GLEANER/DON ANDERSON POLL - Addressing the inequities in the education system - Striking a balance
JAMAICANS ARE divided over whether or not students who perform well in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) should be spread throughout the school system rather than bunching them into select schools.

New NIS rate now in effect
EMPLOYERS AND their employees began contributing more to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on Wednesday, October 1. The effective rate of contribution will now be calculated at five per cent of the first $500,000 of employees' salary.

Senior citizen freed of manslaughter charge
ST. CATHERINE: A SENIOR citizen was freed yesterday in the St. Catherine Circuit Court where she had appeared to answer a manslaughter charge.

JPSCo cuts 300 illegal connections
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPSCo) disconnected nearly 300 illegal electrical connections and seven-meter sockets in sections of Norwood, St. James during a two-day exercise that started Wednesday.

Highway dangers concern Nat'l Road Safety Council
THE NATIONAL Road Safety Council (NRSC) has expressed concern about the safety of the high speed, dual carriage Old Harbour bypass in light of increased reports of pedestrians crossing the busy thoroughfare.