Shearer hits the streets - BOJ shares security features to look for
The Bank of Jamaica's $5,000 banknote was placed in circulation yesterday.The note has the following security features:Front1. Fine engraved lines on the portrait of Hugh Lawson Shearer, former prime minister of Jamaica (1967-1972)....

Ground broken for Portmore Villas Phase 2B
The Ministry of Water and Housing has officially broken ground for the development of 100 housing solutions in Portmore Villas, St Catherine, at a projected cost of $300 million.The units will form Phase 2B of the Portmore Villas development...

Contractor general probes PCJ contracts with security firm
THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) on Wednesday commenced an investigation into an alleged payment of $2 million by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) to a security company for providing services at a community centre in Santa Cruz...

Pereira gives the nod to casino gambling
WESTERN BUREAU: University of the West Indies Deputy Principal Joseph Pereira says the introduction of casino gambling can do no more harm to Jamaica than has already been caused."I don't think that we Jamaicans could have any more corruption of our morals...

No more raw sewage in Kgn Harbour, says NWC
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) says its two major treatment plants in Kingston are no longer discharging raw sewage into Kingston Harbour. For years environmentalists have lambasted the NWC for polluting the city's harbour...

Excelsior High mourns again
Grief counsellors had to be called in this week to assist students at Excelsior High School in St Andrew cope with the violent death of yet another of their of schoolmates, the third over the last eight months...