Jamaica Labour Party conference - Labourites warm up
HUNDREDS OF proud Labourites in a festive mood, took over the National Arena yesterday, as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) kicked off its 63rd annual national conference. Party supporters started trickling into the arena from about nine o'clock...

Jamaicans want Portia, says Douglas
CHAIRMAN OF the Portia Simpson Miller presidential campaign, Easton Douglas, said that no matter who the supporters of Mrs. Simpson Miller are, the sheer number of them shows that Jamaicans want her to be their next leader.

British grant to Jamaica for social programmes and community safety - Don't be pound foolish
THE BRITISH Government, through its development co-operation agency - the Department for International Development (DfID) - has announced a project grant and debt relief to Jamaica of £24 million.

Jamaica Labour Party peaking at the right time - All our candidates will be in place, says Samuda
AFTER WITNESSING verbal spats and members coming to blows at past Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) conferences, general secretary Karl Samuda is looking forward to its renewal, which is scheduled to end today at the National Arena in St. Andrew.

Caribbean Examinations Council defends associate degree
THE CARIBBEAN Examinations Council (CXC) has strongly defended its associate degree, introduced recently. The associate degree will be awarded to sixth-form students who successfully complete some combinations of subjects at CAPE.

Agro losses thwart region's poverty reduction efforts
VICE-PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Danny Roberts, said that as a consequence of the European Union's decision to change the existing preferential arrangements for sugar and bananas, Jamaica and other African, Caribbean...

Rivers of blood (Final part) - Teach the criminals or shame them
I WANTED TO end this series by interviewing a girl who had either been raped at an early age, or had seen her mother shot and killed by young men who did these acts in a cold and callous manner.