'PALS programme a success'
THE PEACE and Love in Schools (PALS) programme is being hailed by its general manager, Janilee Abrikian, as a success in reducing violence in schools. Mrs. Abrikian said that the schools participating in the programme are reporting less hostility...

C'wealth observers for Ja election
COOLUM, Australia: A COMMONWEALTH election observer team will monitor Jamaica's general election expected later this year. A senior Commonwealth official attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting...

Thieves plague KPH car park
A RENOVATED open lot on Slipe Pen Road in Kingston, which is now being used as a car park for persons visiting the Kingston Public Hospital...

Jamaicans held in Leeds cocaine dragnet
LONDON: TWO JAMAICANS, a man and a woman, were sentenced last week to more than 10 years imprisonment at Leeds Crown Court in England, after they were held in a cocaine dragnet. This brings to six, the number of Jamaicans and one Briton to be sentenced...

Clarke intervenes in sugar cane loan controversy
AGRICULTURE MINISTER, Roger Clarke, has intervened in the controversy surrounding the disbursement of a $150 million loan from the Ministry of Finance and Planning...