Aristide presiding over a 'Mafia state' - Opposition
HAITI: AS THE political uncertainty and turmoil surrounding Haiti accelerates, Micha Gaillard, opposition spokesman for the Convergence Democratique is charging that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is now presiding over a "Mafia state," he told ...

The MoU is unbalanced - Golding
THE OPPOSITION has once again raised questions over the historic Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) signed Monday between the Government and trade unions to restrain wages over the next two years.

Hyacinth Bennett launches new action lobby group
HYACINTH BENNETT, former president of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) is again on a charted course to effect change in Jamaica's political landscape with the unveiling of a new lobby group, Jamaicans For Action (JFA). The group was launched at...

Mayor blasts Solid Waste Mgmt Authority
MAY PEN'S Mayor, Milton Brown, has blasted the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) for what has been described as the agency's poor handling of the garbage disposal arrangements in place for the parish of Clarendon. In addressing a...

... criticises rural Clarendon water supply systems
MAYOR OF May Pen, Councillor Milton Brown, has criticised the arrangements in place for minor water supply systems in deep rural communities, for which the Parish Councils are in charge. Councillor Brown, who was addressing the monthly general meeting...

'Educate students on tertiary education cost'
MAXINE HENRY-WILSON, Minister of Education is encouraging guidance counsellors and principals to begin, from the first form, to educate students about the cost and requirements of tertiary education. She was speaking Thursday at a seminar about the...