Carib Cement files for protection
CARIBBEAN CEMENT Company (CCC), the only local producer of cement and the dominant domestic market supplier, has officially asked the Government for protection from growing foreign competition.

Minimum wage earners scoff at increase - ... Still unable to make ends meet
THE NEW national minimum wage, as well as new minimum rates for security guards which will come into effect on November 1, 2003 are being scoffed at as being inadequate by many who are to get the higher rates.

UCJ vs Liberal Arts College: - Row deepens over school programme
THE UNIVERSITY Council of Jamaica (UCJ) has urged the Mandeville-based Liberal Arts College of Jamaica (LACJ) to comply with the standards of the Council to avoid the withdrawal of accreditation of two of their programmes by December this year.

Stricter rules for NY teacher recruits
POTENTIAL JAMAICAN teacher recruits to the North American school system are set to face stringent requirements under new federal education laws for coming years.

Candlelight vigil for J'cans slain in London
LONDON, England: A BLACK flag swayed over the doorway, flowers littered the gateway, a grim reminder of where seven-year-old Toni-Ann Byfield and her 41-year-old father Bertram Byfield were murdered in North London last Sunday morning.

J'can farewell for Mosina
MOSINA JORDAN, Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was recently feted at a cocktail reception by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica.