'Fuel bill still too high'
WESTERN BUREAU: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED entities are not doing enough to save on energy, Dr. Raymond Wright, group managing director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica ...
Sue Cobb intensifies fight against AIDS
THE UNITED States (U.S.) Ambassador to Jamaica Sue Cobbs held a reception at her residence on Stony Hill Road, St. Andrew on Saturday, January 31 for a U.S. delegation to raise awareness of Jamaica's fight with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. The delegation...
MoU's good news A significant achievement for the country
THE AGREEMENT be-tween the Government and the Jamaica Confe-deration of Trade Unions which encompasses a two-year wage restraint, a near blanket freeze on employment ...
Truancy camp on hold The programme is now being revised
WESTERN BUREAU: A RESIDENTIAL camp for troubled teenaged boys held 17 months ago in Nutshell, Tre-lawny, did not achieve its desired objectives, the Ministry of Education and Culture has acknowledged...
Don't blame communities
WESTERN BUREAU: THE DEPRESSED communities in which many so-called 'problem children' live are not entirely to blame for the delinquent behaviour these children exhibit, local family counsellors insist...
The ghosts of Kingston Harbour
THERE ARE ghosts haunting the Kingston Harbour at the foot of Sea Breeze Avenue. On nights when the moon is full you can catch a misty glimpse of a woman dressed for a formal ball or a portly gentleman clearly...
Disaster waiting to happen
DISASTERS WAITING to happen. That's how the police are describing many of the stations in which they have to work...
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