J'can delegation in Belize
JAMAICA HAS sent a delegation to participate in the Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), scheduled to start today through to Sunday, November 26-29 in Belize.

Authority steps up monitoring of pest control companies
THE PESTICIDE Control Authority (PCA) of the Ministry of Health has stepped up its vigilance in the monitoring of pest control companies and operators across the island, in a bid to ensure safety for consumers.

Study finds few use hard drugs - Ganja remains the drug of choice
GANJA REMAINS the illegal drug of choice for Jamaicans who believe that it is less likely to wreak havoc on their bodies than the so-called "harder drugs".

Male tourists die in MoBay
WESTERN BUREAU: TWO MALE tourists - one British and an American - died almost four hours apart in unrelated circumstances on Sunday in Montego Bay, St. James.

NWU decries pay increase for Parliamentarians
NATIONAL WORKERS Union (NWU) vice-president Norman DaCosta wants the Government to defer the new pay increases for Parliamentarians, "on the basis of the country's inability to pay."

Settle your water bills, Buchanan warns
MINISTER OF Water and Housing, Donald Buchanan, has appealed to persons with outstanding water bills to co-operate with the National Water Commission (NWC) and settle their accounts...

Mystery shrouds mom's sudden death at KPH
IT WAS a bizarre 24 hours for Majorie Williams. The 42-year-old housewife was called to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) to identify the body of her sister on Saturday night.

USAID represents the best of America, says US Embassy official
REMARKS BY Richard Smyth, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States of America Mission to Jamaica, at United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) 40th Anniversary Awards Banquet at the Hilton Kingston Hotel...

Geologist's brutal murder baffles family members
THE FAMILY and friends of hydrogeologist Earl Wright are still at a loss as to why someone would want to murder him. Mr. Wright, aged 41, a part-time lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI)...

PNP, JLP resume talks
MEMBERS OF the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are to begin talks today aimed at finding common ground on constitutional reform.