Unpaid bills taking toll on health care system
PRESIDENT Of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr. John Hall, said last night that hospitals were having a difficult time collecting outstanding bills from victims of crime and violence, saying a large number of those persons were unemployed.

Hellshire fisher folk, municipality at odds
THE HALF Moon Bay Fishermen's Co-operative Society Limited is resisting the Portmore Municipal Council's move to regularise commercial activities on the Hellshire beachfront.

Police question second man in big arms find
HEAD OF the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), Superintendent Devon Watkis said his team of detectives are now interrogating a second man in connection with last Tuesday's massive arms find at the Berth 8, Kingston Wharves....

Revolution needed in education ­ PM
PRIME MINISTER P. J. Patterson has asserted the need for a technological revolution of the education sector and, accordingly, has instructed the Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology to present a submission to Cabinet by March 8.

Accountability makes policing more demanding - Acting commissioner of police
ACTING COMMISSIONER of Police Charles Scarlett, the commanding officer for the Area One police division, thinks the demand for accountability by human rights and social action groups is making policing in a democracy more complex.

Police probe death of tourist
WESTERN BUREAU: CORAL Gardens Police are investigating the death of an American national, who reportedly lost his balance and fell from a third storey balcony at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in St. James on Tuesday night.

PM eases tension between Dalley, trade unions
THE INTERVENTION of Prime Minister P.J. Patterson into the dispute between trade union leaders and Labour Minister Horace Dalley, has seen union leaders backing away from original calls for the removal of the minister and instead speaking.