Sir George Alleyne is UWI Chancellor
FORMER DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Sir George Alleyne, is the new Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI).

Boy terrified after seeing dad killed
THE TERRIFIED dash of a sick, wailing toddler - his T-shirt all blood-splattered as he raced across a dark street in search of his mother - is the defining image that sticks in the minds of the friends and families of murdered security guard Andrew Blacks

GLEANER/DON ANDERSON POLL
'Little trust in Police Force' THE GOVERNMENT is not doing enough to fight crime and violence, according to the overwhelming majority of persons interviewed in a Gleaner-commissioned poll.

Close vote as House approves tax measures
GOVERNMENT MEMBERS in the House of Representatives were made to sweat yesterday as the report of the Tax Measures Committee, which recommended a rollback of General Consumption Tax (GCT) on a range of goods and services...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Society to educate through beauty salons
HAIRDRESSING PARLOURS will be targeted during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month to educate the public about the dangers of breast cancer and on early detection.