Bernard Lodge workers halt production at factory
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: SEVERAL DISGRUNTLED cane cutters of the Bernard Lodge sugar estate, claiming that they were demonstrating because of management's failure to address matters regarding the pending redundancy exercise...
Scrap the tax! - GCT said stunting agri growth
ALREADY BURDENED by the cost of damage sustained from several natural disasters, praedial larceny and inadequate infrastructure, stakeholders in the agricultural sector are gearing up to intensify their lobby for Government...
Suspect killed in Grants Pen operation
A MASSIVE police operation in the Vietnam area of Grants Pen, St. Andrew, left one suspect shot dead and residents alleging murder and a cover-up. The police arrested a total of 13 suspects in the wee hours of yesterday morning...
Campion gets new principal
GRACE BASTON, former principal of Alpha Academy and acting head of the Humanities Division at the University of Technology, is the new principal of Campion College. Mrs. Baston, who took up office last week, replaced Radley Reid, who retired...
Kingfish targets 11 persons of interest
WESTERN BUREAU: THE HIGHLY successful Operation Kingfish is moving to prosecute 11 persons who have been identified as taking part in illegal activities. Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas made the announcement...
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) continues to lose senior prosecutors
THE OFFICE of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) continues to be plagued with an exodus of very senior and experienced prosecutors. David Fraser, acting senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, who has been described in legal circles...
Poor roads force school shutdown - Treacherous journey leaves 300 Portland students at home
PORT ANTONIO, Portland: THE SCHOOL board at Fairfield All-Age was on Wednesday forced to close the institution indefinitely due to the deplorable state of the roads in the Bangaridge community of Portland.
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