JTA signs MoU
THE JAMAICA Teachers' Association (JTA) finally signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government yesterday, six weeks after trade unions representing public sector workers affixed their signatures to the document.

Haitian Gov't wants Aristide extradited
OUSTED FORMER Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide declined to comment on media reports that the interim Haitian Government wants him extradited to face possible charges of corruption and human rights abuses in Haiti.

JTA head lashes budget allocation
WENTWORTH GABBIDON, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), yesterday said he was concerned about the nominal increase in this year's budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Education.

'Greater public input needed'
Paulwell calls for increased involvement in law-making process
THERE NEEDS to be a greater level of public participation before laws are brought before Parliament to be enacted, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, said yesterday.

Lawyers mum on Patterson, Golding libel case
LAWYERS REPRESENTING Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and Bruce Golding, chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and former head of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), were tight-lipped on Thursday as to whether there will be an out-of-court...

Aristide could leave sooner than planned
JEAN-BERTRAND Aristide, the ousted former Haitian President, could depart Jamaica sooner than planned, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson said yesterday.

Time has come, says Education Minister
EDUCATION MINISTER Maxine Henry-Wilson said yesterday that the recently-concluded teacher performance evaluation instrument will not be used to penalise teachers but is geared at improving the standard of education throughout the country.