St Mary champ makes comeback
Patrice Christie of St. Mary High won her second parish title yesterday as theGleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee competition completed its fifth round. Patrice, now a Grade Eight student, won when she was in Grade Five at Highgate Primary...
Government, police officers sign new wage contract
GOVERNMENT and the Police Officers Association (POA) signed a new two-year wage contract yesterday at the Ministry of Finance's National Heroes Circle office in Kingston. It closed two months of negotiations, and guarantees the POA's 300 members...
US passport campaign to cost Jamaica millions
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica is to spend US$75,000 (J$4.5 million) on the next stage of promotional activities geared at sensitising travellers on the new Western Hemis-phere Travel Initiative, which takes effect on January 7, 2007.
Road works for Mount Rosser
The National Works Agency (NWA) is scheduled to start major improvement work on the Mount Rosser main road in St. Catherine, within another month. Stephen Shaw, communications and customer service manager at the NWA, said plans for a project...
Further delay for JPS audit
The Government's $10 million audit into the billing system of the Jamaica Public Service Company, has suffered yet another delay. This is the third delay since the audit was ordered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004.
Former teacher gets help to appeal case in UK
ATTORNEY GENERAL and Minister of Justice, A.J. Nicholson, has intervened in the case involving Easton Grant, a Jamaican man, who is attempting to represent himself before the London-based Privy Council, but has been refused a visa...
District constables to be trained under new modernisation programme
WESTERN BUREAU: District constables are to undergo specialised training as part of a modernisation programme by the United District Constables Association. The announcement was made by the association's president, Horald Francis...
Hospitals to benefit from NHF grant
Ten hospitals will benefit from a grant approved by the National Health Fund (NHF) for physiotherapy equipment valued at $22 million. They are: Savanna-la-Mar, Cornwall Regional, St. Ann's Bay, Spanish Town...
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