Costly cops
IT WAS 2 a.m. and Nicola Webb had surrendered to sleep in the back of a taxi. She and her co-workers had chartered the vehicle to take them home, after working throughout the night as exotic dancers in a Kingston nightclub.

CWC gets closer home - Allman Town gears up with cultural plaza
EXCEPT FOR the noise at Sabina Park caused by the construction of the new North Stand, Campbell Town is dead ­ no painting of business places; no clearing of general yard space; nothing.

'Let them pay a portion,' say human rights groups
POLICEMEN WHO have been causing the Government to pay out huge sums of money annually, because of their reckless use of the gun, will, if the Government heeds the calls from human rights groups and civil society, have to pay a portion...

Penniless after millions in settlement
WHEN NICOLA Webb, the exotic dancer who was paralysed by a policeman's bullet on September 4, 2002, received an $11.2 million settlement from the Government, there was a national sigh of relief. At least she would be able to care for...

Lost man-days spike due to strikes
A loss in thousands of production days due to strikes in various sectors of the economy this year has left trade unions and employers casting blame at each other.

Ja and the world: Is our future renewable?
JAMAICA IS scheduled to become a designated centre of excellence for renewable energy under the PetroCaribe agreement. This puts the island in line with a worldwide trend born not out of choice, but a combination of economic pressure...

FUTURE AND POTENTIAL RENEWABLE PROJECTS IN JAMAICA
The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) is currently talking to two foreign companies to encourage the establishment of a solar water heater factory in Jamaica.

Buggery law backward - Munroe
THE JOINT Select Committee of Parliament considering the proposed Charter of Rights Bill failed to conclude its deliberations last week as the committee was unable to find common ground on certain issues.