Group seeks withdrawal of proposed Terrorism Bill - Lawyers preparing submission to Government
LAWYERS ACTING on behalf of Campaign for Global Justice (Jamaica) are preparing a submission to Government requesting that it withdraws the proposed Terrorism Prevention Bill, Beth Aub, a member of the organisation told a forum at the University...

Cashing-in through Xmas envelopes
WHAT STARTED out as a mere gratuity to service workers (postmen and garbage collectors) just after the Second World War, has now evolved into a mandatory Christmas tradition for servicemen in general.

Social Security Ministry blasts SCJ
THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security has warned of "definitive action" being taken against the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) for its failure to pay up the nearly $50 million deducted from employees' salaries for the National Insurance Scheme...

Craft vendors cry foul
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH THE winter tourist season is only seven days old, craft traders in St. James are lamenting that business is sluggish and that Government has not kept its promises to put in place certain measures before the start of the season.

Alleged robber shot and killed
ONE OF four men who allegedly staged a robbery on a passenger bus, was fatally shot on Slipe Road in Kingston on Friday. Two other persons were injured in the incident. The dead man has been identified as Damion Davis whose age and address have not...