Custom Commissioner meets brokers today
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS of the Customs Brokers Association of Jamaica (CBAJ) will be asking Allison Moore, the Commissioner of Customs, to provide them with details about the pace of the modernisation of the revenue agency when they meet...

Alpart cable belt repaired in record time
VICE-PRESIDENT and general manager for Kaiser's Jamaica Operations, Gene Miller, has congratulated employees of the Alpart Mining Venture on restoring the Alpart bauxite cable belt to service well within the...

Waste management to get compactors
THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to get 20 compactors from France, shortly. Chairman Alston Stewart says the equipment is to be obtained at a cost of nearly US$2 million which, he said, was being provided through a trade loan...

Visits to Horizon Remand Centre resume today
EFFECTIVE TODAY, remandees being held at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road in Kingston will be permitted one visit per week from their family members and friends. Visits will be allowed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each...

Gov't to embark on mental illness public awareness drive
THE MINISTRY of Health will shortly be undertaking an educational and promotional programme aimed at reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders and promoting the individual's responsibility to taking care of his own mental health. This is in...