'A demonic statement' - Local clergymen condemn call by US televangelist to assassinate Chavez
LOCAL CLERGYMEN have harshly condemned the call by conservative United States evangelist Pat Robertson for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Underground dwelling - St Thomas community still partially submerged since 'Dennis'
TAYLOR LAND in Bull Bay, St. Thomas, remains partially submerged in debris, more than a month after rains associated with Hurricane Dennis caused a nearby gully to break away.

EU sugar consultants to assist local industry
A TEAM of consultants employed by the European Union (EU) are in the island to help produce a national strategy to help Jamaica adapt to the EU's sugar price cuts.

'Hire more education officers'
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: JAMAICA TEACHERS' Association (JTA) official, Patrick Smith, is urging the Ministry of Education to employ more education officers. According to Mr. Smith...

Scotland Yard to visit next week
MEMBERS OF a Scotland Yard community liaison group will visit Jamaica next week to advise the Ministry of National Security on how to establish similar groups in the island.

Mark Thwaites gets bail extension, allowed to travel
MARK THWAITES, the 47-year-old former chief executive officer of Dyoll Insurance Company Ltd., had his bail extended and travel restrictions placed on him temporarily lifted...

'Talk is cheap' - How will education transformation be funded? - JTA head
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: RUEL REID, newly-elected president of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA), says he is disappointed that the Government has yet to tell the public how the transformation of the education system will be fully funded.

PNP vice-presidential candidates back out
SEVEN OF the 11 People's National Party (PNP) vice-presidential contenders have backed out of the race to preserve what they say is party unity.