ISCF launches workshops in west
WESTERN BUREAU: AS PART of it efforts to sensitise and to educate its members on executing their duties, the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) has launched a series of workshops in the parishes of St. James, Hanover and Trelawny.

Translator to aid MoBay cops in drug case
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. James police have finally managed to secure a translator for the three Czech citizens who were held trying to smuggle approximately 7lbs of cocaine out of the island late last month.

St Mary markets to reopen
PORT MARIA, St. Mary: BOTH THE Retreat and Gayle markets in St. Mary which were closed over several months for refurbishing, were recently completed and are now ready to be occupied.

Councillors charged to reflect new global thrust
MINISTER OF Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller, has urged councillors and other employees of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to ensure that their work reflected the new thrust...

493 houses for St Catherine
THE MINISTRY of Water and Housing has signed two agreements with West Indies Home Contractors Limited (WIHCON), for the development of 493 housing units in St. Catherine.

SVL, Gov't launch scholarship fund
GAMING COMPANY Supreme Ventures Limited has teamed with the Ministry of National Security to launch a scholarship fund that will help at risk youth in the country.

PM to address concerns of St Augustine students
THE PRIME Minister has assured Jamaican students attending the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies that a team of officials, including representatives of the Students' Loan Bureau, will visit the campus shortly...

Winter storms freeze Air J's flights to US
SEVERAL AIR Jamaica flights were grounded at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston yesterday, after deadly storms on the United States' east coast caused several cancellations.

KFC staffers suffer from gas emission
IT WAS a sick week for several employees of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in the Springs Plaza, St. Andrew, last week as bouts of exposure to carbon monoxide gas forced them to seek medical attention after coming down with nausea...