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Spelling finals today
A NEW champion will be crowned today as the 2003/04 Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee enters its final day of competition.
Flare-up over fire brigade spending
SIMMERING TENSIONS between the Jamaica Fire Brigade and the Ministry of Finance boiled over yesterday in Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) when the accounts of the brigade were examined.
House approves Companies Act
MORE THAN 10 years after a review of the existing company laws in Jamaica, the House of Representatives yesterday, for the second time, passed legislation aimed at modernising the regulation of companies.
Tighter security measures for farm workers
RECENT DRUG arrests of four farm workers have prompted Canada to implement more rigid security screenings for persons accepted to the overseas employment programme, a move fully supported by Jamaica which has put in new measures of its own.
New housing project for Westmoreland
WHILE THERE is little sign of development in Toll Gate, Westmoreland, there are clear signs that a major community could be in the making as the outline for the houses to be built is already in place.
Move to end 'zinc fence' patrols - 'Those areas are too dangerous for the police', says Federation Chairman, Sergeant David White
POLICE FEDERATION Chairman, Sergeant David White, says he will be lobbying for rank and file members of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to be freed from policing areas he described as 'zinc fence communities', informal settlements and gully banks.
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