$M boost for NWC's efficiency
THE GOVERNMENT, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will spend US$2.6 million ($132 million) on a feasibility and development programme aimed at improving the efficiency of the state-owned National Water Commission (NWC).

Tour operators fume at new Ocho Rios pier restrictions
WESTERN BUREAU: NEW SECURITY measures to be introduced on Thursday at the cruise shipping pier in Ocho Rios have irked tour operators in the resort town, who have vowed that they will not be complying with them.

Death penalty under Privy Council review
THE CONTROVERSIAL man-datory death sentence imposed on persons convicted of capital murder is to be decided by the United Kingdom.

Ja committed to non-military nuclear research, UWI says
RUMBLINGS ON the international political scene about nuclear proliferation did not prevent a small group of international scientists from convening yesterday their planned workshop...

US 'scouts' hunt over 100 teachers - But Ministry calls recruitment illegal
RECRUITERS FROM the New York City school board, North Carolina and other North American states descended on the island on the weekend, trying to recruit more than 100 local teachers.