JSIF reports successes since 1996 inception
THE JAMAICA Social Investment Fund (JSIF), a Government poverty alleviation programme, has completed 410 of its 562 projects that it has approved islandwide since its implementation in 1996.

Computer training for Yallahs Primary students
MORE THAN 1,500 students of the Yallahs Primary School in St. Thomas will have access to computer training this school year, as the institution has received 10 computers from SCS Management Company Limited.

Consumer Affairs resolves 804 cases in four-month period
THE CONSUMER Affairs Commission (CAC) has reported that between April and July this year, 804 consumer complaints were resolved, resulting in a refund of approximately $2.17 million to consumers by the business community.

Carib Hall of Fame Awards next week
THE EIGHT Annual Caribbean Hall of Fame Awards for Excellence will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Friday, September 12 starting at 6 p.m.

Answering Billy Hall (Pt III) - Clarifying the altar and the pulpit
AT THE time of the Reformation someone remarked, 'The pulpit has been raised above the altar'.

Two PC banks closed
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: A REORGANISATIONAL exercise currently being undertaken islandwide by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), under whose watch People's Co-operative Banks now fall...

Mixed views over random placement of GSAT students
JAMAICANS SEEM mixed in their views on whether students who do well on their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) should be scattered throughout the high school system as opposed to be sent to a few so-called 'élite institutions'.

Terrorist awareness heightens in Jamaica
THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it is considering seriously the threat of terrorism to Jamaica.