Johnson wants probe into overpayment issue
SENATOR ANTHONY Johnson, Opposition spokesman on education, has called on the Senate to request that Auditor-General Adrian Strachan conduct a thorough investigation into the methods and systems involved in paying teachers.

UWI lecturer wants more awareness on CCJ
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC): THE HEAD of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of the University of the West Indies, Professor Neville Duncan...

Sp Town businessman seeks court remittance
LESTER BARCOO, businessman, of Spanish Town, St. Catherine is asking the court to remit in whole or in part the $3 million bond for which he stood surety for a murder accused who absconded.

CHASE takes Edna Manley dancing
THE EDNA Manley College has had four studio floors refurbished courtesy of a $2 million grant from the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. The floors were replaced within the two-week break between summer school and the Christmas.

Local agri-sector on the rebound - Clarke
AGRICULTURE MINISTER Roger Clarke said Wednesday that while the local agricultural sector has been on the "rebound" there would be challenges for the new year as further price reductions were expected for produce...

Traffic changes in St Ann for Xmas holidays
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: WITH THE approach of the Christmas season, the St. Ann Parish Council has announced a number of traffic changes to be effected in three major towns in the parish...

Wounded councillor gets happy return
AFTER BEING kept from his regular duties as a member of the Clarendon Parish Council following life-threatening injuries sustained in a vicious late night attack at his gate on October 26...

No word on consultants freeze
FOUR-AND-a-half months after Prime Minister P.J. Patterson placed a three-month freeze on the hiring of Government consultants, the public has yet to learn what determination has been made, if any, on the way forward.

MegaMart officially opens
IT'S NO secret that there is a new MegaMart store in the Corporate Area (Upper Waterloo to be exact).