House approves Political Ombudsman Bill
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga yesterday suggested that the political groundwork has been laid to ensure a peaceful General Election later this year. During debate on the Political Ombudsman...

Cubans in Ja's canefields
CUBAN WORKERS are coming to Jamaica to work in the sugar industry, but this time they are being welcomed with open arms. Executive chairman of the Sugar Company of Jamaica...

Computer training for inmates
REHABILITATION OF prison inmates through Information and Communications Technology (ICT), under a Harvard University/Government project, will start next month. It will begin with the training of trainers programme, with trained persons working in...

Campaign to reduce child pedestrian fatalities launched
A PUBLIC EDUCATION campaign, set to cost between $2 million and $3 million and aimed at reducing the growing number of children killed on the streets, will begin with its first commercials on radio and television today and run through to...

Father in GSAT beating for court, again
FITZGERALD "DONOVAN" Clarke, who bit and severely beat his 12-year-old daughter last month for failing to gain a GSAT place at a St. Andrew high school, is to face the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. According to the Constabulary...