US$1.2m aid to help fight child labour

JAMAICA IS to get US$1.2 million in financial and technical assistance from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over the next three years to fight the "worst forms" of child labour. The government and the ILO signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

MoBay sceptical about report - Street people dumping details to be released on Friday
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH THE long-awaited Montego Bay street people report expected to be made public on Friday, residents of the resort city are not expressing much optimism in what the details will reveal.

72-year-old farm worker still going strong in Canada
BERESFORD CRUMBIE of Milestone, Hanover, is one of the stalwarts of the Canadian Farm Work Programme (CFWP). Not only has the 72-year-old farm worker been with the programme since its inception 34 years ago, he has also been working at the same tobacco..

Furniture and overcrowding among back-to-school problems
While most schools in rural Jamaica had a relatively problem-free re-opening on Monday, several have reported problems with inadequate furniture and overcrowding. According to Regional Director for the Ministry of Education in St. Catherine, Rudyard...

PM 'revs' election engine

Western Bureau: THOUSANDS OF party faithful were bussed in from across the island to Whitehouse, Eastern Westmoreland on Sunday afternoon, as the People's National Party celebrated Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's 30 years of political service.