JHTA adds pressure to advertise in Europe
PRESSURE ON Government to resume advertising Jamaica in Europe mounted yesterday, with the latest demand coming from the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) for resources to be provided immediately. The umbrella hotel grouping said...

'We need medical supplies'
THE SPANISH Town Hospital in the midst of the warring communities of the Old Capital, is asking for donations of medical supplies from the public to help it deal with the rising casualties of the bloody street battles between the warring gangs.

Stiff fines proposed for endangering children
A JOINT select parliamentary committee has proposed that stiff penalties of as much as $1 million or 10 years in prison be meted out to persons who exploit or endanger children.

Stronger measures to secure jobs in US
WESTERN BUREAU: NEW MEASURES have been put in place by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to streamline its recruitment drive for persons applying to join the Jamaica-U.S.A. Overseas Employment Programme.

Schools get more than $700m from Ministry
THE MINISTRY of Education says it has now honoured its financial obligations to the island's schools at a cost of $731 million financed from its budget. All primary, primary and junior high, all-age and infant schools have received their regular and...

Student stabbed
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: AN ALTERCATION between two Garvey Maceo High School students in Clarendon yesterday has left one nursing a stab wound and the other being questioned and counselled by the Clarendon police.

Haiti's political leaders to meet in Ja
HAITI'S TWO main political leaders are due to meet in Jamaica tomorrow for talks aimed at ending the political tensions in the former French colony. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman and Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will chair the...

Make northwest Ja an economic bloc - Dear
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Winston Dear, yesterday suggested that Government and the private sector collaborate on a master plan for the development of northwestern parishes, transforming them into a regional...