Export boom for scrap metal
PILES OF old cars and other discarded metals parked in junkyards are slowly being converted into a multimillion-dollar export industry. Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Manage-ment Authority, Errol Greene, told a recent meeting...

National Contracts Commission gets final two appointees
THE NATIONAL Contracts Commission has now received the full complement of its appointees with the naming of the final two. They are Donald Miller who was nominated by the Construction Industry Council, and Lascelles Dixon, who was nominated...

Cabinet will know Portmore toll today
RESIDENTS OF Portmore should know soon how much they will be required to pay in toll charges when the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 officially opens next month. Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickergsill, is expected to submit to Cabinet today...

'Political will needed for CSME'
CHAIRMAN AND chief executive officer of Capital and Credit Financial Group, Ryland Campbell says the Caribbean must demand the political will to make the CARCIOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) achievable. "Our politicians in the region must stop...

Slain cop laid to rest
SPANISH TOWN : TEARS FLOWED at the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine yesterday, as hundreds paid tribute to slain policeman, Corporal Lincoln Anthony Parker.

Douglas, Rhodd prevail
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) incumbents Harry Douglas and Dr. Donald Rhodd were yesterday elected as the party's candidates for the next general election. Mr. Douglas beat contenders Lorane Ferguson, Patrick White and Donovan Nolan...

One killed, two hurt in Hellshire accident
A WOMAN was killed and two other persons injured in a two-vehicle collision on the Hellshire main road in St. Catherine, yesterday. According to the police, 42-year-old Nadine Panton was a passenger in a Suzuki swift motor-car being driven by her...