Kraal cops freed - Three walk; Adams, others still on trial
THREE OF the six policemen charged with murder of four civilians at Kraal, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003, were freed yesterday after Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe ruled there was no case in law against them.
Ocho Rios clean-up to begin this week, Assamba assures
MINISTER OF Tourism Aloun Assamba has promised that work on improving the deplorable state of the resort town of Ocho Rios will begin this week. Speaking in an interview with The Gleaner, she responded to angry complaints...
CARICOM sets up development fund
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) leaders, meeting in Jamaica yesterday, have reached further agreement on a US$10 million fund to assist smaller member states to participate in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)...
Food For the Poor expands shelter project
FOOD FOR the Poor (FFP), the Caribbean's leading charity organisation and one of the co-recipients of the 2005 Gleaner Honour Award for voluntary service, has approved $2 million to expand and refurbish the Marie Atkins Night Shelter for the poor...
Stalemate casts gloom over WTO meeting
HONG KONG (AP): AN IMPASSE between rich and poor nations over farm trade threatens to undermine progress at this week's World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, Trade Ministers said yesterday.
Rhodd wants partner in 'Education For All'
DR. DONALD Rhodd, State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, wants the media to consider partnering with government to promote the 'Education For All' agenda. Education For All (EFA) is aimed at realising education for all...
New unit to hunt crime suspects
WITHIN THE next four weeks, another crime-fighting unit is expected to hit the streets of Jamaica, searching for perpetrators of vicious crimes committed across the island.
National Water Commission workers disgruntled over poor union representation
SOME WORKERS attached to the National Water Commission's (NWC) Eastern Divisional offices in St. Andrew, protested for several hours yesterday against, what they say, is weak representation from their trade unions.
Security strategy for House next month
CABINET HAS approved the long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS) for tabling in Parliament early in the new year. Information Minister Senator Burchell Whiteman also announced yesterday that an implementation team would be set up...
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