Commissioner Thomas - the good adviser
OBLIVIOUS TO the fact that the officer he was speaking with was Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas, 60-year-old Donald Cooper spoke of his problems in a forthright manner at the Linstead Police Station, St. Catherine, on Tuesday.
Coldrex: Beating the odds
MAYBE IT was the air from Hagley Gap, St. Thomas that bequeathed Coldrex Gordon with an unflinching drive to succeed before he left to join his mother in Kingston at 13.
Letters of Undertaking to require House approval
THE MINISTRY of Finance will now have to submit to Parliament all Letters of Undertaking and Comfort Letters for public entities that are not intended to be paid directly from the Consolidated Fund.
Church conference concludes today
THE 2005 National Pastors and Church Leaders Conference, which has attracted church leaders from across the island and the Caribbean, will culminate today at the National Indoor Sports Centre.
Manslaughter trial of taxi driver set for Nov 21
THE TRIAL of a taxi driver charged in connection with the deaths of three young siblings in a motor vehicle accident two years ago has been set for November 21.
JPS eases water woes at Old Harbour Bay Primary
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) has commissioned a water pressure pump for the Old Harbour Bay Primary School to ease the school's chronic water problem.
Sav Mayor wants Patterson's seat
WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR OF Savanna-la-Mar, Delford Morgan, says he will be submitting an application to the Eastern Westmoreland Constituency Executive to vie for Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's soon-to-be vacated seat...
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations...People at the centre of development
ON OCTOBER 24, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jamaica in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will launch the second National Human Development Report 2005...
NIC to survey flooded Vineyard community
THE NATIONAL Irrigation Commission (NIC) is set to carry out an in-depth survey of the Vineyard community in southwest St. Elizabeth, following news that several sections are now flooded.
MoBay residents benefit from health mission donations
ATLANTA, Georgia: OVER THE past 11 years the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister City Health Mission has contributed over US$250,000 (J15.8m) in medical supplies to needy residents of Montego Bay, St. James.
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