Medical group targets uncertified practitioners
THE MEDICAL Council of Jamaica warned yesterday that it would be taking tough steps against doctors and other medical personnel who were practising without valid certification.

Seven slain on weekend
SEVEN PERSONS, including a 77-year-old woman, were murdered in the island in separate incidents this past weekend, pushing the murder toll to 843 persons killed since the start of the year.

'Ditch Mugabe' - UWI professor wants CARICOM to snub Zimbabwe's president
PROFESSOR RUPERT Lewis, a leading regional Pan -Africanist, is calling for Jamaica and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states to take a stand against the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.

Become witnesses and jurors, urges acting DPP
PAULA LLEWELYN, acting director of public prosecution (DPP) on Friday charged Jamaicans to "do the right thing" by coming forward as whistleblowers, witnesses or jurors especially as this relates to to children who have been neglected...

Public warned against 'false' medications
ONE OF the country's leading distributors of pharmaceuticals, as well as a health ministry official, are warning the public against buying substandard medicines from 'unscrupulous', informal salesman.

Chevannes: Solving crime possible
The Gleaner late last month hosted a public Editors' 'Forum on Guns, Gangs, Garrisons: The impact of violence on health and society', at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.

JAS: Give interim funds to 'Ivan'-struck coffee farmers
THE JAMAICA Agriculture Society (JAS) has appealed to the Government to make an interim payment of US$3 million (J$180 million) to the thousands of coffee farmers who have not been able to claim insurance payments for damage sustained...