Half-Way Tree jam drives away shoppers
MEMBERS OF the Half-Way Tree business community are crying foul as the area's burgeoning traffic woes are driving away shoppers. Congestion in the St. Andrew capital has worsened following the closure of South Odeon Avenue...

Foreign police interviews set to begin
THE POLICE Service Commission (PSC) will this week begin interviewing overseas-based candidates for four assistant commissioner positions within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), The Gleaner has learnt.

Serious breaches at Solid Waste, Whiteman says - Report to be tabled tomorrow
THE REPORT on the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be made public tomorrow when Local Government Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, is expected to make a presentation to Parliament.

Strike as last resort, Nelson urges police
SENATOR DWIGHT Nelson, vice-president of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), says disgruntled members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) should not go on strike in protest for improved wages from Government.

Residents shut down Yallahs pipeline repairs
RESTORATIVE WORK on the Yallahs pipeline, one of the major intake lines for the Mona Reservoir in St. Andrew, was forcibly stopped yesterday when a group of boisterous residents from the Yallahs area of St. Thomas...

Docs pay up after publication threat
THE MEDICAL Council of Jamaica is reporting that it has been swamped by visits and calls from doctors who are seeking to avoid having their names published because they do not have valid practising certificates.

Tax office acid victim dies
CHARMAINE LAOE, the 39-year-old employee of the St. Andrew Revenue Service, who was the victim of a brutal acid attack on June 10, has succumbed to her injuries. The police said she died Sunday night in the University Hospital of the West Indies.