Cops to escort GSAT students
THE POLICE, in tandem with school administrators are ensuring that students from violence-ravaged communities slated to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) - today and tomorrow - will be able to do so...

Transport Authority gets more teeth
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday passed two bills to give more powers to the Transport Authority and which will see illegal taxi operators facing heftier road fines. During the debate on the legislation, Maxine Henry-Wilson, Minister of Education, Youth and...

Africa, Caribbean to strengthen ties says PM
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday called for the celebration of the strong historical ties between Africa and the Caribbean, to build on the existing framework and enhance the relationship...

Danhai Williams loses lawsuit
PROMINENT PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) activist, Danhai Williams, has lost a suit filed against him by the proprietors of Moby Dick Restaurant in downtown Kingston. A judgement was handed down on March 2, in the Supreme Court for the claimant Morlyn...

Cubans rescued near Ja
WESTERN BUREAU: ELEVEN CUBAN nationals, who were rescued 85 miles off Jamaica's north west coast early yesterday morning, are in the custody of the Montego Bay police, awaiting a decision on ...

Public TV, radio corp to broadcast by August
THE PUBLIC Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) could begin broadcasting by August this year...

Local artist, Dorit Hutson, dies at age 71
DORIT RUSSELL Hutson, a giant in the world of art, died yesterday at the age of 71. Ms. Hutson attended the Jamaica School of Art along with Alexander Cooper and other notable figures. Her primary instruction came when she became a protégé.

Gov't, Opposition on speaking terms
GOVERNMENT AND the Opposition will resume bipartisan talks today. The talks, which began after the October 2002 elections, fell victim to the cut and thrust of...

Jamaican wanted in Canada held in MoBay
A SUSPECTED armed robber linked to a string of hold-ups in Toronto last year was arrested for murder here, the National Post newspaper in Canada reported on Tuesday. Lloyd Forrester, a 34-year-old labourer, was captured in Montego Bay last Thursday...