Gov't agrees to bi-partisan talks on CCJ
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday agreed to bi-partisan talks with the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to chart a way forward in establishing a Caribbean court to replace the Privy Council.

Engineering a better future
SCORES OF engineers across the world gathered yesterday at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel to discuss issues relating to engineering education. The occasion was the eighth annual UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education conference, held under...

Senior UK official appointed to deal with Sugar Reform
AMBASSADOR DERRICK Heaven, executive chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA) yesterday welcomed the appointment of a senior official in the United Kingdom to co-ordinate that Government's role in the European Union (EU) sugar...

Sinclair calls for public defender's intervention
WESTERN BUREAU: ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and councillor for the Flankers community in St. James, Charles Sinclair, is unhappy with the protracted delay in the investigation of the October 2003 controversial police killing of two senior citizens from...

Fraudulent hurricane cheques circulating
WESTERN BUREAU: FRAUDULENT CHEQUES, drawn against the account of the government's Hurricane Relief Fund, have prompted officials at the Ministry of Finance to launch a full-scale investigation into the matter.

J'cans in Atlanta to help in Guyana relief effort
ATLANTA, Georgia: THE JAMAICAN community in Atlanta is to assist Guyana as a result of the recent flooding that has struck that country.

Man held, charged for Kilancholly murders
THE POLICE last night arrested and charged 31-year-old Jeffrey Perry, of Kilancholly, St. Mary, with three counts of murder arising from the deaths of three children in the parish last month.