Senators want earlier sittings Johnson moves resolution for 10 a.m. start
THE STANDING Orders Committee of the Senate is to recommend to the Upper House that it begins its sittings at 10 a.m., an hour earlier than the regular 11 a.m. starting time.

Background to the establishment of Carib Court of Justice
Attorney-General Senator A.J. Nicholson, last Friday, tabled Ministry Paper 15/03 in the Senate which sets out the progress regarding the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Councillors lash JPSCo
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPSCo), the country's main source of electricity...

... in St Catherine too
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE JAMAICA Public Service Company came under fire for its tardiness in service delivery in St. Catherine at Thursday's sitting of the St. Catherine Parish Council.

Post office closure irks residents, says official
ST. THOMAS: THE GOLDEN Grove Post Office in St. Thomas will be closing down and citizens in the area will have to access postal services at Morant Bay...

Healthy lifestyle dance competition launched
THE MINISTRY of Health has launched its healthy lifestyle dance competition, part of activities aimed at getting the population to exercise regularly in order to reduce high risk behaviours among persons aged 12 to 24.

Robbery suspect killed
BLACK RIVER: ONE OF three gunmen who held up and robbed persons, including tourists, at a cottage in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth on Saturday morning was shot dead by the police.

Labourer gets 27 years behind bars
WESTMORELAND: A 24 YEAR-old labourer, David Williams, was sentenced to 27 years imprisonment at hard labour on four gun-related charges when his case ended in the Western Regional Gun Court on Thursday.

40-y-o taxi operator sentenced
WESTMORELAND: JUNIOR FRANCIS, a 40-year-old taxi operator of Cave Mountain district in Westmoreland, was fined $200,000 or three years imprisonment at hard labour after pleading guilty to illegal possession of firearm and ammunition in the Gun Court...

Plan for Nat'l Biodiversity framework continues
THE MINISTRY of Land and Environment will, this year, continue its effort to prepare a national biodiversity framework with a $3 million allocation made available in the 2003/04 estimates of expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives recently.

Horse-racing industry players accuse Gov't of neglect
GOVERNMENT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the horse-racing industry as an important contributor to the economy is not reflective in its treatment of the state owned Caymanas Park facility, industry players say.

Phasing out of ozone depleting substances still on
ABOUT $1 MILLION has been earmarked for the continuation of the Montreal Protocol for the phasing out of ozone depleting substances, a project of the Ministry of Land and Environment.