Secondary schools to get laptops
SECONDARY SCHOOLS will each receive 10 laptop computers under the Government's e-Learning Project, announced Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology Phillip Paulwell this week.

Moving toward equality of the sexes - Bureau of Women's Affairs hosts workshops to form nat'l gender policy
IN AN effort to move towards gender equity in Jamaica, the Bureau of Women's Affairs is conducting a series of workshops to assist with the formulation of a National Gender Policy.

Health Ministry under heavy criticism
MAY PEN, Clarendon: THE MINISTRY of Health was heavily criticised by the Clarendon Parish Council which expressed its disappointment at the ministry's approach to the leptospirosis outbreak in the parish.

Seventy-seven Sunset Strip
SEVEN IS considered a mystic or magic number, the number of perfection. Followers of the great mathematician, Pythagoras, have great reverence for the number seven because it is formed by the addition of the 'significant' numbers - three and four.

Lucea Mayor, Cauldwell councillor at loggerheads
HANOVER: MAYOR OF Lucea, Lester Crooks, was taken to task by Councillor of the Cauldwell Division, Sheridan Samuels, during last week Thursday's regular monthly meeting of the Hanover Parish Council.

Extensive discussions held at parish council meeting
PORT MARIA, St. Mary: ISSUES AFFECTING St. Mary were extensively discussed at a parish council meeting held at the council's chambers in that parish last Thursday. The meeting was chaired by Mayor Robert Montague.

St Mary drains still in need of repair
PORT MARIA, St. Mary: A HEALTH report delivered by Chief Public Health Inspector Anthony Robins and Dr. San San Win at last Thursday's St. Mary Parish Council meeting revealed that some drains were still in need of urgent attention.

Binns lauded at PC meeting
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THERE WAS an emotionally-charged general meeting at the St. Catherine Parish Council last Thursday, as councillors from both sides of the political divide paid homage to Superintendent of Roads and Works Franklyn Binns...