Private sector defends talks JLP lashed for being too negative
PRIVATE SECTOR interests are now on the defensive following what they see as negative pronouncements by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on the likely outcome of a meeting between the two groups today.
Appeal court raps judge
THE COURT of Appeal yesterday criticised Judge Justice Howard Cooke for the unfair manner in which he conducted the trial of Kingston businessman 51-year-old Eric Smith.
More funds sought to care for mentally ill
PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN Resources and Social Development Committee has called on the Government to pump more funds into the care of the mentally ill, which yesterday was said to cover as much as 25 per cent of the population.
Women protest violent crimes
THE VIOLENT killing of another female, the sixth in three weeks, has provoked the ire of women's groups across the island.
Emergency schools' meeting called - Principals' association to discuss financial woes
AN EMERGENCY MEETING of all principals of upgraded or reclassified high schools to discuss the financial crisis facing those institutions has been called for next Monday, January 26, at the Spaldings High School in Clarendon.
Local Gov't reform body gets jump-start
THE LOCAL Government Reform programme was given new life yesterday with the relaunch of the National Advisory Council. The council was initially set up in 1995 but became inactive in 1998.
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