New hope for Hope Gardens
THE MORE than 130-year-old Hope Gardens, which has been neglected over the years, was given new hope yesterday with the injection of $10 million by the Digicel Foundation to help in its rehabilitation. Digicel Foundation Chairman Harry Smith said...

Chang wants military patrols in Norwood
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBER OF Parliament for the volatile constituency of North West St. James, Dr. Horace Chang, yesterday issued a call for military patrols in Norwood to stem its high incidence of murders.

PM urges energy conservation
WITH JAMAICA'S national import fuel bill projected to increase from US$1.3 billion to $1.5 billion this year, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is urging Jamaicans to 'make energy conservation our business'. Mrs. Simpson Miller said Thursday night...

Silver Pen awardee endorses PM's plan for pastors
SILVER PEN awardee for the month of April, the Reverend Dr. Paul Gardner, believes that a resurrection of accountability and integrity will be achieved if Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's plan to appoint ministers of religion to Government boards...

Official Secrets Act to be repealed
ONE of the last vestiges of colonialism in Jamaica, the 95-year-old Official Secrets Act, which has left a legacy of secrecy in the Government service, will be repealed, according to Information Minister Colin Campbell. The issue was raised on...

Ministry's move to bond teachers concerns JTA
THE JAMAICA Teachers' Association (JTA) says it is concerned with the last-minute attempt by the Ministry of Education and Youth to bond more than 500 teachers who studied part-time without taking leave. The Education Ministry agreed to reimburse 50...