Hundreds yet to get GSAT results
HUNDREDS OF students without birth certificates still do not have their Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results, but the Ministry of Education and Youth says it is making every effort to have them delivered.

Cricket proposals at CARICOM
SECURITY ISSUES dominated the 27th Heads of Government Conference in Basseterre, St. Kitts, yesterday. Returning from a one-day retreat in Nevis, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said that the talks had been productive...

Buju performance cancelled in UK - Organisers accede to gay community protests
LONDON, (Reuters): A CONCERT by Jamaican reggae artiste, Buju Banton, has been cancelled following protests by the local gay community that his lyrics are homophobic, the British venue said.

Stroke gives UK woman Jamaican accent
BBC: LINDA WALKER awoke in hospital to find that her distinctive Newcastle accent had been transformed into a mixture of Jamaican, Canadian and Slovakian. The 60-year-old may have foreign accent syndrome...

Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) wants teachers reclassified
RUEL REID, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), wants the Government to de-link teachers' salaries from the civil service and reclassify them in light of the transformation of the education system.

Deputy Solicitor objects to Ramcharan, Williams defence
DEPUTY SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Patrick Foster, yesterday asked the Court of Appeal not to entertain legal arguments from Montego Bay businessmen Leebert Ramcharan and Donovan 'Plucky' Williams that the Extradition Act was unconstitutional.

'Government needs to address Cricket World Cup issues'
OLIVER CLARKE, the chairman and managing director of the Gleaner Company, has raised concerns about what he called "the stony silence" of Government on major issues related to the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC).

Portmore boycott to take a toll on Mandela
MAYOR OF Spanish Town, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, says the St. Catherine Parish Council may be forced to revert to the use of a one-way system on the Spanish Town bypass, if residents of Portmore carry out their threat to boycott the Portmore toll road...

Increased security presence in crime-worn Norwood
WESTERN BUREAU: INCREASED POLICE presence and a greater push for police confidence among residents are among the short-term plans identified for the crime-ravaged community of Norwood, St. James. "Policing presence there will be increased indefinitely...