JEF concerned about MPs' pay rise
THE JAMAICA Employers' Federation (JEF) is concerned that the Government has granted huge salary increases to Parliamentarians and certain public sector employees...

JLP Councillors replaced
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: AFTER FOUR years of problems between Central St. Catherine member of parliament, Olivia Babsy Grange, and three of the four Councillors in the constituency, the Councillors are now out in the cold.

JLP's Don Foote seeks meeting with PM
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Eastern Westmoreland, Don Foote, has written to Prime Minister PJ Patterson requesting a meeting to discuss the recent search by police of two lawyers offices.

Sitting councillor selected to contest Lacovia division
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth: SITING JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Councillor for the Lacovia division, Broderick Wright, was returned by the delegates to represent the party in the upcoming Local Government elections at the Lacovia High School on Sunday.

Oil slick earns ire of Marine Park
WESTERN BUREAU: THE PORT Authority of Jamaica has put together a high level task force, headed by Harbour Master, Captain Hopeton Delisser, to detect and remedy the problem with the defective pipeline at the Montego Bay Freeport...

NHT applicants turned away
WESTERN BUREAU: SEVERAL PERSONS hoping to be among the first set of applicants for houses in Phase Two of the Cornwall Courts housing development in St. James had their hopes dashed, after the National Housing Trust (NHT) turned them away.

A fiery servant - PERCIVAL WILLIAM GIBSON 1893-1970
MAY 1, 1947 was a great day for all Jamaicans. In the Anglican Cathedral at Spanish Town, Percival William Gibson was consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Kingston...

Traffic police monitoring Blvd
THE DEATHS of more than 15 people in separate motor vehicle accidents on the Washington Boulevard in Kingston over the past 13 months has prompted the traffic police to monitor the busy thoroughfare more closely.