Farmers, schools hard hit
LINSTEAD, St. Catherine: ROAD BLOCKS mounted by angry residents in St. Catherine yesterday, in protest against the government's increase in motor vehicle licences had an adverse effect on the economic and commercial aspects of the parish.

Roadblocks mounted in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon: LIKE THEIR counterparts in other sections of the island, taxi drivers in Clarendon withdrew their services and some mounted roadblocks yesterday...

Call for tax reduction
ST. MARY: THE ST. Mary police were kept busy, yesterday, trying to maintain law and order along the roadways, as legal and illegal taxi operators took to the streets.

Cops kept busy in Portland
PORTLAND: SEVERAL ROADBLOCKS mounted by taxi operators, with assistance from other motorists, in protest against the increases in motor vehicle licence fees and fines, kept the police in Portland busy yesterday.

Knox, Hampton top C'bean school fair
OCHO RIOS, St.Ann: KNOX COMMUNITY College from Manchester and Hampton High School in St. Elizabeth were the top prize winners in the ninth Caribbean Regional Science, Mathematics & Technology fair sponsored by the Jamaica Public Service Company...

JLP commends cops for rural gun find
THE OPPOSITION Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has commended the police for an operation which led to the recovery of three illegal firearms in the troubled community of Rose Heights in St. James last week.

Jamaican born Lord Mayor returns for community colleges conference
COUNCILLOR DES Wilson, the Jamaican born Lord Mayor of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, has returned to Jamaica for the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica Conference 2003.

JPSCo explains power outages
WESTERN BUREAU: CONSUMERS OF electricity in Montego Bay and its environs need not to be concerned over a series of short power outages they have been experiencing recently...

Partnerships forged to arrest spread of HIV/AIDS
THE MINISTRY of Education, Youth and Culture is spearheading the implementation of a curriculum designed to deliver HIV/STI education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels...

Maroons mark 265 years of celebrations
ST. ELIZABETH: THE 265th Accompong Maroon celebrations were expected to culminate yesterday with a civic ceremony in the maroon village.

Missing farmer found
WALDERSTON: An 83-year-old Manchester farmer, who went missing New Year's Day after complaining of receiving an unreasonable land tax assessment, was found on Thursday, by a search party of villagers and police in a deep pit.

European Union to host workshop
EUROPEAN UNION Banana Support Programme (EUBSP) will be hosting a workshop under the theme 'Agricultural Extension Methodology and Group Formation', at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Passley Garden, Portland between January 6.

St Thomas taxi operators withdraw services
TAXI DRIVERS in St. Thomas joined their colleagues across the island by withdrawing their services yesterday. They were protesting the increase in motor licensing fees and other taxes.

Business as usual for some
PORUS, Manchester: TAXI OPERATORS in Manchester joined in the islandwide protest against increasing licences fee and fines for traffic offences.