Nurses firm on MoU position
PRESIDENT OF the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Edith Allwood-Anderson, yesterday said the NAJ would continue to disassociate itself from any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which has not been properly negotiated with her union.

Major boost for early childhood education
A MAJOR advance was made in the education sector yesterday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) and the National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET).

Ground to be broken for Portmore hospital
PORTMORE'S MAYOR, George Lee, said that ground is to be broken this year for the construction of a hospital in Portmore, St. Catherine. The Mayor said an agreement is being worked out for the building of a 200-bed hospital for the municipality...

AIDS group supports call for sex worker tolerance
THE JAMAICA AIDS Support for Life (JASL) says it supports recent calls by Lascelles Chin, chairman of the Lasco Group of Companies, for Jamaicans to be broadminded and accept commercial sex workers, as one way to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Standing Finance Committee rejects Golding motion
A MOTION moved by Opposition Leader Bruce Golding to have a community project transferred from the Estimates of Expenditure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to the Office of the Prime Minister, was rejected by Parliament's Standing...

... Samuda accuses Government of compromising integrity
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Karl Samuda, yesterday accused the Government of compromising the integrity of the country by entering into an agreement with the Chinese Government for it to fund some of the...

Big jump at the pump
GAS PRICES were raised almost $2 per litre yesterday. Petrojam, the refining arm of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) which supplies retailers, said the rise was in response to oil hitting a record US$72 per barrel in New York this week.