Pit latrine use on the rise - Forty-one per cent is acceptable, says Ministry of Health
A SUBSTANTIAL portion of the Jamaican population, 41 per cent, still use pit latrines, a figure the Ministry of Health says it finds acceptable.
Senator Clarke calls for compulsory Nat'l Service
GOVERNMENT SENATOR Navel Clarke - the Deputy President of the Senate - has tabled a Resolution in the Upper House, calling for the introduction of a compulsory National Service.
Aruban found guilty of unlawful possession of US$
WESTERN BUREAU: AN ARUBAN man nabbed leaving the country with more than US$30,000 last November was on Friday found guilty of the unlawful possession of property in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.
J'can driver could get death penalty - ... In human smuggling case
HOUSTON (AP): FEDERAL PROSECUTORS said they will seek the death penalty against the driver of a truck in what authorities have called the United States' deadliest smuggling tragedy.
'Kiwanis Week' launched
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Sir Howard Cooke last month read a proclamation declaring March 21 to 27 as 'Kiwanis Week' in Jamaica in commemoration and celebration of the advent of the Kiwanis Movement in Jamaica in 1964.
|
