POLICE SICK-OUT - Rank-and-file members press claim for increased wage offer
ALMOST HALF of the rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick yesterday to press their claim for an increased wage and fringe benefits offer from the Government.Large sections of the country were left without security...
Business leaders express concern for security
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ISLANDWIDE industrial action by rank-and-file members of the police force has stoked the ire of commercial business interests, as well as leaders in the tourist industry in western Jamaica.
Portmore residents lose toll road battle - Court rules Mandela Highway a legal alternative route legal
PORTMORE RESIDENTS will be forced to use the Mandela Highway as an alternative route to the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 following yesterday's ruling of the Judicial Review Court.
Pickersgill remains eager to work with community
ROBERT PICKERSGILL, the Minister of Transport and Works, said while he is pleased with yesterday's court ruling on the Portmore Toll Road issue, he remains eager to work with the Portmore community.
House passes amended NHT Act
AFTER A lengthy debate, with neither Government nor Opposition members reaching a consensus, amendments to the National Housing Trust (NHT) Act were passed in the House of Representatives with a simple 32 to 19 majority vote.
UWI med students to pay higher tuition fees
MEDICAL STUDENTS at the University of the West Indies (UWI) will, this September, be forced to fork out 7.4 per cent more for their tuition fees, compared to the other faculties where fees have been increased by 1.3 per cent.
Cops' protest action disrupts courts
THE ISLAND'S court system was disrupted yesterday as the sick-out by hundreds of rank- and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), significantly reduced the number of police personnel available to man the courts.
Champion farmer chosen
JIMMY JACKSON of Negril, Westmoreland, has been chosen as this year's National Champion Farmer, one of the main competitions staged annually at the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, scheduled for July 30 to August 1 in Denbigh...
Rio Grande bridge to be ready by month-end
MINISTER OF State for Transport and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has given the assurance that work on the railway bridge, which is being repaired to be used as an alternative to the hurricane-damaged Rio Grande overpass...
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