Holiday squeeze - Space problem at wharves could see long delays in clearing of goods
PERSONS WAITING to clear goods from the APM Terminal in Kingston could be in for a long wait this Christmas. This, as administrators at the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), have admitted that they have been experiencing a serious space problem...
Highway 2000 on target - Pickersgill
MINISTER OF Transport and Works Robert Pickersgill said yesterday that the 14-kilometre segment of the highway will be completed and opened in the next two weeks in time for the December 15 deadline set by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
For the good of country - Nicholson says fight against drugs may require giving up rights
JUSTICE MINISTER Senator A.J. Nicholson yesterday called for bi-partisan consensus on the controversial anti-money laundering legislation, suggesting that the fight against the illicit drug trade may require the giving up of...
Developers deny underhand deal in hotel contract
THE DIRECTORS of Acken-down Newtown Development Company Limited (ANDCo.), developers of the 360-room Sandals Whitehouse Hotel in Westmoreland, yesterday dismissed suggestions that a US$15 million (J$900 million) contract awarded to a...
Transparency, tolerance urged for CSME
PROFESSOR REX Nettleford, former vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, suggested on Wednesday that attempts at regional integration should rest on greater tolerance among the peoples of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states.
Moravians to expand in Ja - Focus on rural communities
AS PART of its 250th anniversary celebrations in Jamaica, the local Moravian Church plans to increase its witness in urban Jamaica, while appealing for sustained developments in rural communities.
Early childhood centre reopens
THE DUDLEY Grant Early Childhood Resource Centre, situated on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), was reopened on Tuesday after being remodelled with funds provided by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ).
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