Crime - taking a new turn, presenting new challenges? (Part I)
OUR CRIME problem is not insuperable. Banish the self-doubts. We are a wise and resourceful people who are quite capable of successfully resolving it. But with each passing year, this problem seems to become more complicated...

JPSCo team ready for int'l competition
OLD HARBOUR, St. Catherine: THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPSCo) Lineman Rodeo Club will be seeking to improve on its performance at the International Lineman Rodeo Competition scheduled for tomorrow in Kansas City in the United States.

Canada remembers Archbishop Carter
TRIBUTES WERE paid to the late Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingston, Samuel Carter, at a Memorial Mass held in Toronto, Canada, on Monday. The Archbishop, who died on September 3 at the age of 83, was remembered as a leader...

Big gains in telecom sector, says Paulwell
INDUSTRY COMMERCE and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has reported that the Government has realised over $300 million in new investments from the three telephone companies - Cable and Wireless Jamaica, Digicel and Centennial. Minister Paulwell...

JLP questions water pipe removal
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party Youth Organisa-tion (PNPYO) president, Basil Waite has become embroiled in a St. Elizabeth Parish Council issue concerning the removal of National Water Commission (NWC) pipes from a Jamaica Labour...

Police Chaplaincy Unit commended
THE POLICE Chaplaincy Unit is recording success in its counselling and 'debriefing' sessions for traumatised policemen and their families. This is despite the fact that some police commanders are "still taking too lightly"...

Army conducts training exercise
THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) is advising residents of Moneague, St. Ann and its environs, particularly Orange Park and Friendship, that soldiers have been conducting training since yesterday. The exercise will end on Saturday.