Patterson bares his soul
UN rapped for shortcomings
The poor will always be with us, and yesterday Prime Minister P.J. Patterson told the 60th Session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly in New York just that...

Boarding is better
Dr. Peter Phillips, one of the candidates for the presidency of the governing People's National Party (PNP) wants to see an expansion of boarding school opportunities in Jam-aican high schools, as one option for confronting some of.

Take a number ­ Part II: The antsy meter dispute
"HERE WE go again." I sigh as I push open the entrance door to the Spanish Town branch of the Jamaica Public Service. After almost three weeks since my last fight with the customer service agents here about my last light bill, I am...

Let's try boarding says Phillips
Since the 1960s when Dr. Peter Phillips and others of his generation attended high school, most of those institutions have closed their boarding facilities, making space for more classrooms to accommodate additional students. Today, there is substantial.

Davis prepares to leave UTech
President of the University of Technology (UTech), Dr. Rae Davis, is to step down from that post near the end of the current academic year when his contract expires in July 2006. Dr. Davis, the brother of the Minister of Finance and...

Tropical depression 17
At 5:00 p.m. yesterday, the centre of tropical depression number 17 was located near latitude 13.8 degrees north and longitude 55.2 degrees west or about 470 kilometres east of Barbados...

Air J Express to suspend operations
High fuel and other costs have forced Air Jamaica Express to suspend operations of the domestic carrier, as of midnight October 14, 2005. According to a release from the carrier, this

Aircraft siezed in a massive drug bust
A twin-engine aircraft, registered to a United States-based company, is grounded at the Jamaica Defence Force airwing in Kingston, after it was siezed in a massive drug bust in St. Elizabeth.