Is this water safe?
'Yes,' says NWC, but Greater Portmore residents are worried
RESIDENTS IN several communities in Greater Portmore are applying their own brand of self-help after appeals to the National Water Commission (NWC) to deal with a mysterious black substance from their drinking water supply seem to have fallen on deaf ears
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Homosexuality in schools
SCHOOLS NEED to begin educating students about different forms of human sexuality given that homosexual tendencies are prevalent throughout the nation's schools, says the Rev. Canon Ernle Gordon.
NWC project shunned - International financiers leave rehabilitation plans in limbo
A PLAN to rehabilitate large sections of the sewerage and water treatment systems across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine is in limbo as National Water Commission (NWC) officials have so far failed to attract international sponsors.
After Temple Hall killings, PMI moves to reduce tension
THE HERRO Blair-led Peace Management Initiative (PMI) will this week attempt to broker a peace pact between warring factions in Temple Hall, rural St. Andrew, over the distribution of work under a $100-million roadwork contract.
Nurses want change
Lobby for new regulations governing licence renewal
THE NURSES Association of Jamaica (NAJ) is lobbying for changes to the regulations governing the renewal of licences for nurses islandwide.
Slums creeping into Portmore?
COMPLAINTS THAT several communities in Portmore have degenerated into virtual slum dwellings because of shoddy development planning by the authorities, have been greeted with surprise by planning officials.
World peace linked to economic development, says Patterson
"EVERY EFFORT must be made through the organisation of international trade to reduce the poverty gap between the world's richest and poorest nations as failure to do so could hinder lasting peace in the global village," says Prime Minister Patterson.
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