Poor CXC results require state of emergency
Dr. Ralph Thompson, businessman and advocate for education reform, says a state of emergency should be declared in the education system, following the underperformance of some students in the 2006 CSEC examinations.

$53 million ganja seizure
The Police netted the decade's largest ganja find in a joint operation between narcotics police and Operation Kingfish on Friday.

Bauxite company breaches mining laws in St Ann
Commissioner of Mines, Clinton Thompson, has confirmed that the St. Ann Bauxite Company has failed to restore mined-out lands within the stipulated three years.

Greying of political parties
SIX MONTHS ago, illness forced Dr. D.K. Duncan to withdraw as campaign manager of Dr. Omar Davies' Campaign for Prosperity team during the People's National Party (PNP) presidential race.

IMF dogma and beautification
The winds of change are now apparently blowing through the corridors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is a good sign. It is now becoming apparent that the IMF is not the fountain of wisdom on development strategy ...

Motion to ban outsourcing of utility payment services
Opposition Spokesman on energy and telecommunications, Clive Mullings, has moved a motion in the House of Representatives to make it illegal for utility companies to engage bill payment agencies that charges customers to pay utility bills...

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Beautification project will pay above minimum wage - PM
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has made it clear that the 12,000 persons targeted for employment under the recently announced special beautification programme will be receiving salaries above the current minimum wage.