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SOME STAKEHOLDERS in the education system have welcomed Energy Minister Philip Paulwell's announcement that materials from textbooks are to be installed on tablet computers.

Twenty-two families in Crooked River, St Mary, who were displaced following the passage of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, have been provided with new homes by the Government.

The Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS) and the Jamaica Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (JACAP) have stepped up their drive to force promoters of music events to pay copyright fees.

Rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (ISCF) and Island Special Constabulary Force who patrol the nation's streets have vowed to shoulder arms in protest of the recent Constitutional Court ruling, which reaffirmed the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) powers to arrest cops involved in questionable shootings.

The perceived role of women in the society and a lack of support from the Government are two of the main problems identified by local female entrepreneurs as they react to a ranking which shows the country as among the worst places for women to do business in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The agriculture ministry has dismissed a request from the All-Island Banana Growers' Association (AIBGA) for it to rein in Jamaica Producers, the largest local banana producer.

ACCORDING TO Dr Erna Brodber in her book The People of My Jamaican Village 1817-1949, Woodside, St Mary, first appeared in Jamaican government records in 1811. It was a 1,000-acre coffee plantation owned by a Dr William John Neilson, who inherited it from his father, John Neilson, who died in 1800.

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has halted the scheduled implementation of electricity wheeling to allow the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to make an application to the Electricity Appeal Tribunal.

Chairman of Television Jamaica (TVJ) Milton Samuda says he has learnt some important lessons from an incident in which he took recordings of interviews belonging to journalists from The Gleaner and TVJ.

IT'S A lesson in humanitarian existence. With a degree in engineering from the University of Technology (UTech), Kimroy Bailey has unselfishly set his early sights not on personal gains, but on helping others through community building.

The Trelawny Parish Council is hoping that the plans to erect a statue of iconic track star Usain Bolt in Water Square, Falmouth, will be another way to encourage cruise passengers to spend more time in the historic parish capital.

Reacting to a concern put forward in a letter published in The Gleaner, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has admitted there has been a temporary suspension of the distribution of Taxpayer Registraion Number (TRN) cards and certificates printed after...