Values and attitudes programme seeks to foster better family life - PM
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has expressed appreciation to the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) for its willingness to contribute to the advancement of the advancement of the values and attitudes programme.

Call for better role models for children
WESTERN BUREAU: Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke, is calling for better adult role models in the country in order to avoid reaping a violent and heartless society. In referring to statistics quoted in the 2005 Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica...

Financial aid for University of Technology (UTech) students
Students at the University of Technology (UTech), in St. Andrew, are being reminded of a number of tuition support options available at the campus for students facing challenges with school fee payments.

Ground broken for Yallahs Basic renovation
MORANT BAY, St. Thomas: Ground was broken for a J$42-million renovation project for the Yallahs Basic School and Resource Centre, on Wednesday, in Yallahs, St. Thomas. It comes as part of a US$15-million joint project between the Government of Jamaica...

JLP tackles Government over oil deal
Ocho Rios, St Ann: The Jamaica Labour Party is threatening to take the Government to task in Parliament over its handling of an oil exploration deal signed recently with two foreign-based companies.

Friendly Phonics launched
Port Antonio, Portland: Educator and principal of Shebian Preparatory School in Portland, Dr. Aileen Willams-Allison, strongly believes that every normal child should be reading at the end of the basic school age. So firm is her belief that she has create

Negril bypassed, chamber unhappy
Western Bureau: Despite its significant room stock, exotic attractions, and being just 70 miles away from the new Trelawny stadium, which will host the opening ceremony for 2007 ICC World Cup, it would appear that Negril is being left out...

Tourist sector jittery over police 'ailment'
Western Bureau: The local tourism sector is becoming increasingly jittery as a consequence of the ongoing wage impasse between rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and Government, which this week left several resort towns...