Saint Andrew, Jamaica News

By Latonya Linton KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The government of Jamaica has issued a formal notice to Russian aluminium company, UC Rusal, of its intention to revoke the special mining rights for its ALPART and Kirkvine refineries, if "bona fide" mining operations do not resume within six months.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center -- a project of the World Bank and its global entrepreneurship program infoDev -- has announced the 11 winners of its first regional proof of concept competition.

Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica: News reports out of Nevis say Premier Vance Amory, wants a concert featuring Jamaican entertainer, Alkaline, cancelled over fears of his social and moral influence on citizens.

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That represented an over one-quarter decline on the $140 billion spent in 2012, according to the Real Estate Data Report 2014 published by Kingston Properties.

By Latonya Linton KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Discussions are well advanced for the expansion of the arrangement between Caribbean Cement Company Limited and the government of Venezuela, under the PetroCaribe Trade Compensation Mechanism, for the supply of more clinker from Jamaica.

One of the effects of neo-colonialism in general and neo-slavery in particular is a lack of confidence that is holding us back.

By age five, many kids have picked up and played with toy building blocks. In these early years of a child's life, children begin to learn how to put things together.

Sunrise Airways announced that it has been formally designated by the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to operate new flights between Port-au-Prince and Kingston, Jamaica, an important step forward in its quest to expand its route network throughout the Western Caribbean.

Omar Ford, a student of Papine High School in Kingston, is the first winner of the Rita Marley Foundation Essay Competition Omar Ford, a student of Papine High School in Kingston, is the first winner of the Rita Marley Foundation Essay Competition Omar Ford , a 16-year-old student out of Papine High School , is the winner of the inaugural Rita ... (more)

While Beverly Penn completes her residency this week, the Lux Art Institute has announced its 2014-15 roster of artists.

KINGSTON, Jamaica A 36-year-old man was sentenced to five years hard labour after he pleaded guilty to lottery scamming charges when he appeared in the St. Elizabeth Circuit Court on Thursday, July 3. Greg Williams of a Mandeville, Manchester address appeared in the court to answer to charges under the Law Reform Act 2013.

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Severe malnutrition in childhood may increase the risk for high blood pressure in adulthood - a possible significant impact on global health, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension .

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All Children's Hospital pediatric cardiovascular surgeon Jeffrey Jacobs, M.D., led a team of 60 physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals from throughout the United States and world on a special medical mission to Kingston, Jamaica, to treat children for a variety of cardiac related medical conditions.

A "very frightening" mass of about 25,000 protesters rallied in support of Jamaica's so-called "buggery law" - a colonial leftover in the civil code that criminalizes sodomy - in a demonstration organized by religious leaders in Kingston on Sunday, according to BuzzFeed .

From the Tropical Medicine Research Institute , Departments of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia, and Intensive Care , Medicine , and UWI Solutions for Developing Countries , University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; Institute Biomedical Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium ; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and DOHAD Division , ... (more)

Severe malnutrition in childhood may increase the risk for high blood pressure in adulthood-a possible significant impact on global health, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension .

Heat advisory in WNY from 1PM to 9PM Tuesday. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine and create heat index values or what it actually feels like to the skin as high as 104 degrees.