Three Jamaicans get 2006 Fulbright Scholarship
THREE JAMAICAN educators have been selected as recipients of the 2006 Fulbright Scholarship programme. They are Earle Buckle, of Excelsior Community College (EXED); Jacqueline Oram-Sterling, The Mico College; and Sonia Richards-Malcolm...

Untapping a natural resource
ONE DAY about three years ago, while walking on the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus, Dr. Tony Sewell saw that the campus was sorely underutilised during the summer. Coupled with that was his burning concern...

Norwood to benefit from summer job programme
THE TROUBLED district of Norwood in St. James is one of three rural communities which will get special attention from the National Summer Employment Programme (NESP), which was officially launched Tuesday at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown...

Roving minds respond
The following are feedback letters to our Roving With Lalah feature published yesterday. Dear Robert: I just wanted to respond to your article about the water at Bath Fountain in St. Thomas. I was born in Bath in the early 1980's.

Portmore residents lambaste minister
IRATE RESIDENTS of Old Passagefort Drive and surround-ing communities lashed Minister of Housing, Water, Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, and his team during a steamy meeting held on Passagefort Drive in Portmore, St. Catherine...

Justices of the Peace (JPs) urged to perform duties carefully
THIRTY-FIVE NEW Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St. Andrew were on Tuesday mandated to uphold and uplift the esteemed calling. The Lay Magistrates were sworn into office in a civic ceremony at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew.

New laws to boost employment for disabled
THE GOVERNMENT is now advanced in the development of two pieces of legislation to support disabled persons seeking employment. According to Derrick Kellier, Minister of Labour and Social Security, the National Assistance Act and the National Disability...