They came to pay their respects
AS EARLY as noon, many mourners had begun to arrive at the Roman Catholic Holy Trinity Cathedral on North Street, central Kingston, where the state funeral of the Most Hon. Hugh Lawson Shearer, a former Prime Minister...
'Cell sites no threat'
TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES are free to erect cell sites in both residential and commercial locations, as long as they adhere to the policy of the Office of Utility Regulations (OUR).
Calling all pensioners!
THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security wants its 43,000 pensioners who have not registered for their permanent health cards to do so by November.
St. James 'Special Unit' makes first firearm find
WESTERN BUREAU: THE NEWLY-FORMED St. James Police 'Special Unit', which started operating in Montego Bay last Thursday, got its first taste of success on Friday afternoon when members recovered a Mack-11 submachine gun...
Region's alternative to US drug certification (Pt I)
THE ANNUAL unilateral global drug certification programme, introduced by the United States Congress in 1986, has been repeatedly criticised for being arbitrary and one-sided...
Private sector gives big support to new hospital unit
THE UNIVERSITY Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), with significant help from the private sector, on Saturday opened a $225 million cardiothoracic, neurosurgical and emergency operating and surgical Intensive Care Unit.
Cop care centre for 'St Bess' - To be ready by 2005
THE GOVERNMENT, with the assistance of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), will be spending about $24 million over the next few months to create a convalescent home in St. Elizabeth...
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