Court strikes out special constables' MoU claim
THE SUPREME Court has struck out the claim brought by the Special Constabulary Force Association (SCFA) which was seeking declarations relating to the Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government...

Government approves $46 million road repair project
WESTERN BUREAU: THE GOVERNMENT has approved $46 million for a drain cleaning exercise and the rehabilitation of roadways, which were damaged in recent heavy rains in Montego Bay, St. James.

Enviro experts propose Palisadoes road revamp
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS in Jamaica have proposed ways to protect and sustain the Palisadoes peninsula, which has been damaged by four hurricanes in the past 12 months.

Tivoli youth club bridges gap between residents, police
RESIDENTS OF Tivoli Gardens and the police force have had strained relations for the past 40 years, marked by police allegations of the community being a gang den and residents' countercharges of abuse of power by the security forces.

New Jamaican body in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Georgia: THE GROWING Jamaican community in Atlanta, with a population of close to 40,000, has given birth to yet another Jamaican organisation, the Benevolent Mission of Atlanta, Inc...

Ancient church unearthed in Israel
MEGIDDO PRISON, Israel (Reuters): IN A maximum-security jail just down the road from Armageddon, Israeli archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is the oldest church discovered in the land where Jesus was born.

In craze of older women
AN 80-YEAR-OLD couple decided to spend their summer holidays apart for the first time in their married life - the wife went to Barbados and the husband went to Tobago. A few days after arriving in Barbados, the wife got a terse email...