Police defiant - Courts disrupted again, soldiers deployed to hot spots
Court proceedings and security operations across the island were severely hampered yesterday as hundreds of rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) again stayed off the job to press for an improved wage offer from Government.

Business leaders in anti-AIDS lobby
Nineteen companies yesterday signed an agreement which saw the launch of the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS. The launch was held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, under the theme, 'Good for People, Good for Business'.

Top CSEC Achiever - A shining example
Cindie Russell of Campion College is a shining example of what hard work and dedication can forge, when she received nine ones in the 2006 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination.

New boats boost fleet
THE MARINE Police's fight against the illegal drug and weapons trade got a shot in the arm yesterday when ten 17-foot Boston Whalers boats were commissioned at its Newport East headquarters.

PNP to kick off conference today
The governing People's National Party (PNP) will this evening kick off its four-day 68th annual conference with what it says will be an evening of excellence, punctuated with speeches and cultural items.

Record number of scholars for Cuba
A record number of Jamaican students are receiving scholarships to Cuba this school year. Beginning in 1979 when three students, including current junior government ministers Donald Rhodd and Wykeham McNeill went to study in Cuba...

Audit Commission warns ministers
Chairman of the Audit Commis-sion, Leighton McKnight, has threatened sanctions against government ministries and executive agencies that are flouting the law by their tardiness in establishing audit committees...