Drugs, absconding hit farm work programme
WESTERN BUREAU: THE 37-YEAR-OLD farm work scheme - Caribbean/Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme - is being threatened by the number of workers ...

Man charged for murder of former politician's wife
MORE THAN a year after Yvonne Beaumont-Walters, former wife of the People's National Party (PNP) deputy general secretary, Linton Walters, was abducted and killed, a 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged.

Five convicted in J'can killing
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP): A JURY convicted five men of kidnapping and murdering a Jamaican man last year in Antigua in what prosecutors said was vengeance for stealing money from another man.

Businessman dies in traffic accident
LINTON CROSS, a Manchester businessman believed to be in his fifties, died in a motor vehicle accident along the Trinity main road in Porus, Manchester, Monday.

Junior docs title to change
JUNIOR DOCTORS have voted to change the name of their association to the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA).

UWI student gets church scholarship
KIMBERLY MARTIN was the successful recipient of the Father Ron Pieters Scholarship awarded by the Holy Cross Catholic Church.

Tax relief for NCU
FOUR YEARS after Northern Caribbean University (NCU) received its charter that designated it a university, the institution is yet to access all the benefits of its status.

Love in action
JAMAICA JOINS the rest of the world in celebrating International Volunteer Day (IVD) on Friday, December 5.