PM proposes public service as part payment at UWI
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has proposed the creation of a programme that will allow students of the University of the West Indies, UWI Mona campus to defray part of the cost of their education through public service. Information Minister, Senator...

Stand-off at pier - Police keep angry Ocho Rios taxi drivers at bay
WESTERN BUREAU: ANGRY TAXI drivers yesterday were in a tense stand-off with the police at the entrance of the Ocho Rios Pier as they vehemently protested being denied access to the cruise ship terminal to solicit business.

Robinson sworn in

"I AM NEVER nervous," newly sworn-in JLP MP for Northeast St. Ann, Shahine Robinson, said at the end of yesterday's sitting of Parliament. Her first since winning the March 8 by-election. She was responding to a question on whether she had felt...

New library service for Westmoreland
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland: THE WESTMORELAND Parish Council opened a brand new building in St. Leonards to serve the district, after offering library service to that community since 1958.

Gov't to target youth for farming

THE GOVERNMENT, in association with the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation in Agriculture (IICA), will be implementing a programme aimed at getting more young people involved in farming. Dubbed the Agricultural Support Services Project, the...