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Tweet The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has furnished proof that Shahine Robinson has relinquished her United States citizenship, which she acquired while being a member of Jamaica’s Parliament.A Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States was… More: continued here

Tweet Walking into the Ocho Rios Craft Market in St Ann is like stepping back in time. A fridge stands filled with 2007 Cricket World Cup novelty beer bottles, quite unlike the typical Red Stripe stubbies, and vendors lament… More: continued here

Tweet 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

Tweet 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

Tweet 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

Tweet 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

Tweet 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

Tweet 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