Counsellors get flak for judgments on sexual health issues
SOME GUIDANCE counsellors in local schools are driving away students because of their judgmental attitudes to sex and sexuality issues.

Protocols for nat'l leaders
THE CHANCERY and Protocol Section of the Office of the Prime Minister in consultation with the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade...

Call for Minister of Fisheries
WESTMORELAND: AS THE island's fishing industry continues to reel under severe problems, Havelan Honeyghan, chairman of the Gillings Gully Fishermen's Co-operative in Whitehouse, Westmoreland...

No leads in police killing
WESTERN BUREAU: THERE IS still no identification of the man who was fatally shot by the St. James police on Bevin Avenue in 'the second city' on Friday.

Road and Works boss gets contract renewed
PORTMORE, St. Catherine: FRANKLYN BINNS, Superintendent of Roads and Works in the St. Catherine Parish Council, has had his contract renewed for another two years by the Services Commission.

All set for Petersfield Sugar Cane Festival
WESTERN BUREAU: ORGANISERS OF the inaugural Peters-field Sugar Cane Festival in Westmoreland are optimistic that the new venture will be a success in its bid to raise funds for the school in the community.

Dental help for Clark's Town
WESTERN BUREAU: RESIDENTS OF Clark's Town, Trelawny, and its surroundings are now benefiting from a range of dental services courtesy of a medical team now visiting from the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in the United States of America.

José Marti to host 'Best of St Catherine Trade Show'
SPANISH TOWN: THE JOSÉ Marti High School in St. Catherine is once again the venue for the staging of the 2nd annual 'Best of St. Catherine Trade Show' scheduled for November 29 to December 1.

'Flying medics' hailed
WALDERSTON, Manchester: THE JAMAICA Medical Assistance Committee (JAMAC) and its allied organisations were presented with a plaque for 20 years of voluntary service to the Jamaican people...

Vendors groups to sign pact
AMEMORANDUM OF Understanding is to be signed on Friday between the United Vendors Association (UVA) and the Jamaica Vendors, Higglers and Markets Association, aimed at restoring order in and developing the downtown Kingston business district.

Councillors want probe into street light installation
BLACK RIVER: COUNCILLORS OF the St. Elizabeth Parish Council want to know the contractor responsible for the installation of new street lights in the parish.

Slander case against Wolfe takes twist
THE SLANDER case against Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe took an unusual turn yesterday when the two witnesses called by the plaintiff Humphrey McPherson, an attorney-at-law...

Ja receives high ranking in deportees from US
JAMAICA HAS been ranked as one of the seven countries having the highest deportation rates from the United States over the last eight years and, along with Colombia, suffers from the highest criminal conviction return rate...