Education bureau gets new chairman
DR. SIMON Clarke, has been elected chairman of the Administrative Commission of the Internation Bureau of Education (IBE) at the recently concluded 51st session of its Governing Council held in Geneva.

UDC dredging on-stream
JUST OVER half of the marine dredging and associated works at Hunts Bay has been done, the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has said.

Cement co, union eye new deal
A MEMORANDUM of Agreement (MoA) to be discussed between the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd. and the National Workers Union (NWU) is expected to dictate future salary negotiations for workers at the company.

Double murder trial continues
THE CROWN is expected to call eight witnesses at the trial of two men charged with the 1999 double murder of 20-year-old Tahj Burrell and 22-year-old Jason Eldridge.

Blythe to file suit against Seaga
FORMER MINISTER of Water and Housing Karl Blythe is going ahead with the libel suit he filed two years ago against Opposition Leader Edward Seaga and other executive members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) arising from his resignation...

Clean times ahead for Falmouth Market
WESTERN BUREAU: THE TRELAWNY Parish Council has been granted $2.5 million to address glaring sanitation needs at the Falmouth Market which was closed by the public health department Monday.

Work on Mona dam continues
FOR A week the smell had been almost overpowering, but on Monday, residents of sections of Mona, St. Andrew, living close to the Mona dam, say they are now able to breathe a little easier, as the smell coming from the dead fish is dissipating.