'Disaster planning needs more local knowledge'
Caribbean governments must make more use of local knowledge when it comes to disaster planning, says Franklin McDonald, director of the Institute of Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.

US, local universities launch new programme
The Institute of Law and Economics (ILE) will be launching a partnership with the Florida-based IMPAC University to provide a two-year MBA programme. Details of the programme will be outlined at the launching of the event starting at 6:00 p.m.

Icon: Johnny Nash
Trivia: Johnny Nash was one of several African Americans who got into reggae in the 1960s. Check out the Staple Singers' I'll Take You There; it is a direct spin on the instrumental, Liquidator, by the Harry J All Stars.

PAHO honours journalism stalwart Clare Forrester
Veteran Jamaican journalist and social communicator, Clare Forrester, was presented with a special award for exceptional leadership by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) last Wednesday night...

NEWSMAKER: Greg Christie - No hiding from Mr Integrity
The research was headed by Greg Christie, who has been Contractor General since December. His report, tabled in Parliament last Tuesday, concluded that there were overruns of US$41 million in the construction...

People's National Party (PNP) moves to head off VP dogfight
With the possibility of a general election this year, the ruling People's National Party (PNP) is attempting to fill the four vice-presidential positions without disrupting party unity. The desire by PNP officials to prevent a possible dogfight...

Police shooting sparks Savanna-la-Mar riots
Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland: Pandemonium broke out in Savanna-la-Mar yesterday when residents of Harmony Town rioted following the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy the night before. The irate protesters used an abandoned Lada motor car...