JLP outlines financing Education Plan
IN ADDITION to its election promise of free education for students up to the secondary level, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is proposing major reform programmes for early childhood education, illiteracy among primary students ...
Enviro community mourns loss of Robert Sutton
THE MEMORIAL Service for Robert A. L. Sutton will be held on Saturday, August 31, at 4 p.m. at the Mandeville Parish Church. His tragic murder at his home in Marshall's Pen, Mandeville, on July 22 brought to an end the life of a remarkable man and an...
Rallies set for St Elizabeth
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: AS THE campaign for the next general election heats up, the leaders of the two major political parties turn their focus on the parish of St. Elizabeth this week with political rallies in Black River and Santa Cruz.
Police ready for election
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: SUPERINTENDENT HERMAN "Chucky" Brown of the St. Elizabeth Police Division, says the police in the parish are ready for the upcoming general election and he expects a peaceful campaign from all the candidates in the parish...
HIV/AIDS rate among women raises concerns
HEALTH OFFICIALS are seeing some improvement in the status of women but say they are still worried about the extent to which socio-economic conditions and cultural practices are driving up the HIV infection rate among...
PM to present St. Catherine candidates
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson will be presenting four of his party's candidates at a meeting at the Bog Walk square tomorrow.
Cops foil jailbreak at Central lock-up
WHAT COULD have been a massive jailbreak at the Central Police Station lock-up in downtown Kingston was thwarted yesterday morning when police discovered large sections of grill bars had been cut...
Pits of death - Human skulls, remains found in two east Kingston communities
FIVE HUMAN skulls and other skeletal remains were taken from two pits in the Fourth Avenue and Jacques Road communities of East Kingston yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's find came less than 24 hours after members of the police force...
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