Legal aid hunts cash from clients
The Legal Aid Council wants to collect more money from its beneficiaries to offset millions of dollars in costs that its budget is unable to cover in providing the service...

Churchmen want carnival code of conduct

Some religious leaders are calling for a code of conduct to curb the sexy gyrations of carnival revellers this year.The call follows a recent decision by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association to issue a stern warning to Spring-breakers to tone down...

House tax committee to be established
The Standing Orders Committee of the House of Representatives is to meet shortly on the establishment of a Committee on Tax Measures, a proposal prompted by the 1999 gas riots. Leader of the House, Dr. Peter Phillips, moved the motion on Tuesday. He...

Motorcyclist killed in collision
A motorcyclist died from injuries he received in a head-on collision with a car on Friday along the Braeton Parkway, in St. Catherine. Dead is Pendril Howell, a 57-year-old building contractor of Federal Drive, Sydenham Park, St. Catherine.