'A backward step' - Cop protest could be met with disciplinary action
THE DECISION by members of the Police Federation to protest outside the Ministry of Finance and Planning on Monday, to press their demand for more pay, is not getting the support of the police top brass and sections of the private sector.
Performance evaluation for teachers - Gov't may introduce recertification system for all tutors
THE GOVERNMENT is currently introducing the teacher performance evaluation programme it has pushed for several years, and which has been criticised in the past by teachers who disagreed with the suggestion that performance be...
Justice is blind, now mute? - JFJ can get no word on prosecution of sexual abuse cases
HUMAN RIGHTS lobby group, Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ), says it is being stonewalled in its attempts to find out whether anyone will be charged in relation to 23 cases of alleged sexual abuse which were said to have taken place...
Puppy love saves abandoned baby in Kenya
NAIROBI, (Reuters): A BABY girl rescued by a dog after being dumped in a Kenyan forest to die was offered homes across the world yesterday, with callers from as far away as Japan offering to care for the infant, dubbed Angel by nurses.
Gloom descends on Camperdown High - Student body, family mourn loss of 17-year-old
GRADE 11 students at Camperdown High School will miss 17-year-old Yohan Robb, particularly for his sense of humour. The boy, who was to sit the first of his CXC exams tomorrow, was reportedly stabbed to death on Monday by a 15-year-old boy of Dunkirk in e
Man accused of being illegal alien
HE INSISTS he was born in Oxford district in St. Mary 43 years ago and has never travelled outside of Jamaica. But to the Passport and Immigration Department, he may not be Jamaican.
In memory of 'Walshie' - Journalist remembers murdered policeman
TWO DAYS before his tragic death, Inspector Lascelles Walsh and I had a brief encounter. This took place at the Elletson Road Police Complex in downtown Kingston.
MoU still intact, BITU sticks to pact
THE PUBLIC Sector Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed in February, 2004, is still intact. The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), which last week threatened to withdraw...
Alleged serial killer slain in shoot-out
WESTERN BUREAU: A SERIAL killer who was wanted in connection with eight murders committed in St. James between November 2004 and earlier this month was fatally shot during an alleged shoot-out with the police at Porto Bello, near Montego Bay...
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