Seaga pledges to overhaul education system
OPPOSITION LEADER Edward Seaga yesterday cited a lack of fairness and burdensome terms for student loans as being among the major potholes in the island's education system. Addressing the St. Andrew Rotary Club's luncheon held at the Pegasus Hotel in...

School leavers 'not in the know'
A MAJORITY of Jamaican school leavers who were surveyed last year had not passed even one exam, according to the latest Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions...

Reneto Adams backtracks
SENIOR SUPT. RENETO Adams, the controversial head of the Crime Management Unit, on Sunday sought to clear the air on several statements he made recently, including one in which he described as "semantics", the presumption of a person's innocence until...

Police step up search for 'Taliban'
THE POLICE say they have intensified their search for Norris Brown, nicknamed "Taliban", of Mount Ogle, Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew, following yesterday morning's protest by residents and bus operators in the area who accused him of terrorising...

Fletcher takes over human resources post at JUTC
CONSULTANT TO the Ministry of Transport, Dr. Alton Fletcher, has replaced Helen Byles as vice-president for Human Resources at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). It was not clear up to last night whether Mrs. Byles' contract...