Black men urged to get checked for prostate cancer
LONDON: THEY'VE ALL faced death from prostate cancer ... and survived. Now campaigners urge black men to get themselves checked out. Rawle Price's life changed when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the summer of 2003.

Montego Bay CSEC seminar scores big
WESTERN BUREAU: SCORES OF students of Trelawny and St. James, aiming to boost their preparation ahead of the upcoming Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations, participated yesterday in the The Gleaner's Youth Link CSEC seminar...

St Ann 4-H clubs present annual achievement days
MORE THAN 30 schools participated in the St. Ann Parish 4-H Clubs annual Achievement Day, which was held earlier this month at the Discovery Bay All-Age School. The event was staged under the theme: 'Creating Wealth through Youth Development'.

Surinam Airways makes inaugural flight to Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: SURINAM AIRWAYS, the national air carrier of the Republic of Suriname, made its inaugural flight to Jamaica on Monday, the third airline to join the Sangster International Airport's hub since January.

Cabinet approves contracts for security, infrastructure
CABINET ON Monday approved four contracts valued at nearly $100 million to acquire security vehicles and to rehabilitate roads and a school in some rural parishes. A $15 million contract was approved to acquire five special vehicles...

Man freed of conspiracy charge after five years
THE COURT of Appeal has expressed disgust that a man had to wait for five years to have his name cleared because officers in a Resident Magistrate's Court were tardy in handling transcript of his trial.

Car stolen from Ministry of Labour parking lot
AFTER DRIVING to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to help with wage negotiations last week, a Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd. (JPS) union delegate, Reginald Johnson, was forced to leave empty handed when his car was stolen...