Billing complaints spark JPS inquiry
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has asked the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to submit a report on the method it has been using to bill customers.

'Record speaks for itself' - A.J. says gov't has always been a champion for human rights
JUSTICE MINISTER, Senator A.J. Nicholson, yesterday blasted the government's critics on human rights issues, saying the current administration is responsible for the country's greatest achievements in the expansion of civil liberties.

... Recognising Int'l Human Rights Day
TODAY, JAMAICA joins over 200 countries across the globe in commemorating International Human Rights Day, and, according to A.J. Nicholson, Attorney-General and Justice Minister, "this event serves to remind us of the value we place on human rights as...

Study on Ja's cellphone use
THESE DAYS it seems almost everyone has a cellphone. From the young to the old, the rich to the indigent. These phones are used for different purposes, and at a Poverty, Ethnography and Communication Workshop held yesterday at the...

Shaw slams government - Promised allocations from supplementary estimates not made
AUDLEY SHAW, Opposition spokesman on finance, has accused the Government of another betrayal after last year's agreement to increase its funding of education to 15 per cent of the national budget over five years.

NCB sponsors pilot project in mathematics
IN A bid to improve the performance of students in the mathematics examinations, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) on Wednesday an-nounced a new mathematics intervention programme, which is currently being piloted in six schools in...