MoU hiccup - JCTU president calls emergency meeting
THE PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) Dwight Nelson has called an emergency meeting of member unions for tomorrow citing continuing dissatisfaction among JCTU members ahead of today's scheduled signing of a new.

Quake deaths climb to 4,600
BANTUL, Indonesia (AP): GRIEVING QUAKE survivors scavenged for food and clothes in the debris of their houses yesterday, as the world promised to help Indonesia recover from the latest in a string of deadly natural disasters...

Overhaul contracts system - Franklyn
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE TIME has come for the re-examination of how public sector contracts are being awarded, according to Senator Delano Franklyn. Mr. Franklyn who was speaking at a function in Portmore Saturday night...

Portia to be conferred with Order of the Nation (ON)
PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller will today be conferred with the Order of the Nation (ON) at an investiture ceremony at King's House beginning at 9:00 a.m. With the conferment, the Prime Minister will have the title of Most Honourable.

Prime Minister of Jamaica wants education pact
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: PRIME MINISTER Portia Simpson Miller is appealing to members of the business sector in Jamaica to establish a partnership with the Government to improve early childhood education in the country. She said Jamaica has enormous benefits..

Robberies on the rise
SINCE THE start of the year, there has been an increase in robberies and reports of extortion. Police records have revealed that up to Thursday, there was a three per cent increase in robberies.

Deacon among four slain
A FAMILY attending the funeral service of a relative slain a month ago, was traumatised even further yesterday when a younger brother of the deceased was murdered by gunmen as the service was being held at the Church of God Seventh-day Church on Harvey...

People's National Party (PNP) Lucea contender killed
LUCEA, Hanover: TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Kevin Ferguson, a businessman and contender for the Lucea divisional seat for the People's National Party, died on Saturday night from gunshot wounds he sustained in an attack at his home earlier...