'$5b fund part of education budget'
MINISTER OF Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry-Wilson says it is no secret that the $37.9 billion allocation to the Education Ministry announced at the start of the Budget year included $5 billion drawn from National Housing...

Banana interests take issue with US trade rep
WE HAVE just seen a release from the United States trade representative indicating the disappointment of the U.S. that the tariff being proposed by the European Union (EU) is "not significantly lower than its earlier proposal.

New fire station for Falmouth, Trelawny
CABINET HAS approved the award of an $83 million contract to Tank-Weld Limited for the construction of a new fire station in Falmouth, Trelawny. According to Information Minister Senator Burchell Whiteman, major development plans for the parish...

Bail extended for Red Hills Road strongman
Red Hills Road strongman, Cleveland Downer, alias 'Cassey' had his bail extended Wednesday when he appeared before Justice Donald McIntosh at the Gun Court in downtown Kingston.

PATH students honoured
THE MINISTRY of Labour and Social Security on Monday fêted some of the student beneficiaries of the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). The students were being lauded for their exceptional academic performance...

Bisexual behaviour - one of the factors hurting women
J.L. KING in his novel, "On the down low - A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men, talks about Mike. Mike was employed, an upstanding member of a Greek fraternity, a deacon in his church and married...