CARICOM and US trade representatives to meet
CARICOM TRADE ministers are to fly to Washington D.C. next Wednesday to meet with their United States opposite number U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Rob Portman. The meeting was arranged following discussions between CARICOM foreign ministers...

Deportee study results pending
ONE YEAR after National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, told Parliament that Government planned to commission a study on the impact deportees had on crime in Jamaica, the results are still pending.

Lawyers offer to file suit against cruise ship owners - Soliciting clients among Star Princess passengers
A FLORIDA-BASED law firm is soliciting clients to file a class action lawsuit against the operators of the cruise ship that caught fire en route to Montego Bay last month. The firm - Lawyers and Settlements - has issued an invitation...

Jamaican university to develop juvenile facility in Turks and Caicos
THE GOVERNMENT of the Turks and Caicos Islands has approached the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) for help in rehabilitating its growing number of delinquent juveniles. The university said is looking at building a massive counselling...

Jamaica is site for Caribbean archaeologists conference
THE INTERNATIONAL Association of Caribbean Archaeologists (IACA) has voted unanimously to host its 22nd biannual conference between July 23 and 27 in Jamaica. The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be the organising body...

Roundabout beautification
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: SOME $11 MILLION is being spent over the next 18 months by the South Coast Resort Board to restore and beautify roundabouts on the island's south coast. The project, which is being carried out in association...

Public servants appear in court
SEVEN CASES for brea-ches of the Corruption Prevention Act came up for mention in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's court Wednesday. The Corruption Prevention Act of 2001, makes it compulsory for public servants earning...

Lift Up Jamaica undertakes community projects in Sanguinetti
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: MORE THAN $8 million has been spent to carry out work on three important projects in the rural community of Sanguinetti in northwest Clarendon. The works being undertaken include the construction of additional classrooms...

Anthony Harriott promoted to professor
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the promotion of Dr. Anthony Harriott, senior lecturer in the Department of Government, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mona to the post of Professor of Political Sociology.

Masterbuilders president calls for more construction research
MICHAEL ARCHER, president of the Incorporated Master Builders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ), has appealed for more research and innovations in the construction sector. Mr. Archer made the call during the IMAJ's annual dinner and awards ceremony...

Government, nurses will reach agreement, says Jackson
FITZ JACKSON, State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, says he is confident that his ministry will come to an agreement with the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), which announced that it will not enter into another memorandum...