Condolences pour in for Charles Sinclair
BOTH PRIME Minister P.J Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga have expressed condolences on the death of former Mayor of Montego Bay, Charles Sinclair.

More factories, less employment
THERE HAS been a 3.2 per cent increase in the number of registered factories in Jamaica with the figure moving from 1,842 in 2000, to 1,902 last year.

Drug addicts benefit from forfeited assets
MONEY WHICH the Government has derived from the forfeiture of ill-gotten assets from criminals is being used to assist drug addicts as well as put a dent into the island's growing drug problem.

Azan declares family's allegiance to JLP
MARK AZAN, the Downtown Kingston businessman, and a member of the well-known Azan family of the Spaldings, Christiana area, has dissociated the family politically from his cousin, Richard Azan, who is running for the People's...

Relief work for Westmoreland
THE NATIONAL Works Agency (NWA) Westmoreland Parish Office is to spend $3 million to carry out emergency relief work in the communities of McNiell Lands, Big Bridge and Bay Road where some 100 householders have been affected by flooding....

Having a vision, making it work
This is the second and final part of Ministry Paper No. 54/02 Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV) Social Policy Framework and Social Action Plan 2002-2007 Introduction, which was recently tabled in Parliament by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

The need for educational parity
A RIVETING DEBATE has been taking place in the media concerning the quality of education in Jamaica. Excellent articles in The Gleaner recently by Ralph Thompson and Faith Linton are well worth reading. Peter Espeut and Dr. Stephen Vasciannie have...