More foreign experts needed for crime plan - JHTA head
WESTERN BUREAU: THE APPOINTMENT of a few foreign experts will not be enough to reduce crime in Jamaica, says Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President, Godfrey Dyer.

Solid Waste body backs chairman
THE MANAGEMENT team at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has thrown its support behind embattled Executive Chairman, Alston Stewart, dismissing calls for his and the board's removal and denying allegations of wrong doing at the...

Barbados to shelve Privy Council
BARBADOS WILL be next in line to drop the United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee Privy Council as its final court of appeal, following the scheduled launch of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on April 16 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Church calls for public education on CSME
WALDERSTON, Manchester: LEADERS OF the Moravian Church in Jamaica have announced their decision to allow for a process of public education of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

Plant-based diet reduces cancer risk
MAINSTREAM medecine is finally discovering what holistic doctors have been saying for a very long time. Three new studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are proving the benefit of a plant-based diet in...

Principals want return of technical exams
St. Catherine: ONCE AGAIN, the Western St. Catherine Principals' Association is calling for the return of the technical examinations in all-age and primary and junior high schools.