Stories by Paul Clarke

Anthony Wood, chief executive at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), says that the addition of a new ambulance to the fleet at the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) will lead to better service delivery but noted that the lack of...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has expressed sadness at the tragic loss of life following a fire which occurred Thursday evening at an apartment building in the Bronx, New York. Twelve people were...

Yesterday proved to be a fantastic day for wards of the State housed at the Maxfield Park Children's Home thanks to the Sanmerna Foundation, which saw it fit to add some post-Christmas spark with a donation of items and paper products, including a...

Vendors in downtown Kingston have expressed mixed feelings over the just-concluded Christmas sales, calling it the worst in years."The sales were very slow. It was far less than I had expected because last year this time, I would have about $3...

Assistant Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey, the head of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC), has come out on the side of rank-and-file members of the constabulary in their pursuit of a better salary structure."I...

The improper disposal of plastic bottles, among other solid waste, is affecting the already overburdened downtown Kingston sewer mains, the National Water Commission's (NWC) Corporate Public Relations Manager, Charles Buchanan, has said.Buchanan was...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is once again touting eastern Europe as the next big area of growth in terms of tourist arrivals into Jamaica, citing new airlift arrangements as the basis for his optimism.According to Bartlett, the potential for...

The Government of Jamaica is to dole out just under $200 million to west Kingston residents before the end of the year as compensation for damages accrued during the May 2010 operations by the security forces in their attempt to arrest former...

While violence against tourists amounts to less than one per cent of all crimes committed in St James, it is still a concern that requires tangible change overall to effectively counter Jamaica's international image as a crime-infested country, says...

A high-level meeting involving the top brass of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is now under way at the Office of the Police Commissioner in St Andrew.  The meeting is being used to plan the way forward in the fight against the...

Technology and gaming services provider International Gaming Technology (IGT)yesterday gave computer technology students at the Holy Trinity High School a taste of an early Christmas as part of their annual outreach under their After-School...

It is costing the Jamaican health sector a staggering $12.6 billion per year on average to cover medical care for persons needing treatment for violence-related injuries and road traffic crashes.The figure represents 36 per cent of the annual...