Mountain View terror - Violence continues, 10-year-old killed
GUN VIOLENCE continued in sections of Mountain View Avenue in Kingston on the weekend, claiming the lives of two persons, including a ten-year-old student and pushing the number of violent deaths since January to 830.

Rent-a-car sector in trouble
THE DRAMATIC fall-off in visitor arrivals since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States has started to take its toll on the rent-a-car industry. Losses have already been placed at millions and climbing, and about 50 of the up to 600...

More vacancies for teachers
THERE WERE more vacancies for teachers for various subjects at the secondary level this year than last year, a survey by the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) shows. One of the main contributing factors was the recent exodus of more than 300 teachers...

JUTC/UCASE reach resolution of pay issue
THE BOARD of directors of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), is to decide on the issue of the increments being demanded for its supervisory and clerical staff by the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisor Employees (UCASE).