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Glistening Waters By Night

Travel Tuesday trivia question: Did you know water could glow in the dark? Experience it for yourself with a night-time trip to Glistening Waters Restaurant and Luminous Lagoon in Falmouth, Trelawny....

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5 Things To Do This Weekend – March 13-15

TGIF! Here’s what’s on for the weekend. Join the Zinc Fence Redemption movement as Chronixx and crew continues the Capture Land Jamaica tour. Tonight’s show takes place at St Elizabeth High School...

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How To Make A Submission to Parliament in Jamaica

Sometimes people are unaware of the power they possess to help shape the laws and legislation of their country. Many are interested in what is happening in the nation, and would love to be part of the...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today

Your news in a nutshell Former Petrojam chairman quits other state boards Explosion damages houses, church in East Portland Gov’t considers nat’l drought committee Westmoreland records highest child...

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Your news in a nutshell PNP question SOE value Ambrose Lane curfew Bloomfield staying grounded More under-30s, women buying property Amazing Atkinson strikes again Ja ready for PanAm shooting champs...

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How To Foster A Child

Foster care is a preferred alternative to a children’s home or other state residential facility for a child deemed in need of care. Very often, these children are moved into state care as a result of...

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Your news in a nutshell Ja, Namibia agree to visa waiver US$93k seized, 3 foreigners arrested Criminals corrupting Customs Two arrested after decomposing body found in Mona Waterhouse tense again?...

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How To Tell Genuine Jamaican Notes from Counterfeit

In September 2010, the police intercepted a motor vehicle in St James carrying a total of US$1,900 in US $100 notes; US$400 in US $50 notes, and US$40 in US $20 notes – all counterfeit. They also found...

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Your news in a nutshell Windalco escapes US sanctions Court reserves decision on #VybzKartelAppeal Contender showdown-Holmes vs Salas J’can-born dancer choreographs for Bocelli tour Section of St Mary...

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Your news in a nutshell Ja thirsty for rain Cops pleased at incident-free Sumfest ‘Mutty’ Scott dead Demolish Heroes Circle buildings? Madness! Williams explains dollar slide Procuring entities...

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10 Stats on Maternal, Neonatal & Infant Health (MNIH) in Jamaica

The focus on maternal, neonatal, and infant health in Jamaica (MNIH) came sharply into focus after the 2016 ‘Dead Babies Scandal’. The story was broken by The Sunday Gleaner, reporting that seven...

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PharmWatch Jamaica: Sustaining Pharmacovigilance

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pharmacovigilance is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or...

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Don’t Just Drink – Drink Water!

Christopher Serju PhotoThe Yallahs River in St. Thomas is a major source of piped water for Jamaica. Water is life. You’ve heard it said very many times. And no doubt, you’ve registered the fact...

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Your news in a nutshell Low employment among skilled disabled Public health over ganja economic gains-Tufton Gunmen murder pensioner, schoolboy Warren walks but Parliament wants NESol classification...

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Earning the Least: Jamaica’s Minimum Wage Situation

What is minimum wage? Minimum wages have been defined as “the minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed during a given period, which cannot...

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Jamaica’s Minimum Wage Laws – Excerpts

The Minimum Wage Act of Jamaica was passed in 1938 after much upheaval about the inequities that existed in our post-colonial society, especially in a time when labour unions were helping to set the...

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Your news in a nutshell J’cans urged to make use of Ja Eye Residents blame Windalco for Rio Cobre contamination Riverton fire possibly arson Tertiary education system being rescheduled JAAA supports...

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Full Text: IAAF Eligibility to Represent A Member Rule

On July 27, 2018, new rules governing an athlete’s eligibility to represent a member of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) as either a citizen or national representative came...

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Timeline: The NESOL Scandal

Background to the Issue Coming in tandem with the Petrojam Scandal (see our timeline here), a scandal has unfolded around the management of the National Energy Solution Limited (NESOL). NESOL falls...

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Your news in a nutshell EFJ supports solutions to beat drought ZOSO tearing families apart? Paulwell renews call to scrap oil hedge levy Hundreds at Seville Emancipation Vigil Whitmore to young Reggae...

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