Replacement for Bailey bridge to cost millions
Minister of Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill recently answered questions posed by MP for Western St. Thomas, James Robertson, about the Yallahs Bailey bridge.

Is the taxation committee a sham?
IT'S STRANGE how we often have good ideas in Jamaica but do very badly in implementing them. The evidence of this is not hard to find. Take the House Committee on Taxation Measures, as an example.

With success of new electronic system... EOJ looking to reduce number of polling stations
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is considering a reduction in the number of polling stations used in elections islandwide.

Cuban nurses back on the job at Percy Junor Hospital
SPALDINGS, Manchester: THE THREE Cuban nurses who are on contract at the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Manchester, are now back to full-time duties, following the stabbing of one member of the group at the nurses hostel on Independence Day.

Cellular rates to be on par September 1
RECENT CALLS for action to address numbering confusion within the cellular phone industry have been rebuffed by some members of the telecommunications sector.

Mayor Giscombe begs for fire unit
MAYOR OF St. Ann's Bay, Delroy Giscombe, is seeking to borrow a fire unit for the parish of St. Ann as the four units which serve Ocho Rios and St. Ann's Bay are down.

Ja to benefit from SuperClubs promotion
JAMAICA'S TOURISM is to benefit from a number of SuperClubs-sponsored overseas television and magazine press tours of the island, says the Super-Inclusive resort group's Vice President for Marketing, Zein Nakash.