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WESTERN BUREAU: THE HOTEL industry will have to fork out an extra US$20 million (J$1.8 billion) annually to purchase spirits and keg beers to service their guests as a result of the restructuring of the alcohol tax regime, says the sector’s largest supplier… More: continued here

THE MERE mention of agriculture conjures, for many, images of a hardened, wrinkled farmer with a feeble donkey and old, muddy boots. However, Tyrone Hall, a 23-year-old Jamaican graduate student at Clark University… More: continued here

WESTERN BUREAU: For years, there has been a common belief among Jamaicans that Jamaica’s emergency services are staggeringly ill-equipped to handle situations in the event a major disaster should hit the island. At a Gleaner Editors’ Forum held at the Rose Hall Resort… More: continued here

FOR YEARS, the old train station in Balaclava, St Elizabeth, remained idle as the local rail service was suspended. But for the past 18 years, the facility has been put to productive use, and it is not that the trains have started rolling again…. More: continued here

Solar panels used for electricity generation in tropical regions like the Caribbean could be losing as much as 40 per cent of energy daily because of atmospheric pollution. According to Dr Paul Ruscher, associate professor… More: continued here

St Catherine Co-operative Credit Union has brought a bright smile to the face of a woman whose daughter has been stricken with bone cancer. Georgette Brewster gratefully accepted a cheque for $50,000 from the credit union last Thursday…. More: continued here

Major traffic changes have been implemented in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, as the police try to curb congestion and crime in the town amid the anticipated holiday shopping crush.Strict vending rules will also be imposed in the southwestern Jamaica town… More: continued here

Another cellular tower construction by telecommunications provider Claro has been shut down by a local government body because the project did not get the necessary approval. This time, it is the Kingston and St Andrew… More: continued here