Hospital slowdown looms as med techs face the law
THE UNION of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP) has warned that blood collection and some diagnostic duties at the National Public Health Laboratory and some public hospitals in the Corporate Area may be hampered tomorrow...

Nat'l Health Fund set for April start-up
THE LONG-AWAITED National Health Fund (NHF), which will provide low-cost drugs to Jamaicans suffering from chronic diseases, is to be up and running by next month.

Heat in the court!
THERE WERE numerous complaints yesterday about the unbearable heat in the courtroom where the trial of three of the four persons charged with the murder of attorney-at-law Shirley Playfair was taking place.

'Iraqis revolting' - British claim internal uprising
SOUTHERN IRAQ, (Reuters): CONFUSED REPORTS emerged yesterday of a possible popular uprising against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the southern city of Basra as a severe sandstorm slowed the advance of United States invasion forces towards Baghdad.

Bush's war: the hidden agenda
This is the final instalment in a two-part commentary on Gulf War II.