'Butch' on the warpath

GORDON "BUTCH" Stewart, chairman of the Sandals Group, yesterday lambasted the government over its inability to fight crime and called on the P.J. Patterson's administration to either come to grips with the situation or "ship out". "We have a disaster..

Fiery speech from JTA head

OCHO RIOS: JUDITH SPENCER-JARRETT, who was on Monday night installed as the new president of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA), delivered a fiery inaugural address touching on some of the major issues affecting education in Jamaica.

Textbooks late for schools
THE DISTRIBUTION of textbooks to the island's high schools will be off to a late start for the upcoming academic year due to changes in the Ministry of Education's method of acquiring the texts. Up to last year, the ministry's policy was to allow...

Jamaicans in Los Angeles urged to forge links with local groups

MINISTER OF Information, Senator Maxine Henry-Wilson, has called on leaders in the Jamaican community in the Los Angeles metropolitan area to redouble their efforts in forging links with groups and organisations in Jamaica, in pursuit of common national.

When tourists are dishonest
WESTERN BUREAU: VISITORS TO the island are prone to making false reports to the police and Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) officials about being robbed, often costing local workers their jobs and reputation.