Taxi-drivers vent anger - Block Corporate Area roads to protest colleague's killing by cop
ANGRY TAXI-DRIVERS used abandoned bus sheds, burning tyres and other debris to block several Corporate Area Roads yesterday morning as they vented their anger at the slaying of one of their colleagues, 19-year-old Kemar Bryan, by a policeman in...

Unruly J'can workers threaten hotel jobs in US

A JAMAICAN worker has been sent home from the Opryland Hotel in Nashville and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security says it is concerned that the hotel chain may stop recruiting Jamaicans to work in its hotels.

Region seeking joint approach to mail pile-up

CARIBBEAN POSTMASTERS General are seeking to have a joint approach to the mail transportation problems caused by new international security measures instituted since the recent terrorist attacks in the United States. Confirming the development...

Henry-Wilson, Robertson to be paid as party workers
MINISTER OF Information, Senator Maxine Henry-Wilson, will be paid as a party worker as of the middle of next month when she gives up her ministerial and senatorial duties to concentrate on being General Secretary of the People's National Party...

Jamaica joins in promoting peace through tourism
THIS YEAR Jamaica commemorates "National Tourism Week" against the backdrop of the tragic events that rocked the United States on September 11. From the outset messages of sympathy and support have been sent to our travel partners in the United States...

Why am I not eligible?

Dear Rev., I KNOW you are a Guidance Counsellor, so I figured you would be able to help me here. I am writing with respect to the government assist programme for school fees. I was told by my son's Counsellor that I am not eligible for the programme...