Hi-tech boost for port security
ANTI-DRUG JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guards are to be used to search the hull of shipping vessels for illegal drugs rather than specialist civilian divers, Prime Minister P. J. Patterson said yesterday. He also said the Government would soon be...

Spelling Bee battle begins
IT WAS a battle to the end. Phylicia Ramdial and Janice Daley were determined to take home the cup and plaque in the 43rd renewal of the Gleaner's Children's Own-sponsored Spelling Bee competition. In the end, Phylicia and B-R-A-I-L-L-E emerged Parish...

JLP conference this weekend
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) will hold its 57th annual conference in the National Arena this weekend, confident that it will form the next Government, whenever general elections are called. This confidence, according to Dr. Ken Baugh, JLP General...

In honour of war veterans
FALMOUTH: THE ARMISTICE Day service of remembrance for war veterans in Trelawny was held at the Falmouth Cenotaph on Sunday. The function is an annual event to honour war veterans who fought in World Wars One and Two.

UPP to take its ideology 'door-to-door'
JUST DAYS before it names its first batch of candidates for the next general election, the United People's Party (UPP) is vowing that it will not make the same mistakes other third parties have made in the past.

Cost of HIV/AIDS drugs to be reduced
LESS THAN three per cent of the estimated 25,000 to 40,000 HIV positive Jamaicans have access to HIV-fighting medication. But there is hope on the horizon, at least as far as prices go, as two foreign pharmaceutical companies and their local...