE AN AD Miscellaneous Real Estate Motor Vehicles Jobs Editorial | Columns | Career | Food | teenAGE | Letters | Auto | Clovis Toons | Page2 | E-Paper | Supplements | Football Weekly Round-up: Deportees arrive in Jamaica… Two candidates to run in March 2 by-election… Reggae Boyz call out JFF 12:01 am Thousands to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation 4:30 pm Gov't earmarks $3.76b for Montego Bay road project 4:00 pm China gymnastics team pulls out of WCup due to travel ban 3:20 pm Gov't to spend $339.7m on poverty reduction programme 2:45 pm Man accused of slashing girls with machete in US held without bond 2:04 pm -- -- -- -- -- End Banner Ad -- Positive for Portmore 12:01 am -- THE Government's point man for the planned massive residential, agricultural, commercial and light industries development in the Bernard Lodge area of St Catherine, Daryl Vaz, is adamant... Positive for Portmore PM seeks private sector help to expand HOPE 12:01 am -- ABOUT 50,000 unattached youth and volunteers could eventually benefit from the HOPE (Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment) programme for which Prime Minister Andrew Holness is... PM seeks private sector h 'COME OUT IN YOUR NUMBERS' 12:01 am -- EWAN Simpson, chairman of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA), says even though the turnout at Reggae Wednesdays has been steadily increasing, more support is... 'COME OUT IN YOUR NUMBERS Marleys open learning centre 6:33 am -- Ghetto Youths Foundation (GYF), founded by Stephen, Damian, and Julian Marley, fulfilled its vision to be generationally impactful in communities where opportunities are scarce with the... Marleys open learning cen KC, XLCR AHEAD 12:01 am -- Kingston College (KC) and Excelsior High girls grabbed early leads on day one of the Digicel Anthrick Corporate Area Championship inside National Stadium yesterday. KC, XLCR AHEAD 50 First Dates at Totally Male 7:30 am -- Fall in love all over again with Totally Male's new home at 6 Windsor Avenue, Kingston 5. The all-male spa, which began its love affair with men over 25 years ago, is totally new —... 50 First Dates at Totally Today's Headlines Thousands to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation 4:30 pm Gov't earmarks $3.76b for Montego Bay road project 4:00 pm China gymnastics team pulls out of WCup due to travel ban 3:20 pm Gov't to spend $339.7m on poverty reduction programme 2:45 pm Man accused of slashing girls with machete in US held without bond 2:04 pm Restrictions at Up Park Camp as two firearms go missing 12:33 pm 15-y-o Portland girl, Dejenia Fletcher, missing 12:19 pm Orphanage where children killed was kept in deplorable state, Haitian official says 11:51 am ONLINE READERS COMMENT: US losing prestige and influence in int'l community 11:23 am France announces first death in Europe of virus patient 10:51 am Most Popular Stories US Gov't drops NIA ( ) Do more ( ) JLP using Clarendon by-election to test 'pulse of the people' ( ) PM: Kari Douglas has a future in politics ( ) Lesotho murder intrigue 'traumatises' already volatile kingdom ( ) Greg Christie is back ( ) 'We don't trust the JFF' ( ) Man before court for stepson's murder says inmates beat him ( ) 'JAMAICA WE SAY' ( ) Holness moving to fill vacant Senate seat, Cabinet post ( ) LATEST NEWS Weekly Round-up: Deportees arrive in Jamaica… Two candidates to run in March 2 by-election… Reggae Boyz call out JFF 9:13 am KINGSTON, Jamaica — Seventeen of 50 Jamaicans were deported from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, after a last-minute UK court order granted the others... Read More Thousands to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation 4:30 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica— Thousands of young people are to be trained for jobs in digitisation and animation in the new fiscal year.... Read More Gov't earmarks $3.76b for Montego Bay road project 4:00 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica – Approximately $3.76 billion has been earmarked to continue the Montego Bay perimeter road project during the upcoming fiscal year.... Read More China gymnastics team pulls out of WCup due to travel ban 3:20 pm MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Chinese gymnastics team entered into next week's World Cup in Melbourne has withdrawn from the event due to Australian government travel...... Read More Gov't to spend $339.7m on poverty reduction programme 2:45 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Government is to spend $339.706 million on the Poverty Reduction Programme IV in the new fiscal year.... Read More Man accused of slashing girls with machete in US held without bond 2:04 pm LAUDERHILL, Florida (AP) — A man accused of slashing two children with a machete was ordered by a judge Saturday to be held in a Florida jail without bond.... Read More Restrictions at Up Park Camp as two firearms go missing 12:33 pm KINGSTON, Jamaica— Access and exit at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Up Park Camp base has been restricted this morning. The restrictions were put in place...... Read More 15-y-o Portland girl, Dejenia Fletcher, missing 12:19 pm PORTLAND, Jamaica – An Ananda Alert has been activated for 15-year-old Dejenia Fletcher, student of Industry District, Portland who has been reported missing since on...... Read More More Stories » -- More Stories » NEWS Chinese embassy still issuing visas THE Chinese embassy in Jamaica says it's business as usual as far as the issuance of visas is concerned as consular activities remain normal, notwithstanding the... Read More HEALTH CRISIS MINISTER with responsibility for the environment Daryl Vaz has described the dust nuisance facing residents of communities around the Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Co...... Read More St Andrew building owned by health ministry being used as quarantine facility Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday confirmed that a building in Allerdyce, St Andrew, that is featured in a short video being circulated on...... Read More Gov't strengthening disaster risk management in Portmore THE Government has allocated $35.2 million towards strengthening the disaster risk management capacity of the Portmore Municipal Council.Details...... Read More More Stories » SPORT Jumpstart The Milo Western Relays has become famous for the exciting and competitive race between high schools and even colleges, so fans who turned up at the 'new' venue G C... Read More Battle royale expected for girls' honours at COCAA Western Champs SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — A battle royale is expected today in the girls' section of the County of Cornwall Athletics Association (COCAA) Western Championships...... Read More McKay urges corporate support for football to help curb violence CITING the influence that involvement in sports can have on reducing the level of violence in the country, CEO of McKay Security Jason McKay is calling on corporate...... Read More Sentient to secure hat-trick in Nonrestricted Overnight Allowance While the Millard Ziadie Memorial Cup will be today's prized event, the Gary Subratie-trained Sentient and his Overnight Allowance peers are expected to attract most of...... Read More More Stories » GA_googleFillSlot("300x250-5_front_place"); GA_googleFillSlot("300x250-6_front"); BUSINESS CDB targets 4.1 per cent growth for Caribbean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Lamenting the fact that borrowing member countries (BMCs) were only able to achieve just about an average of one per cent growth in 2019,... Read More Stay on course, Jamaica — CDB president Speaking at the annual news conference at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) headquarters in Bridgetown, Barbados, President Dr Wm Warren Smith praised Jamaica for its...... Read More Scotiabank profits up 3% for 2019 Scotiabank Jamaica is reporting a marginal three per cent increase i...