Shaw under fire from PAC
AUDLEY SHAW, chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), firmly refused yesterday to stand down from that position pending the outcome of a legal battle involving his family business.

Shaw gets 14-day stay
AUDLEY SHAW, the JLP spokesman on finance, and his wife went to the Court of Appeal yesterday and got a 14-day stay of the Supreme Court order for them to give up control of their gas station. The Shaws had been ordered to vacate the property by...

Schools demand money - Education Ministry owes millions
THE MINISTRY of Education owes millions of dollars to the island's schools, money the institutions has paid to substitute teachers and for which they have not been reimbursed.

Gastro cases hit 1300 and rising
WESTERN BUREAU: THE OUTBREAK of gastro-enteritis in St. James has continued unabated despite efforts by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) to contain it.

Ganja committee ends deliberations - ...Calls on Gov't for research centre by 2005
THE PARLIAMENTARY committee considering the report of the National Commission on Ganja wrapped up its deliberations yesterday and agreed to call on Government to establish a ganja research centre by the 2004/2005 legislative year.

Jailed Cuban writer gets UNESCO award
THE UNITED Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) yesterday awarded incarcerated Cuban journalist Raul Rivero Castaneda the UNESCO/ Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for 2004.