CAMPUS BEAT - Students caught in Spanish Town's crossfire
THERE ARE only a couple of weeks to go before the CXC (Caribbean Examinations Council) exams for this year begin and students across Jamaica are making last-minute preparations for the potentially life-changing event.
IMMIGRATION MATTERS - Many Jamaicans face deportation from Canada
THE ISSUE of immigration has provoked strong opinions, which many of our readers will be given the opportunity to address over the course of the next few months in this weekly column on immigration issues.
ICON: O.T. FAIRCLOUGH - Forgotten man of the People's National Party (PNP)
ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1938, some of Jamaica's brightest minds gathered at the Ward Theatre in downtown Kingston to launch the People's National Party (PNP). Norman Manley, the respected lawyer, was named its first president...
Imported cement to ease construction crisis
Staff Reporter MORE THAN 200,000 tonnes of cement will be imported into the island in the coming weeks in an attempt to address the severe shortage of the commodity on the local market.
Contractor General to scrutinise NSWMA again
IN THE wake of new contractual irregularities, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will once again be placed under the Contractor General's microscope. Highly placed sources say top officials from the Ministry
TYRONE'S WATCH - Gross gullies!
WHAT'S NOT WORKING? Gullies in the Corporate Area - TWO OF THE - WORST CASES. 1) The gully that runs adjacent to the Horizon Adult Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road, is desperately screaming for help.
Father Michael Lewis ... Helping to restore calm at Stella Maris
A LONE security guard sat in the passage that leads to the chapel at the Stella Maris Church in Shortwood, St. Andrew. At that very spot one month earlier, the screams of Velma Mais shattered the tranquility of the compound when she was attacked...
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