Hard times hit Hargreaves
THE 82-YEAR-OLD Hargreaves Hospital has fallen on hard times and is facing closure if its board of governors fails to come up with $9.6 million to satisfy its indebtedness to RBTT Bank.

Wayne Clarke's death - Tragedy shatters a dream of marriage
IT'S EVERY family's fear - that chilling late-night telephone call or the unexpected appearance of law enforcement officers at their home. Last Saturday when Allecea Campbell saw three members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force team...

Road damage estimates for Parlaiment next week
THE MINISTRY of Transport and Works has received estimates of road damage caused by recent heavy rainfalls. Addressing journalists on Monday after the weekly Cabinet meeting, Transport and Works Minister Robert Pickersgill said...

'Zekes' trial - Court to quiz police witnesses today
POLICE WITNESSES are to be questioned in court today in relation to allegations of death threats against the main witness for the Crown in the double murder case of well-known Matthews Lane resident...

Gov't sets up task force on bird flu - To protect Ja against an outbreak
THE GOVERNMENT has established a special task force to protect the country against an outbreak of the deadly Avian Flu (bird flu) virus that has, so far, killed hundreds of birds and poultry...

Majority favour patois as an official language of Ja
A MAJORITY of Jamaicans think parliamentarians should deliver their speeches in Gordon House in the local dialect, patois in order to communicate better with the public.

St Ann by-election this month
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: AFTER SEVERAL months without representation in the St. Ann Parish Council, the people of the Alexandria division will go to the polls later this month to elect their new councillor.