Cocaine's effects on seaside communities for study
THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is to fund a project to look at the impact of the cocaine trade on small seaside villages in Jamaica. The study will be conducted by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) and is aimed at...
Traffic changes for Independence
TO FACILITATE a number of events for the Independence celebrations, the police have instituted several traffic changes. The New Kingston Street Jam today will see road closures and diversion of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses.
Upgraded schools report big improvement
DILAPIDATED SCIENCE laboratories, poorly stocked libraries and poor examinations passes should soon be a thing of the past for several upgraded secondary schools across the island...
... but fears of reduced funds
AT LEAST one school principal has expressed fears that even as the Secondary Enhancement Funds from the Education Ministry has been a welcome relief for many needy schools, they may be drying up. "The problem is that the money dwindles every year. I've..
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